Timo Hiekkanen

"benchmark" 6C

5 sessions. Climbed with a knee pad.

Conditions were perfect, felt easy! Super-duper good route!

Got lost to left at the end, but managed to get back and top the right anchor...

Very nice but felt hard!

Rock quality is a bit sketchy

Quite stiff!

2nd go

2nd go

2nd go

Used lower part of the big hold for feet. Very logical this way, but maybe just 7a as the original.

date not exact

Harvinaisen erinomaista kiipeilyä!

Climbed Jatkot first, then this

Hard to read for me

Kolmas pultti tosiaan tuntui hankalalta ellei siinä ole pidempi jatko valmiina tai omista rautaisia hermoja ja sormia.

Last try, shirtless power!

Technical and sustained. 2nd go.

Puu antoi tukea yläosassa... Erinomaista jammia.

Varmasti yksi parhaista Suomessa!

All sizes jamming experience.

Good climbing. Checked the protection beforehand. Thanks to random belayer :).

6A++

I have climbed this once a few years ago

Hieman seikkailua... mutta mukava

Good climbing, secure protection. Fun!

Direct was too painful for my fingers.

Super fun foto shoot :).

With Laura&Paavo. Led pitch 3 in one 60m push. 6/5 stars! Some route finding problems on pitch 2, maybe we climbed run amok?

With Laura&Paavo, led pitches 5,6+ending scramble. Paavo took a fall on pitch 4.

With Paavo&Laura. Led pitch 2. Nice and easy way to get to the top!

With Paavo&Laura. Through Elendige, led pitch 1. The slab pitch is excellent, but felt very hard for the grade. Nice lead Paavo!

with Chris 2018 (led 2&4), with Paavo&Laura 2020 (led pitch 3)

Tän hienous ei ehkä ihan auennut mulle... kiipesin hyljetekniikalla bulgelle.

Direct start, obvious line. Be careful with the start!

Start felt hard! Solid climbing half way, adventurous end.

3rd go

Tried a few years ago, felt very difficult back then. Felt still hard! 6a++

Thanks to thorough cleaning by Laura, I was able to climb this masterpiece.

Quite good when cleaned. Thanks to Chris and Laura (23.5.2020).

2nd go. Suberb fun climbing. 0.5 cam is useful to protect movement to 3rd bolt.

Spicy bolting. Highly recommended!

Rare style in Finland. Climbed in two pitches, belayer at upper stand.

Felt very hard for me. I have climbed easier 7b's.

Never again...

Super nice moves! Technical and varied.

excellent for the grade!

2nd draw preplaced by Jedy, thanks ;)

6B++, sitstart

using crack

Climbed from right to left diagonal line. Could be new variation? 6A+

Climbed with left side/crimp. Nice line!

pelotti, mutta jäin eloon taas

Ainakin märkänä 6A :)

Not the easiest one...

Quite stiff ending. Nice route.

Belay from a boat.

superb

Four sessions. Continuous climbing, sparse bolting. Very nice!

Nice! Climbed accidentally all the way to the left past the anchor.

Hot weather, felt really hard. Not grade 5 on my opinion.

Kustaviderby, mikähän oli tarkka päivä...

started from the ground next to Polska

with Paavo

with Paavo

seconded Chris

with Laura

Bolting is a bit hazardous for on-sight, but felt ok after practice round

Good moves at start, ending is a bit unclear

Boulder start

Climbed with jamming cloves :). Felt quite hard.

Hard crux, rest is easy. 3rd go.

Maybe 9th try? My first 7c! Very polished :(.

Nice and easy hand jam experience

harder than flikkflak

with Paavo

with Eevi

with Laura

Mental battle. 4th session, 3rd go.

Tricky start. Tried this some years ago and couldn't do the start.

Couldn't decide what to do on on-sight attempt... and was very pumped. Climbs nicely if you know what to do.

Could be climbed as trad

Felt quite hard for 5. Broken hold?

Very different betas available :).

Good. Protection is not as easy as it looks.

Nice but short. Easy protection.

2nd go

Date not exact

2nd go, softish but very nice climbing!

Mentally difficult and hard to onsight, but nice route!

Good beta and draws from Elias, thanks :)

Very good jamming at the start, crux at the end...

Well protected and good climbing despite the small crack

From old topo I thought that this is Nakke Nakuttaja. Very hard for 5+...

The new topo revealed, that I had climbed Mittilän reitti instead of Nakke Nakuttaja. It felt very hard for 5+ ;).

Very slow ascent. Seconded this a year ago, now the upper part felt very different.

Climbed with "green only" -protection :).

Good route, but rock quality is quite bad

Start is a bit scary, but otherwise excellent!

This is 5- for good jammers, but 7- if you have never done crack climbing...

Pump of my life at the top section :).

Very nice! Might be a bit hard for the grade, but that's how it feels always when doing on-sight.

date not exact

I have climbed Dumbflake earlier, so redpoint it is

Cleaned the route and checked gear placements 3.5.2017. Second lead try. This is a super good route! Quite good protection, if you have the right equipment.

The line is good and well bolted, but very hard to read and hard to avoid getting into a tempting crack on the right :).

Starting from lowest possible holds (the ones not chalked in the image). Right hand in the crack, left hand on the foot hold.

Excellent route. Ground up, 2nd try.

2nd go.

Tossut vinkuu punaisella kivellä

Long project, happy ending!

Quite good but some cleaning needed, take a brush with you.

The start is really tricky.

fingerlocks and small footholds

Lead 1,2,3,4,9. After "slanting corner" a traverse left to original ending added one superb grade 7 pitch and short 7-. With Chris and Fredrik.

Seconded with Chris. Colibrien midway snack!

2nd and 3rd pitches are great. Would recommend spurven start unless you like unprotected flake riding and knee jamming. With Chris.

2nd go

With Chris.

1st pitch is excellent. With Laura.

Lead 3, 5, 7. With Laura, Julius and Chris.

Lead 1 and 3. With Laura.

Not sure if climbed the right Line but it was really nice anyway!

Date not exact

First part onsight, 2nd pitch following

2nd try

Little bit grassy first pitch. Second is very good.

Some use for big cams. My first hand stack ;).

Nice moves, big jugs at the end.

Was a bit hard to read. 2nd proper try.

Tiny shitty sloupey holds from onsight try proved to be massive jugs when redpointing. Mind is weak.

Sit start :)

Short, had to check the first move before sending...

Excellent! Good protection, continuous climbing.