Vestpillaren Direct, 6b
(The West Pillar Direct) Although long called Vestpillaren this popular and brilliant climb only includes four pitches of the original line - but has become Lofoten's 'must-do' route, and it is worth the effort involved. The normal ascent time is 6 to 8 hours, although an efficient team can do it in less. Begin about 20m to the left of a steep water-washed gully filled with grass and some loose blocks, up the central one of three shallow corners. FA. Twelve days after doing the Westpillar Original, Arild returned with Finn Tore Bjørnstad and made the first ascent of the Normal avslutning (Normal Exit) 30.6.1978. The Slanting Corner pitch was first climbed by Helge Stokstad and Harald Henden in 1982. Arild and Finn Tore Bjørnstad did the Direct Start used here "sometime in the 1980s'.
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Tony Hannukainen
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Björn Nilsson
2025-08-02
Onsight
Joel Wretblad
2025-08-01
Onsight
Klättrade med Jocke. 10h ascent, tog paus efter pitch 6 och chillade lite i solen, och rörde ihop sig med repen vid pitch 8 när vi skulle byta person på lead för att låta båda klättra N6orna. Jocke ledde pitch 3 och 7, jag fick slanting corner! Helt sjukt fin klättring hela vägen, slanting corner kan vara det finaste jag klättrat i Lofoten. Toppade ur i soluppgång, röd solskiva som stack fram mellan bergen, verkligen en magisk upplevelse. Tot 10h på väggen
Pauli M
2025-07-31
Onsight
P1-5, P7. Med Jari & Tuomas and a trainful of locals. A classic if you like slab climbing and a nightmare if you hate slab climbing. My calves hate it. About 12 h ctc and a supermarket lunch before the whole thing appeared from the morning rain. Max Miner - find me my missing blue totem, the Norwegians claimed not to have it!
Tuomas Välimäki
2025-07-31
Onsight
Mahtava päivä ulkona. Liidasin P6 ja P8:sta toppiin. Possujunan ensimmäisessä vaunussa odottelu oli ulkoistettu muille, mutta hyllyltä löytyi kyllä sivilisaation sivutuotteita. P&J
Beatrice Øian Onn
2025-07-27
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