Swede's Forest - 11/24/2007

It was pretty nice weather for a late November MN day so a few of us headed out to Swede's Forest. The group consisted of myself, Nic, Dillon, Chris Craft, Chris Hirsch, and Joe. Turned out to be a really nice bouldering day. Swede's doesn't have much and many of the problems are short, but they are fun. I hadn't been there for two years so it was good to see it again.

I did Swedish Lightning - a really fun V3 and Swedish Slopers to start the day. I then moved on to work on Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground -- a really great V7 that has got a great jump move to a sloper for a crux. I was able to do all the moves but just couldn't complete the jump and hold the sloper from the sit so the problem will have to go another day.

Nic got the 2nd ascent of Choppin Broccoli. Chris Hirsch got a nice (for Swede's at least) FA. He climbed from the start of Choppin' Broccoli and instead of finishing on the slab finished up the arete. Nic followed with the second ascent shortly after.

Chris Craft came really close on Tetanus Kettle as well -- here he is posing in front of it with the actual Tetanus Kettle:


Video:
1) Me on Swedish Lightning
2) Chris Craft on Swedish Meatballs
3) Nic Oklobzija on Swedish Slopers
4) Nic on Choppin' Broccoli
5) Chris Hirsch on Choppin Broccoli -> Relationship of Command (top half)
6) Me then Nic on Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground