Norwegian Mountains, Møre og Romsdal

"nittini", Aug 15 2006


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"nittini" is now the name of a cliff, approx. 200m west of Høgenakken. The name "nittini" refers to the height of the top of the cliff - 99m above sea level. The cliff is excellent for practicing rappels, and can probably be used for climbing as well. If you hike from the Gåseidneset bridge, you pass the cliff (it's on your left-hand side) just as the forest tractor road turns into a forest path. Around the corner is a pass, and then you walk up to the high point.

"nittini" was "officialy opened" Aug 9 2006 by Torill Berg and myself, practicing before our Romsdalshorn climb. Of course, people may have played around with ropes on this cliff earlier, but now it's documented on the internet.

Today, my neighbour Pål G. and myself went up to practice rappeling. Pål had only done this once before, in his backyard, down a 4m cliff, under my supervision and under belay. As such, this is a story about GUTS.

We started out on a sheltered, easy, slab that was convenient and hardly intimidating. We moved sideways to a steeper section, before moving on to the steepest wall - at least 10m vertical, and about the height of his house. Pål had a talent for this. The pictures do reveal that he can work on getting in a horisontal position, but he never fauled once (falling due to a vertical angle) and kept his cool, unbelayed (if such a word exists). He found steepest wall great fun, and wished it was longer. Be careful what you wish for, Pål. I know a steeper wall around the corner...


Comments: Observant climbers may notice that we descend with the prusik sling above the rappel device, and that the prusik sling is longer than what is normal. We are well aware that climbers nowadays descend with the prusik sling below the rappel device and that the sling is often shorter. Here, like in many other situations in life, things are done for a reason.

The easy route

1. The cliff seen from the path to Høgenakken (423KB) 2. Practicing on the easy route (378KB) 3. Practicing on the easy route (466KB) 4. Practicing on the easy route (319KB)

A steeper section

5. A steeper section (326KB) 6. A steeper section (192KB) 7. A steeper section (425KB) 8. A steeper section (448KB) 9. A steeper section (409KB)

The steepest section

10. The steepest section (206KB) 11. The steepest section (319KB) 12. The steepest section (283KB) 13. The steepest section (364KB) 14. The steepest section (528KB)

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