1st post.

Let's start this blog off with a bang.

Helsinki has a few good bouldering places: Taivaskallio, Pihlajanmäki and Meilahti to name a few. My quest is to find new rocks and new routes in Helsinki and all around Finland. So what better way to start this blog than by introducing a new place that I found last week.

In Viikinmäki there is a lonely big rock that we modestly call "Kinni-Rock". Below are some pictures of the rock.

 On the left is the first route we set up in Viikinmäki: Tulikukka. The hard part is the beginning which makes it a 6a. However if you skip that part the route is quite easy.
Below is Ledger from the opposite side of the rock. It is a sharp ledge climb that ends up in a little swing. This route really raped our fingers.
 

Here is Anton looking good...

Overall the "Kinni-Rock" is pretty versatile. There are some mediocre routes and some really difficult ones that we had
to leave for another day.
















We also went out looking for places to climb in Koskela Forest, but as in many places, the terrain is really flat. We did however find one spot just behind the Helsinki Water Factory. Our fingers were so sore and we were all out of power, that we had to leave the project, entitled "Mulkku", for another day aswell. Before the end of summer, we're going to climb it. So keep following...