Warming up in Uummannak area Greenland! A week has passed since we left Aasiaat! We have had good moments so far but also harder ones. Yes indeed we missed the soccer world cup final and the ice hasnt melted enough for us to cross to Baffin Island side! Our captain is becoming very impatient and we are afraid that he would be willing to take quite some risks for us to reach Baffin Island. If we did get stranded by the pack ice and its pressuring current, Dodos Delight would most likely get crushed and sink.The good thing is that our captain is very familiar with that. He has two boats in Greenland, one of them he keeps below the water surface! Four days of sailing with occasional bouldering session stops brought us here in the Fjords of Uummannak and its mountains. The ice cap and the ocean filled with icebergs looks so unreal it feel like we are on a different planet. There are some nice big walls here but the rock quality seems not always the best. But its not easy to evaluate the rock quality from a distance so yesterday we decided to go have a closer look and attempt some climbing on a nice looking 400m wall right above the settlement of Ikerasaq. We split into two teams and went for two different lines. Ben and Oli chose the East ridge, a line that seemed not too risky or more suitable for committed married men (or almost) while Sean and I chose the right prow with its overhanging headwall. The climbing turned out to be a lot better than anticipated. The granite here is very rich in holds and fun to climb. There were also some good section of rotten rock but fortunately we found our way through it alive. Now we are cooking up some organic free range local meat and look forward to a nice lunch for recuperation. Well be in touch as the next exciting steps unfold. Stay tuned! Greetings from the Wild Bunch and captain Reverend Bob Shepton
Posted on: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:00:01 +0000
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