Win some, lose some

Yup, there was no ice in Setesdal and the dribbles of ice that remained were either detached, collapsing, collapsed or downright pathetic - you would literally find better ice in a G&T.

After 3 days we cut our losses and bailed to Rjukan where contrary to many negative reports about conditions, we managed to have 2 excellent days on the ice.

The good thing about climbing as a 2 is that you get lots of time on the ice, the bad thing about climbing as a 2 is that you don't get the opportunity to take any photos and you never quite recover from the arm burn.