A glimpse into the life of a professional climber.Tumblr (3.0; @nallehukkataival)http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/99afe3f0a384457ad9f2ffa15f843ea7/tumblr_mnd2bsvmgO1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s almost June and it’s snowing for the third day in a row!? And we were worried about it being too warm by now! Not much else to do so went for a run up in the mountains. Come on weather! I can’t wait to get back on the projects!!! (at Verbier)</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/51307639176http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/51307639176Sat, 25 May 2013 18:43:04 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c42797d99a680863fb54a308f3833b9e/tumblr_mncr0ct3mQ1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We went to Branson yesterday and I got to climb the classic Radja, worlds first proposed 8B+ and La Danse les Balrogs, worlds first proposed 8B along with some other problems! Inpiring to see what Fred Nicole was climbing back in 1991! #bouldering #rockclimbing #island</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/51295373138http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/51295373138Sat, 25 May 2013 14:38:36 +0300islandrockclimbingbouldering<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4c23e7017c03c076c80ba0bba51cf47a/tumblr_mn9gdqBi3u1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tried a sick project today but got rained out again as usual.. Would the weather please get better soon? Four seasons in one day!! What is happening? #watersports #bouldering #island</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/51156435610http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/51156435610Thu, 23 May 2013 19:56:14 +0300islandboulderingwatersports<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c65e134ec562ff6ae8780e83ffc83bb5/tumblr_mn7mi9FGlN1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dave scoping out the project in Fionnay that he’s been raving about for years! Finally got to see it myself yesterday and try it! We both made some good links and I can’t wait to get back on it!! #bouldering #rockclimbing #island (at Verbier)</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/51079079107http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/51079079107Wed, 22 May 2013 20:13:21 +0300islandrockclimbingbouldering<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6ed4e102c5fb36fcf6b7a64a940457a1/tumblr_mmwjhjbJAx1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Escaping the rain in Magic Wood was a good choice! We drove to Murg for the day and even though the conditions were very humid, we still got to climb!!! I quickly managed to slide my way up Entlinge, a nice tensiony boulder from Fred! #bouldering #climbing #island</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/50586916085http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/50586916085Thu, 16 May 2013 20:34:31 +0300climbingboulderingisland<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9023f1d6ce97c1806947cb464637da01/tumblr_mmon2vSjj11qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>All packed up and ready to go! Game on #Switzerland !! And Austria, Italy, France, Australia.. Can’t stop won’t stop never intend to! #bouldering #climbing #island (at Terminal 2)</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/50249738901http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/50249738901Sun, 12 May 2013 14:11:19 +0300switzerlandclimbingboulderingisland<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8135327508fdfe9b8a009b6165a2a686/tumblr_mmffr4xVd81qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sick new Black Diamond posters! Love this boulder! @blackdiamondeu #bouldering #rockclimbing</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49849651077http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49849651077Tue, 07 May 2013 14:54:40 +0300rockclimbingbouldering<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/25c44d5677a3f79dd55bce8d71749cf5/tumblr_mmadaalAEj1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Good weather in Melloblocco today!!! #bouldering #climbing (at Val Masino)</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49609712104http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49609712104Sat, 04 May 2013 21:13:22 +0300climbingbouldering<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/832b9a87a5d7ef101264783c70aad56d/tumblr_mm2jymMeKo1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Angel’s Share at Black Rocks,UK a couple years ago. I made what I think was the 3rd repeat. And the 4th. And 5th. Originally it had the same E-grade as the terrifying Gaia which is just around the corner.</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49255514015http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49255514015Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:56:46 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5256ab5a5601b945b4d42ca5bf004f2d/tumblr_mm0oplwpI31qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We got some absolutely amazing octocopter footage from yesterday’s session on Sisu! Really some of the sickest climbing shots I’ve ever seen! I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; these things are the future of filming climbing!</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49174853333http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49174853333Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:44:09 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3b455de4dc4e0cc4d2d53c42709109f8/tumblr_mlykh9Ae2X1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Back to the Sisu project! Hauling this thing with me today so I can work the middle part. And 3 pads. And a rope. And all the rest of the gear. Good thing you don’t need a lot of gear to go bouldering..</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49078732871http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49078732871Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:17:33 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3abf2a17ad31740d9934e2cf6aeed057/tumblr_mlx59win9l1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Random photo of the day. First ascent of Hole in One in Rocklands a few years back! What a fun boulder!! #bouldering #rockclimbing #orange #island</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49008942703http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/49008942703Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:51:31 +0300orangeislandrockclimbingbouldering<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fe3cde638b653982cf20851390406660/tumblr_mlthzuczWF1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This book just dropped in my mail box today! Haven’t had a chance to read it yet but it goes in depth about some really interesting subjects in the world of bouldering! #bouldering #climbing</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/48857123824http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/48857123824Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:35:54 +0300climbingbouldering<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c8c395eb444a32d5ebcca9e0c86fd304/tumblr_mlr3aa1VSp1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sisu project! Now!</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/48762823232http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/48762823232Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:22:57 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7a4263f021c1db9f9e91a3ea76cedb6b/tumblr_mlq4knhbqs1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Today was a good day! Got a proper sports massage, went for a run (took a random photo) and just had a kick ass smoothie! Feeling ready for the Sisu project tomorrow!! #helsinki #finland</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/48712210130http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/48712210130Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:53:11 +0300finlandhelsinki<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/63921461" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>So here’s my whole experience with Bügeleisen.</p> <p><br/>I went to Maltatal in 2009 to try it and the boulder was literally a waterfall. This time I scheduled my trip later in the spring in hope of it being drier. And it was, a little.</p> <p><br/>I tried it the fist day when most of the holds were still soaking wet and thought I could do it then, but decided to wait for better conditions. And here’s when it all went downhill. I got sick for 6 long days while the conditions were perfect.. When I finally half recovered from the sickness, I only had a couple days left of the trip and the conditions were BAD again. Talk about a mental battle every day looking at the perfect sunny weather outside while taking your temperature to see if the fever’s gone down and counting how many days you have left. Knowing that the next chance to come back would be late in the fall didn’t exactly help either.<br/><br/>Here’s where most people sarcastically think: “poor professional climber doesn’t get to go climbing. I feel SO sorry for him”. Yes sure, as vain as talking about something like this may be, it’s not without a reason. Every time you set goals and put your heart into something only to have everything go against you, it’s hard to deal with mentally. At least for me.<br/><br/>When I tried Bügeleisen the first day while it was wet, it felt very doable in a day. After that the whole thing turned into such an epic battle with the sickness and conditions that the actual climbing part seemed only secondary. The day I climbed it, the last day of the trip, conditions were so bad that I was forced to completely change my beta, because the normal beta was just impossible in that humidity. It was in fact so bad that I fell off the easier ending 4 times in a row, from a move that I had never fallen from before and thought I never would. One of the times I actually punched myself in the face on accident, because my hand slipped so unexpectedly.<br/><br/>Bügeleisen really is one of the BEST hard boulders in the world and that’s why I was pretty bummed that climbing such a great problem had to turn into an unenjoyable battle with other elements. Nevertheless, hats off for Klem Loskot for opening such an amazing boulder back in 2001! All I can say is if there were more hard lines of this QUALITY in the world, it would make me way more psyched to travel around trying to repeat things instead of mainly searching for those first ascents!</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/47940482381http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/47940482381Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:18:00 +0300boulderingclimbingbugeleisenbuegeleisenNalle Hukkataivalmaltatal<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/baa83c3c2112e8d8a2a5512c348860a9/tumblr_mkzw1gkahz1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is the first boulder that we saw in Mexico after finally finding the place with a lot of luck at 3AM, and also our camp for the night under the magical Peñoles sky. Photo: @sandstones #bouldering #climbing #island</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/47544064909http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/47544064909Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:51:16 +0300climbingboulderingisland<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e39917a05e80deb0e16ad6fcef198c7e/tumblr_mktwqhtHEp1qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>La Theorie de Jeux, 8B in Fontainebleau. Screen grab: Neil Hart for a French TV channel</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/47266104498http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/47266104498Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:20:41 +0300<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ab439a794bec7214dad7f0f11f3271f7/tumblr_mkshpwnOy21qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hopefully Bügeleisen will be dry tomorrow! Today half the holds were wet but I managed to do it in 2 parts and did the moves for the sit project. What a great problem! (at Maltatal)</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/47197236159http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/47197236159Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:58:44 +0300<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e17da02041cdbc7960bbc0587673029a/tumblr_mke129Iio81qmxq8eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Good first two days in Font! Finally sent Duel, climbed an unrepeated 8C trav Misti, La Théorie des Jeux 8B and a crazy double dyno 65 Gerald.<br/> Next Black Diamond clean-up event with Fred Nicole and Nico Favresse over the weekend at the big areas in Font!</p>http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/46529981807http://blog.nallehukkataival.com/post/46529981807Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:32:33 +0200boulderingfontainebleauclimbing