Climbing at Hiidenkirnut, Rovaniemi

Ready for abseiling

On the weekend it was time again to head to Hiidenkirnut cliffs again and continue the training of rope work supervisor module. On September 2010 we did the module 1 and now managed to complete module 2 (KTO 2). The theme for the 2-day session was abseiling, rescue from the climbing wall, varying possible problems when climbing/belaying, etc...

Accident on the wall, unconscious climber

Rescue operation in action

All in all the two days was full of recalling learnings from the module 1, lot's of new things to learn and varying weather of course. I haven't been climbing before on thunderstorm and such a heavy rain, which made the rock slippery as ice. The test to become a qualified rope work supervisor will be on October, but before it there's a 6 month summer to practice...