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"I was once bouldering in solitude in the Needles, when a young female walked up and introduced herself and asked who I was. I told her and continued bouldering. She turned and walked away after a few minutes, saying over her shoulder: 'you can't be John Gill. He climbs much better than that'."

- John Gill

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Dozens of New Routes in Norway

On March 8-15, 2009, the Norwegian Alpine Club (Norsk Tindeklub, NTK) invited nearly forty climbers from worldwide (Russia, Georgia, South Africa, US etc., and yes — even Sweden!) to come to Lofoten, Norway, for a come-as-you-are climbing meet. The meeting was organized by Marius Morstad from NTK, as a part of his celebrated “Marius Magical Mystery Tours” events. The humble philosophy behind these events is simply: “Put climbing and adventure in focus without add-ons like sponsors, logos, DJ’s, slideshows, competitions; no public, no clinics and organizers with yellow T-shirts.”

The essential ingredients were a huge bunch of mountains waiting to be climbed, and the above mentioned group of hungry climbers…

Taken from: Climbing Magazine.

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