Ok, so where was I? Haven't really followed up this blog for a while. A lot of things have passed since last. As I can see here last I wrote was in Spain, feels like ages ago...around 2 moths that is.

Well, Spain was just a stop on the way back home to Sweden. Had a few days in Catalunya, picked up a friend, Malin, in Rodellar and went to France. Had 4 climbingdays in St Legere. Visited my boys at Petzl before hitting the 22 hour drive home. I was pretty soon to make the drive back to France but by my self. Anywas, back in Sweden things are allwas as usual. The summer had arrived, with it some good climbing and musicfestivals where I played.

Doing the good old round at Viks Kile just north of Gothenburg.

Playing with my band TREQ-gnawa (www.myspace.com/treqgnawa) at the Hammarkulle karneval.

Playing with Ashar Khan (www.asharkhan.se) /trio Sort with the american spoken word artist Amir Sulaiman at the Clandestino festival in Gothenburg.

Also had my 10th "Krokslättsfestival" wich is small (read very small; 4 bands, 4 dj's, between 50-100 people) musicfestival at my fathers house. Also had time to take a short vacation to my grandparents in finland. 


Biking along the endless fields in Finland. The time is around 01.00 and the sun never really sets...

Then it was time to hit the road again.

Started driving pretty late the first day so on  the second I had a 17 hour non-stop drive all the way to Millau. The first part of the trip included the traditional Roctrip in the Millau area. As allways lots of nice people, loads of climbing and late parties.

Joe "Kindkid" Kinder on "Big Bug", 8a+, at le Boffi at this years Roctrip in Millau.

Dani got the whole team to bungyjump over the festival area at 01.00 at night. Right after we started playing with Sagagnass Sound System as the last music act until the morning. The last day of climbig went slow and it was HOT! But it got eaven warmer. While waiting to pick up my friends Max and Gia in Marseille, me and Dani had some wickedly hot days in the Tarn -joder que calor, eh. Damn good climbing and swimming as allways though.

As my friends missed their plane to Marseille and booked new ones to Nice I had the chance to get a few hours in gorges du Loup. Most routes were more or less wet but still got to move a bit. Met the Ondra famiy and Adam had some goes on the intence Punto-X (9a?).


Adam attacks Punto-X (Deversée, gorges du Loup).

After picking up the team at the airport we headed for Verdon where we are right now. If you think  Verdon is only long, classic routes then think again. I've been here the last 4 summers and done 90% sportclimbing. Not because I'm not into long routes but because the sportclimbing is world class. And for you psicobloc lovers, therse that too. Big thanks to Graou who has provided us with the topos for the areas that yet aren't in the guidebook (and for beeing such a nice person over all). Many other friend showed up; Chris and Daila checked in at the nearby bungalows, the McClure family passed by one day.

Outside the pizza-buss in La Palud; Max, Gia, Daila, Chris, the McClure family.

Dani in here working a long hard proj, Charlotte Durif allways seemes to be hanging from some nerby tufa, Patric Edlinger helped us to finally find le Lycee and le Fac...and the sun is never letting us down. To get some conditions we might escape to Ceuse for a couple of days. And to finally, after all this wilderness, get to stand in line to warm up.