Profilveggen

Jøssingfjord, situated by the coast in southern Rogaland, has for long been a destination for climbers. In the 80s a group of Brits, among them Pat Littlejohn, visited the area establishing free routes in good style. In the British climbing magazine Mountain it was stated: “In the area around Egersund and Jøssingfjord visiting climbers from Oslo have climbed several aesthetic and excellent crack lines comparable to Yosemite. To date, routes have been mainly from 6+ to 7+, and in such a vast area, it’s only the beginning. …and can be compared to Joshua Tree and Tuolumne Meadows, with thousands of dome shaped rocks of various shapes and sizes, with excellent potential. When the sun shines that is.”

One of the jewels in the crown is Profilveggen, also referred to as The Profile wall. This huge overhanging granite wall up to 120m in height is riddled with cracks just waiting to be free climbed. At present most of the routes are aid climbs, while superb free climbs include Leo Houlding’s and Neil Gresham’s 1998 Fire Fox, Scandinavian 8/8+ (7c), Daniel Jung's Flying Vikings" 9- (8b), Nicolas Favresse's 2013 Recovery drink and Ronny Medelsvensson 9 (8b), free climbed in 2014 by Crister Jansson and Erik Massih. All the routes that have been free climbed so far are something very special indeed.