An early guide to Bouldering In Nuuk

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1 An early guide to Bouldering In Nuuk Document under construction Participated to the elaboration: Baptiste Vandecrux Steffen Ringsø Nielsen

2 Map of the sectors:

3 Sector 1: Stanislav Access: On the main road to Qingaput, take the dirt road down to the left right after the big cliff on left hand side and parking lot on right hand side. Rock:? Grading: From ** to **. Southern area:

4 Boulder 1 Interesting on all sides. Both for sit starts and standing start. Cleaned Boulder 2 One obvious line following the edge of the boulder. Cleaned

5 Boulder 3 Nice-looking crack. Cleaned Boulder 3bis Just behind Bouler 3, two boulders are touching each other. There should be a line starting on the left boulder on the picture, under the point of contact and going up in the face that is visible on the picture. Cleaned Boulder 4 At least one line starting under the middle rock in the picture and topping out through the opening between the two boulders on the sides. Cleaned

6 Boulder 5 Short crack but getting interesting if sit-started. Cleaned Boulder 6 Flat boulder. Not much under it but maybe some good traverse in perspective. Cleaned

7 Central area: b a c Boulder 1 a. Sit start hands in the horizontal crack. Cleaned b. Warm up side. Cleaned c. The Arabic corner. Easy slab problem starting from a jug and then going up on the slab followingthe corner to the right. Cleaned

8 c b a Boulder 2 a. Facts and Friction. Starting both hands on a small edge. Follow the ledge to the left until the good holds for top out. Cleaned b. There s something to do to from that jug but it looks hard. Cleaned c. The Ulu s edge. Starting as far left as possible, traverse to the highest part of the boulder for top out. Cleaned

9 Boulder 3 Looks big and hard. The reception could be improved by making a flat platform with rocks. Cleaned Boulders 4, 5, 6 Some interesting lines to be established. Cleaned

10 Northern area Many big boulders! Here are pictures of just a few of them.

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12 Cirkussøen West Many big boulders with a very nice view on the sea and on Qinngorput. Many different climbing styles: cracks, slopes, crimps Access: Located 10 minutes walking from the end of the road. From Cirkussøen trail head, go up the hill to the left. Rock:? Grading: From ** to **.

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15 Cirkussøen South Access: Located 20 minutes walking from the end of the road. Follow the trail to Store Malene the main group will be on the top of a small hill to the left and boulder 1 and 2 are located on the right hand side of the trail, just behind a small rocky ridge. Rock:? Grading: From ** to **. 1 2

16 a b Boulder 1 a. Easy way up. Cleaned b. Dr. Stozle. Fun line. Sit start, straight up. Cleaned c. Sit start with left hand on a big pinch and right hand wherever can fit. There is a good hold up to the right. Then a hard top trying to stay on the left. Some rocks make the sitstart not so comfortable. Could maybe be moved in the future. Cleaned c Boulder 2 Some easier lines on that boulder. Cleaned

17 Overview of the main boulder group. Many interesting lines, both on boulders and outcrops.

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19 Cirkussøen West Many interesting boulders scattered along the North-Western and Western shore of the lake. The most characteristic is Reunion Rock for which a topo (written by???) was already available and is reproduced here.

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