Andrine Skilbrei climbs Brunhilde L2 (8c)

Andrine Skilbrei, who started climbing at age 19 and last year sent La Rubia (8c+), has completed Brunhilde L2 (8c) in Flatanger.

Can you tell us more about the ascent?
When first arriving in Flatanger this season I was looking for a nice project to get back in shape on after a somewhat slow year without much climbing. Brunhilde was recommended to me and it seemed to be a good choice considering it didn’t have a line of people on it. This was in the middle of august, and there were still a lot of people here at that time.

The route, at least for me, breaks down to 3 quite hard dynamic coordination moves separated by a lot of steep resistance climbing on mostly good holds. The final big move especially caused me a lot of trouble as it was at the very limit of my reach (I`m 1.60) as well as being at the very end of all the hard climbing, making it not just difficult physically, but also mentally.

In the end I spent about a month trying the route, with the last two and a half weeks consisting of falling on this one move over and over again before I finally stuck it and was able to carry on to the top. All in all I am really happy about how it all turned out, and I am now looking forward to returning to new projects in Flatanger next year.