Dougie and Trevor decided to have a rest day.

Jim and Erick headed to Rjukan centre to climb Tjonnstadbergfossen, a 170m 4 pitch WI4. Over to Erick - " That wasn't the first plan, due to my shit map reading skills we got dropped off about a mile east!! Luckily we spotted this superb line across the valley, so off we went. It was awesome, although a little easy for WI4, but we thoroughly enjoyed it"

Erick on Tjonnstadbergfossen

Chris, Tom, Davie and Paul returned to the lower gorge where Paul led Camillas Foss WI4. Davie seconded. Chris then soloed the route, bringing Tom up afterwards. We got our first piece of filming done. Due to the lack of available routes in this part of the gorge, we headed upstream, bad idea!!! An epic gruelling walk, less said the better. We came across Ian and Stuart, who had headed to this area earlier.

Ian - "Approaching the route "Shit Happens" we were assaulted by the overpowering stench of effluent. {Shit happens is a route formed by a raw sewage outflow}. We opted for Tungtvann instead, a 90m WI4".

Tungtvann

"Living up to Chris's assertion that I'm absent minded, I forget to place any screws on the 1st pitch, but remember to hold the rope while Stuart wanders up the vertical second pitch. A light post abseil lunch was interrupted by a trail breaking quartet (Chris, Tom, Davie & Paul), treating their walk in withdrawal symptoms. We observed some local hot shot prancing around on a nearby icefall (Vemorkbrufoss Vest WI5) for a commercial film crew (again!!!) and decided to head over to it. Stuart, not wishing to be outdone, provides the natives with an example of scottish technique. Obviously impressed by the torrent of ice shrapnel & swearing, the local boys retire to a safe distance".

After Ian and Stuart had departed, we all decided to have a go at Tungtvann. Paul & Davie set off first.

Davie - "It was obvious this place was a fair jump in difficulty from the lower gorge. The two honed demons, Ian & Stuart, sandbagged me into attempting the route which I had thought looked desperate from below. Paul led the first pitch, which was straightforward."

Paul on Tungtvann

"I started up the main pitch & made a half hearted attempt at giving it a go. I managed to get as far as where the ice got vertical and bulged, where I placed a screw. That was me pretty much pumped so with the options of death or glory, I decided to take neither option & retreated to do the easier right hand finish. This proved to be the correct choice, as watching Chris lead this vertical pitch afterwards, I knew it was out of my league".

Davie on Tungtvann Right hand finish

Tom and Chris then set off up the route.

Tom - "Once Davie had moved across out of sight to Paul at the belay, I set off on the 1st pitch. The ground was fairly easy and steepened slightly before levelling off into a large snow filled bay. I placed a screw at the base of the ramp and moved up into the bay. Paul & Davie's belay was at a tree high on the left at the top of the ramp, just below the crux top pitch. To my surprise however, hidden in the bay on the right, I spotted a tree with a tape sling"

Tom on Tungtvann

"Beyond it was a steep wall with a ribbon of ice. This ribbon of ice ended at about the same height as Paul & Davie's belay and appeared to lead to an even larger tree on the left above them. I set off up the ribbon of ice, hard against the bay wall, gaining about 12 feet before threading a smaller tree on the right. The quality of the ice and broken nature of the rock wasn't encouraging. Paul informed me that the ice ribbon ended on a sloping snow covered slab, not the best exit ground. Discretion took the better part of valour and I took a simple rising traverse to join Paul at the belay. While I had been "prospecting", I had been trying to reply to Chris's occasional shouts since he was obviously puzzled at what I was up to on having disappeared out of sight on what appeared to be relatively easy ground. Upon my shout of "safe", Chris appeared almost immediately, as growing concerned, he had moved his belay stance higher and was happy to solo up to my stance. The three of us watched Davie as he tackled the right hand variation of the final pitch. Davie topped out and Paul soon followed. Whilst Davie's line looked more appealing to me, it was clear that Chris was determined to tackle the steeper and narrower left hand fall which Davie had backed off earlier. Chris's bold head was firmly on!! He set off, placing a screw on the ramp before breaking left to the foot of the crux section. I watched as he placed a screw and a screamer before committing to the steep bulging ice above."

Chris on Tungtvann (LH finish)

"Chris announced he was now commited to the pitch and gradually disappeared out of sight. Progress then slowed, as it turned out Chris had found a good resting place between the icefall and left bounding wall, before the rope started to pay out quickly again. Things were looking positive as I heard Davie encouraging Chris up the final section. Within a short time, Chris was congratulated by Davie, then came the shout of "safe". Following Chris up the crux pitch, I was in admiration of Chris's boldness and commitment, an impressive lead and a fine end to the day which at one point appeared to have been a missed opportunity due to our time lost plodding through the gorge"