Rundtinden, South Face, Mispule
Norway, Tromso Region
Climb Year: N/A.
Publication Year: 2011.
On July 1, the same day that the Svihalek brothers put up Stay Cool, Filip Zaoral and I climbed the huge corner system on the left side of the south face of Rundtinden. This nine-pitch (400m) route, climbed in four hours using only nuts and cams for protection, was named Mispule after my girlfriend. Most of the climbing is UIAA IV to V+, but the crux (pitch seven) is VI, and requires a few powerful moves between two large roofs. The belay at the end of the eighth pitch is poor.
The area is beautiful (when the weather is good), and the rock on our route solid and clean. However, despite being in this region for six weeks, the weather was so poor we could only climb six routes.
Lukas Marecek, Czech Republic
Media Gallery
(A) Breidskardtinden, (B) Rundtinden, and (C) Eidetind. The new Czech routes on the south face of Rundtinden are marked: Mispule (left) and Stay Cool. The right skyline ridge of Rundtinden is the 1978 Soderin-Sundberg route. There are several Norwegian routes on 845m Eidetind, notably on the north face, which has 15-pitch lines.
Ondrej Svihalek