Nalle Hukkataival has made the first ascent of Living the dream, 8B+, at Åland.
This thursday I finally managed to climb a project in Åland known as the Sphinx. I’ve tried this line on my five trips to the island during over four years of time. 'Living the dream' as I named it, is a very pure line with long dynamic moves, heelhooks and very beautiful climbing. It's 10 moves long to the top. The upper moves are very hard to work on because basically if you can't do the moves at the lip you need someone to push you up (thanks Tomi and Anssi) to try the last moves. This trip was my first time I was able to hold the crux dyno and figure out the top sequence. I find 'Living the dream' to be harder that any 8B I've ever climbed and it totally suits my climbing style. That's why I'm going to propose a grade of 8B+ for it, making it the first boulder of this grade in Finland.
