BMC is reporting that Norwegian climbers Bjorn-Eivind Aartun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal died in a tragic accident while attempting a new ice route on the big wall of Kjerag in southwest Norway.
When they didn't return, a helicopter search was initiated, and on the
morning of February 10 the two climbers were spotted hanging upside down
on the face, motionless, and with considerable evidence of blood on the
ice below.
It's surmised that they may have been hit by collapsing ice.
In February 2009 the pair had put up the amazing Strandhogg on this ca
900m face, Norway's premier big wall for both rock climbers and BASE
jumpers.
