The slab apron
Rope on in the last warm light. Three hundred metres of friction, and friction is mostly trust.
Teo Halvard / Skarven Wall, north pillar / 21 August 2026
One mile,straight up
1,609 metres of granite in a single push, from the last light of one day to the first of the next. Scroll, and climb it with him.
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The climb, pitch by pitch
The Knife
A hand-width seam that runs ninety metres without a single rest stance.
Midnight ledge
Eleven minutes. Two dates, half a litre of water, a fresh headlamp battery.
The crux traverse
Forty metres of smears on rock the wind has polished. Fell twice, sent it on the third go.
Top-out
The wall rolls over into lichen and the sun comes up through the cloud.
Summit / 06:52 / 1,609 m
Sunrise,from above
Twelve hours and twelve minutes after roping up, Teo pulled onto the north pillar as the cloud sea caught first light. The first single-push free ascent of the Skarven Wall.
- Vertical metres, base to summit
- 1,609
- Pitches, every one led free
- 31
- Hours on the wall
- 12:12
- Falls, both on pitch 24
- 2
Season log / March to September 2026
Seven walls, 5,819 metres
Every ascent this season, drawn to scale. The spike in August is the one this site is named after.
- 14 MarCrow's LadderHarrow Dome420 m5.12aOnsight
- 02 AprSalt RoadVeska Tower610 m5.12cRedpoint
- 19 MayLantern AreteMount Oryel880 m5.11dFree in a day
- 27 JunThe Quiet PillarBrenna Spire1,020 m5.13aFirst free ascent
- 30 JulGraniteheartSollen Wall740 m5.12bTwo-route link-up
- 21 AugThe Vertical MileSkarven Wall1,609 m5.13bSingle push, 12:12
- 09 SepEmber ChimneyKalder Face540 m5.11aRope solo
Field notes
Nobody climbs a mile. You climb one move, about four thousand times, and you try not to count.
Teo Halvard grew up in Skarvik, a village of four hundred people in the shadow of the wall. He first roped up at nine and has climbed full time since 2019, with Oda Reinholt on belay and logistics for every big day.
Teo Halvard, on the drive home
Carried up the wall by
- Norrsten Ropesrope and harness
- Kova Opticsglacier glasses
- Ferrite Chalk Co.chalk, 2.4 kg of it
- Aldwick Outdoorshell and layers
- Sable Instrumentsaltimeter watch
- Brask Coffeethe 03:40 espresso
A film by Ines Marrow / 48 minutes
VerticalMile
Two cameras on fixed lines, one on a drone, and a helmet cam that ran out of battery on pitch 24. Premieres 14 November 2026 at the Tovik Mountain Film Festival, streaming from 1 December.