Nalle Hukkataival: Deep Water Soloing in Finland

Floating sauna? Check. Committing moves high above Finland’s biggest lake? Absolutely. Join Finnish climber Nalle Hukkataival for a short, atmospheric session of deep water soloing—where the only “pad” is cold, dark water waiting below. Known for relentlessly creating new highball problems, Nalle brings that same calm, matter-of-fact mindset to a very different kind of risk. It’s a compact hit of Finnish-style adventure: clean movement, real exposure, and the uniquely freeing feeling of climbing above water where hesitation is the crux.

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Floating sauna? Check. Committing moves high above Finland’s biggest lake? Check. This is deep water soloing … Finnish style. Finnish climber Nalle Hukkataival is arguably one of the world’s most prolific first ascensionists of highball boulders. But as the blocs keep getting bigger and bigger, he recently traded a crash pad for freshwater. In this film, we get Nalle’s down-home take on deep water soloing.