Tasermiutfjord,
Sydgrønland
Billedet er taget for foden af Kirkespiret, og det højeste
fjeld centralt i billedet er Ketil, 2010 m. Umiddelbart foran Ketil anes
konturene af Pyramiden (ca. 1780 m), med sydvæggen mod kameraet. Kammen
til venstre er den naturlige nedstigning. Den spidse lavere top til venstre
for Pyramiden er kaldt for "The Pinnacles" og de tre toppe
udgør Ketil Pingasut (=tre).
Til højre i billedet er Ulamertorsuaq-komplekset, med selve
Ulamertorsuaq-cylinderen som den venstre "buttress" på væggen.
Mellem Ketil og Ulamertorsuaq øverst i dalen ligger "Den hvide
væg" eller Nalumasortoq.
I forbindelse med et forslag til at ændre navnene på
disse fjelde, foreslået af den kendte franske klatrer Bernard Domenec i
bladet High i 1996, skrev jeg følgende læserbrev, som blev gengivet et
par numre senere:
Dear Editor,
I have a few comments regarding the nameconfusion apperantly made by Mr. Bernard Domenech:
Being the most prominent mountain in the region, a landmark for local fishermen and helicopterpilots and dominating the view for hours when sailing into Tasermiut, Ketil is still Ketil. Named after one of the norse settlers
thousands years ago, it's non-inuit name is even used by the greenlanders, allthough it apperantly has an inuit name too: Uiluit Qaqaa meaning Mussel Mountain, not for its 1400 meter somewhat musselshaped westface, but from the
rich musselbanks found in the nearby bay at low tide. The name Ketil Pingasut (inuit for three) has also been used, maybe because of the
three-some it makes with its pointed satellite peaks Pyramiden and The Pinaccles.
No mountain ever got a better name than Ulamertorsssuaq, the Big Cylinder, (ulamerpoq = to be round / cylindrical; - suaq = big). "The barrel shaped buttress" (with the Kurt Albert et al rap-boltet route) and the mountain of 1830 m behind still holds this name. Suikarsuaq, which translates to The Very Solid, is an easy accessible peak close by.
The beautyfull mountain with the S-shaped white wall in the valley between Ketil and Ulamertorssuaq has the name Nalumasortoq. It is the inuit word for a greenlandic snipe, but the reason for this name is unclear.
Allthough french and swiss climbers are dominating the scene in Tasermiut Fjord there is no reason to change the old mountain names because of that.
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