Our summer holiday trip was intended to be also a sort of testing trip for the gear. Wanted to test the equipment and of course wear the shoes in so I won’t have problems at Kili. Second reason was to test physically if I can do hikes multiple days in a row. Also never walked …
Finding high places – Engabreen glacier, Svartisen, Halsa, Norway
Time flies when you are having fun and all things must come to an end… So did our holiday and suddenly it was our last day in Norway. We left Lofoten in the morning the day before, but as it was raining the whole day and I managed to get some sort of flu bug …
Finding high places – Munkebu, Moskenes, Lofoten, Norway
Last day in Lofoten islands and the intention was to find a nice longer hike somewhere high… surprise, surprise! As the car park for the trail head was full and the roads are too narrow to park along the road we started looking at other options and noticed that you can actually get to the …
Finding high places – Veggen, Haukland beach, Norway
Queen’s route the day before was the most strenous of all our hikes both physically and mentally so far, so the next day was going to be a rest day. We drove to towards Lofoten islands and as it was also a very windy day we decided to go to the Viking museum Lofotr and …
Finding high places, Queen’s route, Sto, Norway
On the 21nd of July we finally got closer to Lofoten. The network connections are not that good here between the high hills and when camping electricity not always easily accessible. Hence a bit of a break in updating. Anyway… looked for nice hikes along the way and found this scenic route at the end …
Finding high places – Bromorstinden, Tromso, Norway
We were going to have a “rest day” after the 22 kilometers hike the day before but after breakfast we started already looking for “easy” hikes around the area. Found this absolutely amazing view point about 1 hour drive away from Tromso called Bromorstinden. On the way we encountered reindeer again. This guy was not …