It’s been many months since we really made any progress northwards, but now we are walking straight north and making good progress. The weather is relatively good and we can’t complain much since it’s late autumn and things could be much worse. The winter showed itself for a day or two, but the snow disappeared … Continue reading Going north
The day has been perfect and we are finally back in camp after reaching the Swedish border. We are staying in the camp at the base of Stor Sylen for one more night before we start heading north. As a fitting conclusion to this milestone achievement, the aurora showed itself to us for the first time … Continue reading Aurora
Today we officially got to the Swedish border and therefore we have now crossed the width of Norway. This final step maybe sound easy, but the border is situated on the top of a mountain called Stor Sylen. It is a steep 3 hours hike to get to the top, but the view is well … Continue reading Officially crossed the width of Norway
We are now camping just a few hundred meters from the border to Sweden. On this soon to be crowning achievement, two journalists are joining us for two days. These are not the local newspaper journalists, but they are from the most renowned newspaper in Norway; Dagens Næringsliv. They are making a story for their … Continue reading Interview and great food
A few days rest in Hessdalen did us good, re-energized, we now steam ahead towards the Swedish border. An old work colleague and friend of Anders, joined us for this next, soon to be epic achievement; Crossing the width of Norway!Ronny is packed and ready to join usAnders is trying his luck fishing Jan is editing … Continue reading Soon at the Swedish border
In a remote valley in Norway there is a world leading science project going on. For many decades there have been sightings of unexplained lights throughout the valley of Hessdalen. In 1983 a science project was established to look in to these strange phenomenon’s and since then there have been hundreds of documented sightings (both … Continue reading UFO’s and great friends
Norway still has surprises for us and this time it’s a national park that we did not know about. Not as mystical and special as Knutshø, but still it’s an amazing place with many of the same features as Knutshø. We have not seen any wild reindeer for the last weeks that we have been … Continue reading Forolhogna national park
Since we started the third part of our journey, we have been carrying a shotgun for hunting. The problem is that most of the land we have been walking in, is privately owned and therefore difficult to obtain a hunting license for the areas. We have been waiting for us to enter land that is … Continue reading Gourmet dinner
As Norwegians, Jan and Anders have seen or knows how different the Norwegian landscape can be. But even they were surprised by the landscape we now were entering. Knutshø conservation area is a mystical highland with seters (summer mountain pastures) situated throughout the area. The landscape is covered in turquoise reindeer moss and almost no … Continue reading Unknown mystical land
We have now finished crossing Dovrefjell and have arrived at a mountain hotel called Kongsvold. This place has a lot of history and many of the buildings are from the 17th 18th century. We stayed here for a night, before we continued our journey. Marike, a mutual friend of ours, joined us and is going … Continue reading Kongsvold
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