Category: Expedition

West Cape is finally conquered, which means that we now have been to twoout of the foreextreme points in Norway! The hike to West Cape from Selje is beautiful, but also very long. It’s took us over 12 hours to walk the 30 kilometers to the Cape from Selje. We arrived 3 o'clock at night … Continue reading 2 out of 4

We have arrived at Selje, the last town we will visit before we get to the mostwesterly point of mainland Norway. Our plan was to paddle around West Cape, but these are the most dangerous waters in Norway. Thevikings would take their ships over land to avoid going around West Cape by sea. The county … Continue reading Ready to conquer West Cape

Around Måløy there are a few coastal forts that where built by the Germans during world war 2. To our fun, our camp site was right on one of these coastal defenses. We used some hours to explore the area before we set of towards Måløy. One ofte weels from one ofte cannons that stod hereOne … Continue reading Coastal fort

It’s the longest day of the year and we have made camp a few kilometers from the city of Måløy. At this camp spot we met some very nice people that where barbecuing and celebrating the summer solstice. They were about to leave when we came ashore, but they told us that we could use … Continue reading Summer solstice

Like I said before, I am the perfect leader. But even if you are perfect, there is no guarantee that your subordinates are just as perfect being subordinates. After many days of shouting my mules forward, it seemed they no longer were capable of taking orders... What can one do when you are surrounded by … Continue reading Respecting your leader

It has been a few days since we left Sognefjorden and started paddling our way north along the coastline. The weather has been mostly fine and we are enjoying this new kind of scenery. Yesterdaywe arrived at a beautiful island called Svanøy. At this place they have a deer breeding facility which is Norway's leading … Continue reading Gourmet dinner

We have now reached the ocean and the starting point of Sognefjorden. This means that we have now paddled the worlds longest ice free fjord. Sognefjorden is 205 kilometers long, but since we have been exploring the fjord and have not been traveling straight from the end to the start, we have paddled a total … Continue reading Worlds longest fjord

Yesterday we camped in a fjord called Finnafjorden, which is a very small fjord connected to Sognefjorden. It’s like a mini fjord, only a few kilometers longand it is amazingly lush and green. There are no roads to this fjord and the nearest town is 30 minutes away by boat and yet there is one … Continue reading No road access

Like I said before in previous posts, Sognefjorden is riddled with old farms and historical places. At one camp site we found over 7 burial mounds from the iron age. These mounds are not marked on any maps and they are far from any people, so it was a bit challenging confirming that they really … Continue reading Old and beautiful places

The weather has been fantastic the whole of May and we are enjoying it to the max. When you even find perfect camp spots along the way, it’s the icing on the cake! There are many eagles in SognefjordenYou shall not pass!