Norge på langs

I didn’t make it before the end of the year. But the first good intention for 2023 is already implemented 😃. With some distance, I tried to gather some insights and lessons learned about my equipment from my notes. Maybe someone is planning a similar hike and there these experiences may give some more hints…

I couldn’t get a conclusive picture of this in the run-up to my tour. Reading 10 lines are usually enough for me to fall asleep. Sports with music in the ear also does not work and with movies I fall asleep soon once…. But if I do have to sit out bad weather for days,…

Now I am back home again. Actually, I don’t know what to write. But a final point must be. The North Sea kept me also from running further. Perhaps this not knowing what to write is also emblematic of my current emotional state. Somehow I find myself in limbo: Norge på langs is history since…

It’s a funny feeling. Actually, I have always been slightly ahead of my schedule since the beginning. This allowed me to be on the road with serenity without time pressure. Just before I started to the last stage, I realized that I need for it only 7-8 days. I fixed September 22 for the arrival…

For 16 days now I have been hiking without a day of rest. A certain mental tiredness spreads. Fortunately, the landscape changed at a high rhythm and the weather played along. So it is easy to keep the motivation high. The sections through the national parks with the highest peaks in Norway are spectacular and…

I did not starve! On the way I spurned no food bowl and gladly waited even once an hour in the sun until the cinnamon buns came out of the oven. I diligently filed down the soles of my shoes and the tips of my hiking poles so that I had to move less and…