The past week contained pretty much everything that one can and should imagine from such a tour. From easy going ATV tracks, over overgrown and waterlogged swamps, snowfields and snowfall, blocked hiking trails, scree slopes to the highest point of Finland, countless river crossings with meltwater runoff including involuntary full bath, strong wind, calm, rain,…
Long hiking days through the Finnmarksvidda
My escape from whatever non-cuddly animal, also led to the fact that I had to change my route fundamentally. Instead of crossing the Finnmarksvidda from northeast to southwest, I have now already crossed it from east to west. From the Tana, the border river to Finland, I went in 2 days to Karasjok, the capital…
Pure nature experiences
I started into day 5 after the rain had gone around noon. A last waffle tuned my blood sugar up and I hit the road. First a few kilometers along the road, then a first time wading through a meltwater leading stream and further up a driveway to a lake. Then a pathless section followed….
The start of the adventure
The first days offered everything: enchanting landscapes, the whole range of weather, many insights, but also confirmations, new acquaintances and also nothing: hardly any traffic, never boredom. The same evening of arrival in Mehamn I set off. Several crossings of streams, snow and boulder fields led me to the 1st camp. After a few hours…
On to the start, or Norge på langs the common way
The journey to the starting point Mehamn slowed me down as hoped. Somehow always waiting and doing nothing and yet it was never boring. Already the departure in Zurich took place with about 1:45 hours delay. Stopover with overnight stay at Copenhagen airport and then on to Oslo. Luggage received and again checked in, something…
Endelig på vei!
Now I’m sitting here at the gate in Zurich waiting for the delayed flight. Somehow gone and yet still here. The last few days have been surreal. On Friday, I sent the last offers, did the handovers, of course, in between a short chat with the office colleagues, activated the out-of-office reply and finally shut…