Day 6

Saturday was epic, another summit and this time it was even more spectacular. Summit Bear was pleased again. This time we hiked up Øspetinden which had a summit of about 1230m, of which we hiked about 1000m. And this was one spectacular summit, views stretching out over the fjord and even into the ocean. The summit itself was also more classic alpine as just a rocky crag on top of a small ridge. Simply stunning.

Also cool was after we went down we met a local dude who had a tiny cabin at the base. He invited us to hang out in the sun for a while, drink some coffee, and chill. Splendid.

Day 5

Panorama picture from halfway up Nonstind

Day 4 we were socked in with rain and fog, so no post for that. However, today was magnificent. Absolutely spectacular. I also made my first true summit, 1570 meters on Nonstind, with a total of 1120 meters skiied up from the parking which was at 450 meters.

So I am 1 for 3 on summit attempts with Kjøvskardstind on day 1 ending at only about 1100 meters (turned back due to being knackered) and our Hesten attempt on day 2 making it to about 1250 meters (had to turn back because of snow storm coming in).

The weather today is just unbelievable as well, warm and sunny as all hell with clear skies and a gentle breeze. Summiting was an awesome feeling and the view was unreal. I also managed to get a summit picture with the teddy bear my mom sent for my birthday (thanks Mom!).

Summit Bear was pleased

The Romsdal Adventure, Day 3

Wednesday we got hit with some bad weather and so we ended up taking a trip to the bigger local town, Molde, also known as the "Town of Roses" for it's great rose growing conditions. It was a fairly boring day overall without any skiing but as you can see below I've developed some pretty attractive blisters that needed tending to, so maybe it was nice to rest a bit. The other pictures are on the ferry to Molde and then one panorama shot (finally figured out how to get that function to work on my camera...) from the docks in Molde.

The Romsdal Adventure, Day 1 and 2

The lack of blog posts since the last is due to the fact that there has been nothing really to write about. I have settled into a fair routine of work, study, ski (although that is wrapping up). There should be some new ones coming up over the next several weeks as I am taking some sweet trips around Europe, but for now the next big thing is my current Easter holiday.

Romsdal, home of the Romsdalsalpene, is one of the most famous "adventure" skiing regions in the world. No lifts, no resorts, nothing but peaks. Climb and ski is the name of the game and it has so far been the most difficult, tiring, and spectacular skiing experience of my life. It's hard as hell but well worth it for the turns. A price must be paid to the mountain gods for this type of skiing and the currency is sweat.

This type of action also tends towards the dangerous side so we are all geared up with avalanche beacons, shovels, probes, etc. Thankfully one of the dudes with us is an expert climber and alpine guide so he is helpful from an input point of view. Just to reinforce that, he has climbed the Trollveggen (Troll wall) which is the tallest vertical rock face in Europe. In fact he once got lost with a buddy on the route up and ended up spending 29!!!!! hours on the wall. Anywho, just gonna throw up some vids and pics.

Day 1

Day 2