A Sleepy Seaside Settlement

...Somewhere Southwest of Stavanger

An Attempt on Kjeragbolten

Occasionally, the strategy of "head down and plough through" isn't quite enough to get you there on time, and the only option left is to pack it in and leave the goal for another day. This was one such time, and Kjeragbolten, the fabled boulder wedged in a crack above a 984-metre deep crevasse above a fjord, was our target. Despite our humiliating defeat, the stunning, vertigo-inducing terrain made it well worth the trip and definitely warrants a second visit. Until next time, "Kjeragbolten". 

Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock)

"On the day seven sisters marry seven brothers from the Lysefjord area, the plateau will tear itself away from the mountain and fall into the fjord, creating a huge wave that will destroy all life in the surrounding area" or so the story goes according to the travel site visitnorway.com. 

Known in English as "Pulpit Rock", Preikestolen is a towering granite structure standing 604 metres above Lysefjorden in Forsand, Ryfylke, Norway. A brisk 3.8km walk/climb takes visitors through stunning alpine scenery to the brink of a ridge carved out by glacial action approximately 10,000 years ago. A series of vertigo-inducing scrambles leads to the distinctive flat top of Preikestolen. Here the brave and curious can take advantage of the stability and sharp edge of the rock to peer into the abyss, and take some time out to confront the empty space ahead. 

Beautiful Bergen

Oslo Fortress

Oslo Town Hall

Oslo Town Hall

A meeting room in the town hall