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Evening hike to Gara Furi Terara

Dato:
31.10.2019
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
4:25t
Distanse:
19,8km

I have been to Addis Ababa several times in connection with my work, and I've realized that this city really does offer some nice treks in the mountains that surround it. Moreover, Addis Ababa is located about 2400 m.a.s.l., and is therefore perfectly located for someone who wants to get some altitude acclimatization in advance of a mountain trek at even higher altitudes, whether that be a trek to Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, Rwenzori or Ras Dashen. I was planning to climb Ras Dashen along with my Daughter during this visit to Ethiopia, but prior to that I was going to work for two and a half weeks at the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa. In order to get even better adapted to the altitude, however, I had on this occasion decided to go to Addis three days in advance of my colleagues from our >>>

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Til Signalen og Storefjellet på Valderøya med min datter

Dato:
20.07.2019
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
1:21t
Distanse:
3,9km

Jeg benyttet i stor grad denne lørdagen til å slappe av etter en hard arbeidsuke på jobb, men så utpå ettermiddagen hadde jeg behov for litt frisk luft, og jeg spurte min eldste datter om hun ville være med på en aldri så liten fjelltur. Vi plukket ut Valderøyfjellet som dagens mål, kjørte til Gjøsundsæter, og parkerte på en greit opparbeidet parkeringsplass helt nederst i Sætredalen. Fra parkeringsplassen gikk vi opp til den gamle demningen i Sætredalen. Inntil for få år siden lå det i Sætredalen et oppdemmet vann. Dammen var for mange år siden drikkevannskilde for befolkningen på Valderøya, og etter at Alnesvatnet ble tatt i bruk som drikkevannskilde for hele Giske Kommune, tjente Sætredammen som reserve-vannkilde gjennom mange år. De siste årene har man imidlertid >>>

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Til Skulen med datter og hustru

Dato:
13.07.2019
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
4:09t
Distanse:
8,2km

Jeg var for ikke lenge siden på Flemsøya og fjellet Skulen sammen med min eldste sønn, og da hun hørte oss fortelle fra turen, og så bildene vi hadde tatt, fikk hun lyst til å bestige Skulen hun også. Vår eldste datter, som er musikklærer har ferie, og har vært på besøk hjemme hos oss de siste ukene, og slik hadde det seg at jeg, min kone og vår eldste datter, la sammen ut på tur denne dagen. Så kjørte vi da ut til Skjeltene i datterens bil, tok ferga over til Austenes, og kjørte videre derfra ut til Flem. Fra Flem tok vi samme skogsvei som sist (se turbeskrivelse fra 01.06.19: Fjelltur til Skulen på Flemsøya med min sønn ), og parkerte på ca. 160 m.o.h. oppe i skogen akkurat slik som sist, og derfra tok vi beina fatt. Vi fulgte grusveien opp til Bergedalen, og tok så stien til høyre, og fulgte denne først over heiene >>>

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Fjelltur til Skulen på Flemsøya med min sønn

Dato:
01.06.2019
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
2:48t
Distanse:
9,0km

Denne turen var det min eldste sønn som dro meg med på. Fjellet Skulen ligger på Flemsøya i kystkommunen Haram, enskjønt hele Haram Kommune etter planen skal innlemmes i Ålesund Kommune om ikke lenge. Flemsøya har navnet sitt fra gårdsbruket Flem, som ligger nokså langt vest på øya. Fra gammelt av ble øya også kalt Skuløya etter navnet på fjellet, men med tiden har det vokst fram et ørlite tettsted på Longva som ligger omtrent midt på sørsida av øya; og når man i dag spør folk fra Flemsøya om hvor de kommer fra, er det stadig flere som svarer at de kommer "fra Longva." Min sønn hadde nylig vært på Flemsøya og Skulen for å få brukt opp et fergekort som var i ferd med å gå ut på dato, og fasinert av hvor fint det var der ute, sa han en dag til meg: "Pappa, >>>

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Climbing the Mountain Overlooking the Chennek Camp Site

Dato:
24.11.2018
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
3:06t
Distanse:
5,3km

On this morning, I was somehow confined to the Chennek camp site in the Simien Mountains National Park. I had been trekking from the Buyit Ras area via Sankaber, Gich, Imet Gogo and Enatye to Chennek over the previous three days along with my wife, our guide Tadlo, and a ranger. Our original plan had been to continue on to Mount Bwahit, and then even further to the Ambiko camp site and Ras Dashen; but then my wife had become so severely stricken by altitude sickness, that we had had to change our plans. [I'm including this information in my narration, as I believe that ability to change a plan, is a very important ability in mountain trekking and in mountaineering; and there might even be times when your survival will depend upon that ability]. I was still thinking there was a possibility of >>>

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Trekking the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia

Dato:
23.11.2018
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
51:28t
Distanse:
36,9km

Working for two and a half week in a health care project in Addis Ababa, and then go mountain trekking immediately afterwards, is genius. Addis Ababa is located about 2400 m.a.m.s.l. (depending a little on where in the city you are), and with a little amount of training while there, you do get exactly the altitude adaption that you need to better enjoy your hike in the higher mountains after your stay in Addis. Not many of us can afford to take two and a half week off from work just for elevation acclimation, and then be another week and a half away from work while mountain trekking; hence when I had the opportunity to be in Addis Ababa this long "at work", I had to grab the chance. I had my wife with me on this trip. She had some remaining vacation left over, that she hadn't used >>>

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Hiking to "The Troll's Tongue" with my Daughter.

Dato:
28.06.2017
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
8:00t
Distanse:
20,4km

My daughter and I were on our way from the city of Stavanger to the town of Ålesund, both on the west coast of Norway. As we had been planning our drive northwards, we had decided to do some mountain trekking along the route. On the first day of our trip we had stopped by the village of Jøssang, in order to hike to Preiekstolen [i.e. "The Pulpit Rock"]. On the second day of our trip, we wanted to go trekking to Trolltunga, in English "The Troll's Tounge". And so we did. For the night between our trek to The Pulpit Rock and our trek to The Troll's Tongue, I had booked a hotel room at a village called Ullensvang . This, however, proved to be a mistake. Ullensvang is located about 35 km north of Tyssedal, which is like a gateway to the valley Skjeggedal, the set-out point >>>

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Hiking to "The Pulpit Rock" With One of My Daughters

Dato:
27.06.2017
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
1:33t
Distanse:
4,6km

I had previously visited The Pulpit Rock [Norwegian: Preikestolen] on one occasion, i.e. on August 8th 2015, when I made this trek with my youngest son. On the current occasion, however, I had been to the city of Stavanger to help my oldest daughter move from one apartment to another, and as we were heading north along the coast of Norway by car, we decided to stop a couple of places and do some mountain climbing on our way. From Stavanger there's two ways to get to the Pulpit Rock: You either drive via Sandnes to Lauvvika , where a ferry will take you across the fjord Høgsfjorden . Or: You take the ferry from Stavanger to Tau across the fjord Hidlefjorden, from where you drive to Jøssang, where you take a tiny road [i.e. road #4642] to lake Revsvatnet , where Preikestolhytta [i.e. The Pulpit >>>

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Across Mount Storhornet on Godøy Island From North to South

Dato:
15.10.2016
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
3:01t
Distanse:
7,5km

I have climbed the mountain of the island called Godøya a large number of times, but I've mostly used the various commonly used trails to get up and down; though I did once climb up a very steep slope without any trail on the western aspect of the island (for that particular climb, see here: A Different Climb on the Godøy Island and Mount Storehornet ). Now, in order to get some variation, I decided to do a somewhat unusual trek even on this day; so I started out from the parking lot in the bay called Hestevika, and embarked upon a climb more or less straight up the mountain side (see map). At about 250 m.a.m.s.l., this island has a plateau with a lake that serves as the main water supply for the local community, which is comprised of the 4 islands Vigra, Valderøy, Giske and Godøy. Now, in order to bring the water to the community, there's a pipeline >>>

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To Mount Urfjellet with my Son Dag

Dato:
16.07.2016
Turtype:
Fottur
Turlengde:
3:25t
Distanse:
10,7km

Just outside the little village of Slyngstad, you'll find an old road over Mount Remefjellet, and then down to the fjord called Samfjorden on the other side of the mountain (see map). This old road was once upon a time the main road to the village of Brattvåg. Later on, however, a new road was built, with a tunnel through the mountain; and the old road is now no longer being maintained, and it is now mainly used by tour walkers and mountain trekkers. Tour walkers are actually still using the entire length of the road to get from one side of the mountain to the other; whereas for the mountain trekkers about half of it has become the first leg of the trail up to Mount Urfjellet [839 m.a.m.s.l.] and Mount Storfjellet [950 m.a.m.s.l.]. My son and I parked our car at a little parking lot at Slyngstad, >>>

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