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Champ du Feu

Date:
08.10.2024
Characteristic:
Car drive

On the way to the airport in Strasbourg for my flight back to Bergen, I convinced an old friend and colleague to go for a drive to Champ du Feu - the highest point of the Lower Rhine. We started out in heavy rain, but it more or less cleared up as we started our ascent. We parked at a designated area just south of the roundabout and completed the remaining short distance on foot. The summit area contained a large observation tower but as it looked to be in need of repair we did not attempt to ascend to the top of it. As a result the views were quite limited, but thankfully the drive up had been very nice and with several hints of the views we perhaps could have obtained from the tower.

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg

Date:
07.10.2024
Characteristic:
Walk

A quick look at the very impressive cathedral in Strasbourg during a short walk in the city center when attending a three-day meeting. From Wikipedia: "Standing in the centre of the Place de la Cathédrale, at 142 meters (466 feet), Strasbourg Cathedral was the world's tallest building from 1647 to 1874 (227 years), when it was surpassed by St. Nikolai's Church, Hamburg. Today it is the sixth-tallest church in the world and the tallest extant structure built entirely in the Middle Ages. In 1988, the Strasbourg Cathedral was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with the historic center of the city because of its outstanding Gothic architecture." Source: Wikipedia .

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Fløyen from Haukeland sykehus

Date:
01.10.2024
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
2:59h
Distance:
8.4km

Hike to Fløyen with four colleagues after work.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
30.09.2024
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:36h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local evening hike.

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Lone to Flaktveit via Kvitnosa

Date:
29.09.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
5:21h
Distance:
14.6km

Sunday hike with my dad with the main objective of visiting the trig marker at Kvitnosa . We started by taking the bus to Lone (or rather bus, train and bus) and then followed the road to Borgo. Most hikers here probably take the marked route up to Borgaskaret, but we instead started searching for the trail to Gjøken . Our first attempt ended up on the wrong side of an electric fence, before we, after a bit of backtracking, passed through a gate and could finally begin the ascent. The trail indicated on the map was however not really there and instead it seemed like we were in a field used for grazing cattle. So far we did not see any cattle though and assumed that they had been brought indoors for the winter. After later passing through a second gate, this one open, the weak trail soon pretty much disappeared and we were left >>>

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Søndre Skogveien to Bryggen

Date:
28.09.2024
Characteristic:
Walk
Duration:
3:06h
Distance:
8.2km

Evening walk to take a new colleague for a bit of sightseeing in between the rain showers.

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Across Hellen festning

Date:
27.09.2024
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
0:34h
Distance:
3.1km

Short local evening hike around sunset.

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Furukammen and Hellen festning

Date:
26.09.2024
Characteristic:
Walk
Duration:
0:25h
Distance:
2.2km

Short local evening walk.

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Hellemyrstien and Sandviksbatteriet

Date:
22.09.2024
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
3:59h
Distance:
9.4km

Local Sunday hike to Sandviksbatteriet with my youngest nephew.

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Store Ishaug, Trælhaug, Vetle Ishaug and Svolnos

Date:
21.09.2024
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
7:54h
Distance:
23.8km

When Endre asked if I wanted to spend the upcoming Saturday hiking in Eidfjord, I of course immediately said yes and we decided on the area between Måbødalen and Simdalen as our target area, as it contained up to five peaks that neither of us had yet visited. Endre therefore picked me up at my place shortly after 08:00 on the Saturday morning and we started our drive to Eidfjord in an unusually dense fog that we could not escape until beginning the ascent up Måbødalen. We parked at the large parking lot along Isdalsvegen and from there followed a trail through a cabin area before connecting with the marked trail to Simadal. Even though it was already late September, the weather was very warm and I soon had to make a stop to change into shorts, and the rest of the hike was carried out in just shorts and t-shirts for both of us. Near >>>

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