After Sarek, we hade two weeks on our own. Some went home, and the rest of us enjoyed a few relaxing days at Øytun. Suddenly, Bård Christian said: "What about Nordkapp (Cape North), we could go there.". "Yes, we could", said I, and then we went. We rented a car and drove the 240km to Nordkapp...or almost. 13km from the Cape, the road was closed due to wind and icy road. So we didn't get all the way to the cape, but we had a great dinner at the restaurant "Corner" in Honningvåg. "Torsketunge" (cod tongue) and halibut..mmm. And the landscape around Nordkapp is magnifiscent, with drastic changes every kilometer, so it was a nice day after all.
The next day we headed for Tromsø. I visited my friend Rikke in Nordkjosbotn, a very small place, but nice. Saturday it was time for the competition "Skittentind Rando" in Kattfjordeid. Some competed in the "rando", with 1500 vertical meters on two mountains. The rest of us were happy with the Downhill competition. We hiked up Skitntind together and discussed the best way down. Then from the top, people went crazy and didn't make one single turn, except for me of course. But I am still happy that I didn't fall. :P
This week we have rented a house far out on Sommarøy ("the summer island"). It is a beautifal place with white sand beaches and majestic mountains everywhere. The whole week, we have had sunny, calm weather. The snow has been soft at the top and then nice slush in the lower part. We also got to ski a couple of steep gullies...my first real gully. This is a place I will defenitely come back to.
In the evenings, we have enjoyed wine and beer, barbequed, played games and even swum in the sea. The week has been relaxing and lots of fun, but when we woke up to rain on Saturday, it was time to leave. So now we are back in Alta, and are getting prepared to the last two weeks of spring skiing.
søndag 9. mai 2010
søndag 25. april 2010
10 days in Sarek
After a two weeks long easter break, we gathered up in Alta to get ready for a 10 days touring/camping trip to Sarek national park in Sweden. We made sure that the cooking stove burned well, that the tent was in order and we prepared food and sweets for 10 days. As normal bread goes bad very quickly, we baked a heavy "touring" bread that holds a lot of energy and doesn't get too dry. We also made "energy bombs", which are very dry from the moment you take them out of the oven, and they end up as a bag uf crums after the first day. But I think this is excelent touring food.
Wednesday night a bus picked up the three classes that were going to Sarek, and we drove the whole night. I slept maybe 2 hours the whole night, so day 1 was a pretty hard one. When the bus drove away, we knew we were not going to see any sivilisation the next 10 days, and that was quite exciting. With the pulks packed, we started out in fairly good weather, but it soon turned to slush and rain making everything wet and the skins to fall of. We walked about 20km the first day, and was very happy to set up camp, eat dinner and fire up the stove inside the tent.
Day 2 was another walking day. The weather was everything from sunny to snow, and we walked another 20km, but it was a nice and efficient day, and we had a great long lunch with a camp fire, before leaving the forrest.
We woke up quite early on day 3 to blue sky and barely no wind. This was a rest day/touring day, and a few of us hiked up Gisuris (about 800 vertical meters) and skied down sweet, soft snow. The rest of the evening was spent in camp, just enjoying the sun.
Day 4: got up at 6am hoping to do some touring in the afternoon, but in was windy and very bad sight, so we just walked the 12km to the next camp.
Day 5 we moved onwards to meet the class "Off piste". While walking, we could only see a few meeters ahead, but once at the camp site, the sky opened up, and we got a change to hike up "Klassikeren". 900 vertical meters in powder :D A great way to end the day.
Day 6 and 7 was spent in the same camp, touring up and down different mountains. Everyone found a lot of great big mountain skiing or steep gullies and we were sad to leave. But we had to moove on. So before lunch on day 8, we started hiking out the valley, and had time for a little skiing in the after noon. I was excited to perfectly manage a wide gully at around 35-40 degrees.
Day 9, most people slept in, but 5 of us got up at 5am, hiked up 1000m, had to turn because of the clouds that came in, and skied down to camp where the others had breakfast. Then we hiked the 20km out of the national park, and spent the last night around the camp fire, and slept under the stars. The next day we anly walked the 200m to the bus, enjoyed a burger in Gallivarre, finally we could take a shover, after 10 days in the same dirty clothes.
Sarek turned out to be an awesome trip. The mountains are spectacular, the skiing is great and we were very lucky with so many days with sunny weather. In fact, the worst thing with the whole trips, was the sun burns we all got :D
Sweet skiing down Stortoppen (2079m). The highets mountain in Sarek.
Christoffer finally got to do some steep telemark-skiing.
The last part up Stortoppen is very steep. We almost needed ice axes and crampons.
One of the moving days. Walking with a pulk is easy when its flat.
Wednesday night a bus picked up the three classes that were going to Sarek, and we drove the whole night. I slept maybe 2 hours the whole night, so day 1 was a pretty hard one. When the bus drove away, we knew we were not going to see any sivilisation the next 10 days, and that was quite exciting. With the pulks packed, we started out in fairly good weather, but it soon turned to slush and rain making everything wet and the skins to fall of. We walked about 20km the first day, and was very happy to set up camp, eat dinner and fire up the stove inside the tent.
Day 2 was another walking day. The weather was everything from sunny to snow, and we walked another 20km, but it was a nice and efficient day, and we had a great long lunch with a camp fire, before leaving the forrest.
We woke up quite early on day 3 to blue sky and barely no wind. This was a rest day/touring day, and a few of us hiked up Gisuris (about 800 vertical meters) and skied down sweet, soft snow. The rest of the evening was spent in camp, just enjoying the sun.
Day 4: got up at 6am hoping to do some touring in the afternoon, but in was windy and very bad sight, so we just walked the 12km to the next camp.
Day 5 we moved onwards to meet the class "Off piste". While walking, we could only see a few meeters ahead, but once at the camp site, the sky opened up, and we got a change to hike up "Klassikeren". 900 vertical meters in powder :D A great way to end the day.
Day 6 and 7 was spent in the same camp, touring up and down different mountains. Everyone found a lot of great big mountain skiing or steep gullies and we were sad to leave. But we had to moove on. So before lunch on day 8, we started hiking out the valley, and had time for a little skiing in the after noon. I was excited to perfectly manage a wide gully at around 35-40 degrees.
Day 9, most people slept in, but 5 of us got up at 5am, hiked up 1000m, had to turn because of the clouds that came in, and skied down to camp where the others had breakfast. Then we hiked the 20km out of the national park, and spent the last night around the camp fire, and slept under the stars. The next day we anly walked the 200m to the bus, enjoyed a burger in Gallivarre, finally we could take a shover, after 10 days in the same dirty clothes.
Sarek turned out to be an awesome trip. The mountains are spectacular, the skiing is great and we were very lucky with so many days with sunny weather. In fact, the worst thing with the whole trips, was the sun burns we all got :D
On sunny days, the trees at camp are decoreted with drying skins and clothes.
Sweet skiing down Stortoppen (2079m). The highets mountain in Sarek.
Christoffer finally got to do some steep telemark-skiing.
The last part up Stortoppen is very steep. We almost needed ice axes and crampons. One of the moving days. Walking with a pulk is easy when its flat. fredag 26. mars 2010
Lovely Lyngen =)
First day: walk in to base camp in sun set
Moring meeting where we split into small groups
and decided where to go skiing that day
Lunch in the sun wall of a huge conice. 
Elisabeth screeming after 500m with "balls deep" powder.
Bjørn considering a north facing gully. Too bad it was way too wind affected.lørdag 27. februar 2010
Day 4 and 5
On day 4 of the course we went to Christianie Trees, still in Rogers Pass. After quite a long hike in the valley we headed upwards. The snow was really moist and stuck to the skinns, making it hard to brake trail. We dug a snowpit on a east aspect at 1500m, which didn't give that interesting results. But then on 1900m the snow was complately different. At the treeline there were whoomphing and cracking everywere. All convex slopes collapsed and slid under us. We did a Rutchblock test of grade 2, an other comressions tests with easy, sudden collapse. In other words, the snow was very unstable. Skiing down north-east facing slopes were therefore a bit scetchy and we triggered couple of avlanches of size 1-2. The skiing was quite good, all though short, and the day ended with a long nd narrow luge track out the valley. This was yet another learningfull day.
Day 5 and last day of the course was set to "the Christmas Trees" and area. Again a hike up in the valley before starting gaining some altitude. A snowpit on a south aspect shoved stable conditions and a thick layer of crust burried 15cm down. Further up, the snowpack surprised even Steve, our course leader. He managed to remote trigger a large north-east facing slope anf even further up, at 2300m, he was almost caught in one himself. Skiing donw was nice and at the end we did another staged "avalanche rescue". Its getting better for each time, and now we found al the three "people" in 9 minutes =)
All in all, we have learned a lot during the course. Not only how to dig snowpits and doing tests. But I feel I have gotten a much better understanding of how the snowpack works. It will be fun to try this out back in Norway.
Day 5 and last day of the course was set to "the Christmas Trees" and area. Again a hike up in the valley before starting gaining some altitude. A snowpit on a south aspect shoved stable conditions and a thick layer of crust burried 15cm down. Further up, the snowpack surprised even Steve, our course leader. He managed to remote trigger a large north-east facing slope anf even further up, at 2300m, he was almost caught in one himself. Skiing donw was nice and at the end we did another staged "avalanche rescue". Its getting better for each time, and now we found al the three "people" in 9 minutes =)
All in all, we have learned a lot during the course. Not only how to dig snowpits and doing tests. But I feel I have gotten a much better understanding of how the snowpack works. It will be fun to try this out back in Norway.
onsdag 24. februar 2010
Digging snowpits in Rogers Pass
Driving from Castle Mountain towards Lake Louise offered a day off from skiing, a little detour and some shopping at MEC's. I got hold of the sleeping bag I wanted, while Sigbjørn found a couple of new backpack. Lasse had to buy new NTN bindings and learned that his skis are now rotten because of water in the core. We also went touring a place near Canmore with my friend Dave. There we found a few sweet, steep, north facing gullies, with fresh, untracked snow. Then it was time to meet up with our YAMNUSKA course leader in Lake Louise.
Day 1: even though it was blue bird and no wind, day 1 of the course was spent inside with theory. A bummer since we have hade allmost just cloudy weather the whole time in Canada, but still a very learningfull day.
Day 2: After a short breefing of the snow and weather conditions, we headed out aprox. 45 min of Lake Louise. First we did a lot of training with the beacons and probes. Then we hiked up around 300m. We dug a snow pit, and did different compressions tests. There were a couple of surface hoar layers around 20 cm down the snowpack. It was really interresting to see how these weak layers collapsed. At the end of the day Steve put up a scene of an imagined avalanche and we managed to find the three "people" buried in 11 minutes. Even though the time wasn't too bad, we still have a lot to learn and practise.
Day 3: Today we had a longer trip in Loop Brooke in Rogers Pass. We hiked up around 1000m in total, and dug both hasty pits and did biggers tests like a Rutchblock test, with score 6, and an extended comression test. The snowpack here in Rogers Pass is different than in the Rockies (Lake Louise). There were 3 surface hoar layers buried at about 15cm, 25cm and 85cm debth. The tests told ut that in the north facing slopes, below the treeline the layer at 25cm was the most reactive. Around the treeline that layer had probably been affeted by the wind and did not react, while the layer at 15cm was quite unstable. We did not manage to trigger the 85cm layer.
Day 1: even though it was blue bird and no wind, day 1 of the course was spent inside with theory. A bummer since we have hade allmost just cloudy weather the whole time in Canada, but still a very learningfull day.
Day 2: After a short breefing of the snow and weather conditions, we headed out aprox. 45 min of Lake Louise. First we did a lot of training with the beacons and probes. Then we hiked up around 300m. We dug a snow pit, and did different compressions tests. There were a couple of surface hoar layers around 20 cm down the snowpack. It was really interresting to see how these weak layers collapsed. At the end of the day Steve put up a scene of an imagined avalanche and we managed to find the three "people" buried in 11 minutes. Even though the time wasn't too bad, we still have a lot to learn and practise.
Day 3: Today we had a longer trip in Loop Brooke in Rogers Pass. We hiked up around 1000m in total, and dug both hasty pits and did biggers tests like a Rutchblock test, with score 6, and an extended comression test. The snowpack here in Rogers Pass is different than in the Rockies (Lake Louise). There were 3 surface hoar layers buried at about 15cm, 25cm and 85cm debth. The tests told ut that in the north facing slopes, below the treeline the layer at 25cm was the most reactive. Around the treeline that layer had probably been affeted by the wind and did not react, while the layer at 15cm was quite unstable. We did not manage to trigger the 85cm layer.
onsdag 17. februar 2010
Oh Canada!
We have now spent two weeks in Canada. The first days, I spent in bed feeling sick (omgangssyke). Then we couldn't rent a car with Budget, like we had booked, because neither of us are over 25. Luckily we got a car from "Rent a wreck", even if is was a little more expensive. Finally arriving in Revelstoke, both group 1 and 2 were gathered, and we started the hunt for some real canadian powder. Unfortunately, it hadn't come new snow for two weeks, but with a little hiking and traversing one can always find something good. Revelstoke is a nice little town with a lot of sports store, so I feel like I have emptied my account on lift passes, new skis and boots, and a new jacket (but well worth the money). A few hours south of Revelstoke lies Nelson/Whitewater. Its a tiny resort with only two old and small chair lifts, and without any new snow, this is not the place. One day we hiked on Kootenay Pass, one hour away from Nelson. Here we did find some amazing snow, but it is just max. 400m elevation, so you have to put the skins on several times a day.
Back in Revelstoke, we drove up to Rogers Pass, which can offer great touring and forest skiing. Starting at 1300moh and with summits at almost 3000m, its (always) more and better snow up there. We are going to spend more time at the Pass during the avalanche course.
Wanting to see more of what Canadian skiing has to offer, my car drove down to Fernie. The snow is about the same as in Revelstoke, but personally I think Fernie has more potential. Its a lot of easily accessible off-piste skiing, which is now moguls most places. So Sigbjoern has now become a great moguls skier (kulekjoering).
Back in Revelstoke, we drove up to Rogers Pass, which can offer great touring and forest skiing. Starting at 1300moh and with summits at almost 3000m, its (always) more and better snow up there. We are going to spend more time at the Pass during the avalanche course.
Wanting to see more of what Canadian skiing has to offer, my car drove down to Fernie. The snow is about the same as in Revelstoke, but personally I think Fernie has more potential. Its a lot of easily accessible off-piste skiing, which is now moguls most places. So Sigbjoern has now become a great moguls skier (kulekjoering).
Steinar drops out in powder. Kootenay Pass
Snowing in Rogers Pass =)
Quote Magnus: "Our car is so much cooler than yours"
lørdag 30. januar 2010
Having fun with the cool & crazy mountain guide Heidi
During the first week in Davos, we skied a lot in the groomed tracks, walked a little bit and found some fresh snow if we really wanted too. Then, last monday, the whole of group 2 was gathered and we met up with Heidi, our avalanche teacher for the week. We got a reality check on how hard it can be to find someone quickly with beacons all ready the first day. Then the rest of the week has been spent with a mixture of teory and skiing on various snow. We have gotten a really good base of how to evaluate the avalanche danger. I have also learned that I have A LOT to work on when it comes to my ski technic (its not fun being the worst in the class!). But luckily I still have a few month to practise. We are currently stuck at Frankfurt Flughaufen (airport) and in only 12 hours! our flight leaves for Calgary where some fresh canadian powder awaits us.
onsdag 20. januar 2010
Warm up in Bad Gastein. Progress in Davos.
After spending New Years in Eresfjorden and some days in Oppdal, it was time to head to the Alps. The 10th of January, I met up with Helge at Gardermoen, ready to begin the ski and avalanche course ( Ski og Skred verden rundt). We spent 6 days in Bad Gastein with the rest of group 2. The weather was mostly sunny, but unfortunately is was extremely little snow. We did manage to find some untouched snow every day, but to groomed trackes were horrible...really like Hell frozen over. The after ski on the other hand was lively and fun.
Saturday we mooved on to Davos. We took a sorely needed rest day on Sunday, and Monday was a completely different skiing experience, with perfectly groomed slopes and very few people. We also had new sharp steel edges, so quoting Sigbjørn: "Hey, I'm really good. I feel like I've finished the learning prosess and become a pro!". So even though there is no that much new snow, a little walking gives us untouched snow still, and the the slopes are perfect for practising our technic.
Lasse showing of
Sigbjørn is digging and doing a compression test.
Sigbjørn the pro
From left: Sigbjørn, Vibeke, Lasse and Steinar.
Making pretty lines in Davos.
torsdag 12. november 2009
Aruba; "One happy island"
After one month in cool New Zealand, I was ready to enjoy two lasy weeks of my vacation on the beach in Aruba....and of cource do a lot of windsurfing. But things did not go as planned. My new Venezualan sister, Susan, let me stay at her place for a few days, and then helped me find a really nice appartement, with my own swimming pool, to rent for the rest of my vacation....for local price (wich is half of the tourist price :D ) !!! I also managed to get local price in the windsurfing rental shop. The first days were amazing, with nice steady wind. I am very pleased that I managed water start during the second day :D But then the wind dissapared completely :(and there is not that much else to do in Aruba (if you don't like hanging out with rich American families, that is).
After some days walking around on the beach, I got an offer to go to Venezuela. So of course I joined the Venezuelan windsurfer, Leo, to his home town...a small desserted fishing village. Adicora is usually a great kite/surf/windsurf spot (the rest of the year :P) at the very tip of the Venezuelan coast. To sum up my week in Venezuela, I: tried to communicate in spanish with people who don't know a single word english, got stopped by military police with mashine guns because I didn't have my passport, ate "arepa" (corn bread), visited caves and a family living self sufficient in the mountains/rain forest, and did a little bit of surfing.
Lessons learned: water is almost more expensive than gasoline in V., never go anywhere in Venezuela without your passport, and for gods sake bring a stick to fight of the dogs in Aruba (they attack you!).
Outside of the appartement I rented on Aruba. I had it all to myself.
After a great couple of hours on the water myself, I enjoyed watching the kite surfers in the sunset.
The cairn represent a wish (I made 4 :P ). You want to build the cairn as strong as possible so you wish will last a long time.
The Arubans like to dress up and party hard on Halloween.
Leo and a Brazilian guy after surfing in Adicora, Venezuela.
The landskape on the peninsula. Cerro Santa Ana in the background.
I don't know what the Venezuelan people do all day, but this boy was just standing there with his donkey.
A small concrete house up in the mountains. The goy living there guided us to the caves in the area.
After some days walking around on the beach, I got an offer to go to Venezuela. So of course I joined the Venezuelan windsurfer, Leo, to his home town...a small desserted fishing village. Adicora is usually a great kite/surf/windsurf spot (the rest of the year :P) at the very tip of the Venezuelan coast. To sum up my week in Venezuela, I: tried to communicate in spanish with people who don't know a single word english, got stopped by military police with mashine guns because I didn't have my passport, ate "arepa" (corn bread), visited caves and a family living self sufficient in the mountains/rain forest, and did a little bit of surfing.
Lessons learned: water is almost more expensive than gasoline in V., never go anywhere in Venezuela without your passport, and for gods sake bring a stick to fight of the dogs in Aruba (they attack you!).
This must be followed. I got attacked.
Outside of the appartement I rented on Aruba. I had it all to myself. After a great couple of hours on the water myself, I enjoyed watching the kite surfers in the sunset.
The cairn represent a wish (I made 4 :P ). You want to build the cairn as strong as possible so you wish will last a long time.
The Arubans like to dress up and party hard on Halloween.Leo and a Brazilian guy after surfing in Adicora, Venezuela.
The landskape on the peninsula. Cerro Santa Ana in the background.I don't know what the Venezuelan people do all day, but this boy was just standing there with his donkey.
A small concrete house up in the mountains. The goy living there guided us to the caves in the area.fredag 23. oktober 2009
North Island on my own
While bussing around and staying at backpacker places is ok, I still miss Inga and our van a little bit. After one more day of climbing in Takaka, I went to Nelson. Met some fun guys there and tried motor biking and then took the ferry over to Wellington. Since I like cities so much, I spent three whole hours there, at the Te Papa museum, and then went up to Turangi to do the Tongariro crossing the next day. And what a beautiful day! Blue sky and beautiful mountains. The crossing is very nice, but it sure smells on the way down.
After Tongariri, I went to Rotoroa and rented a mountain bike. The forest there was amazing and huge. I also went to the annual "Beer fest" (aka oktoberfest) but that was a dissapointment. Basically no people. Waitimo caves are famous for is glow worms and stalagtites, so I hade to try that of course. Before going up to Aukland and finishing my trip in NZ.
After a 12h flight to Los Angeles, I went right away to do some shopping. More specifically: find cheap climbing equipment and new running shoes. I sure spent a lot of money there; but luckily on sorely needed stuff. Tomorrow Aruba awaits me =)
Me at the summit of Mt. Tongariro with Mt. Ngauruhoe (aka. Mt. Doom) in the background.
After Tongariri, I went to Rotoroa and rented a mountain bike. The forest there was amazing and huge. I also went to the annual "Beer fest" (aka oktoberfest) but that was a dissapointment. Basically no people. Waitimo caves are famous for is glow worms and stalagtites, so I hade to try that of course. Before going up to Aukland and finishing my trip in NZ.
After a 12h flight to Los Angeles, I went right away to do some shopping. More specifically: find cheap climbing equipment and new running shoes. I sure spent a lot of money there; but luckily on sorely needed stuff. Tomorrow Aruba awaits me =)
Beautiful Flock Hill
Me at the summit of Mt. Tongariro with Mt. Ngauruhoe (aka. Mt. Doom) in the background.
tirsdag 13. oktober 2009
South Rock Climbing
Paynes Ford is a really cool limestone crag; once you get used to slopers and run outs that is. We spent 5 days there, 4 of them climbing, and tried everything from slab to overhanging. On the rest day we rentet mountain bikes, and biked the "Kill Devil Track". It was great to back on a bike again, after just climbing for 6 weeks.
When Inga left for Aukland last wednesday, I tramped the whole Abel-Tasman track, a 52km long track along the beaches in Golden Bay. Back in Takaka after the tramping, I met some people that were going to Castle Hill, so I joined them. We have had 4 amazing days bouldering in the most beautiful surroundings. The arms hurt a bit, but the climbing is soo worth it. Tomorrow I'll go back north to Takaka, and then the North Island is next.
What do you do when Castle Hill looks like this? You go bouldering of course!
One of the thousands of fun problems at Flock Hill.
Another fun problem, just too hard for me.
Low tide in Abel Tasman
Seals and penguins in Abel Tasman national parc
Climbing at Paynes Fordtorsdag 1. oktober 2009
Driving around South Island, NZ.
Because of a lot of rain in Castle Hill, we headed first for Queenstown, the extreem sport capital of the world. We camped by the original bungy bridge, but in day light it looked too small, so of course we went for the big one. Nevis bungy jump is 134 m tall, with app. 40m free fall. It was an amazing feeling when falling.
We also climbed a couple of places around Queenstown. The rock i schist, which is really flaky, and not one of my favorites. But we did find a really cool roof to climb.
Driving north, we stopped a day in Castle Hill. The sun was shining and the place really showed itself from its best side, with green hills and snowy mountains in the background. The bouldering in Castle Hill is special and a little strange at first. And the friction is not the best, as it is polished limestone. But what an awesome place nevertheless.
Me and Inga ready for NZ highest bungy. Inga is a little skeptical.
"I believe I can fly"
Afterwards Inga was really happy. 
Castle Hill
We also climbed a couple of places around Queenstown. The rock i schist, which is really flaky, and not one of my favorites. But we did find a really cool roof to climb.
Driving north, we stopped a day in Castle Hill. The sun was shining and the place really showed itself from its best side, with green hills and snowy mountains in the background. The bouldering in Castle Hill is special and a little strange at first. And the friction is not the best, as it is polished limestone. But what an awesome place nevertheless.
We are now in Paynes Ford, close to Nelson. The climbing seems good, but its a lot of slopers, which is not really my style. And the weather here is not as stable as in Australia, so we might get more rest days than we want.
Me on "Dream Thing" (21)
Me on "Dream Thing" (21)
Me and Inga ready for NZ highest bungy. Inga is a little skeptical.
"I believe I can fly"
Afterwards Inga was really happy. 
søndag 27. september 2009
Acting tourist and partying in Sydney
We finally got to climb a little in the Bluies, and realised that we have to go back there some day. The climbing there is totally different from Araps, with a lot of small crimping and friction that eat skin faster that I though was possible.
Friday night we drove to Sydney and visited Lina, a friend from Trondheim. As we were going out to a place with "dress code", and me and Inga just have climbing clothes with us, we ended up borrowing dresses and shoes from the girls there. It was quite a shock going from staying in the bush for 5 weeks, to a hip night club in Sydney. On Saturday we went to see the famous Opera House + Sydney Harbour Bridge, and we took the ferry over to Manly, just to be a "normal" tourist for a day. Sydney is a nice city, and I would say it has a beautiful harbour, but one day was enough.
We have now landed in Christchurch, NZ, and spent the afternoon jogging in the city park. Chistchurch is the size of a city that suites us much more than Sydney. We also found the most amazing restaurant: "Octagon Live". It's an old church wich has been turned in to a beautiful restaurant, and they had live music with both guitar, piano, organ and singing. The food was really good, and we even got a lot of discount, just because the people were so nice there. It was the perfect way to spend the night in Christchurch. Now we can't wait to go back to the bush, and first stop is Castle Hill for some frictionless bouldering.
Lina enjoying the ferry to Manly.Friday night we drove to Sydney and visited Lina, a friend from Trondheim. As we were going out to a place with "dress code", and me and Inga just have climbing clothes with us, we ended up borrowing dresses and shoes from the girls there. It was quite a shock going from staying in the bush for 5 weeks, to a hip night club in Sydney. On Saturday we went to see the famous Opera House + Sydney Harbour Bridge, and we took the ferry over to Manly, just to be a "normal" tourist for a day. Sydney is a nice city, and I would say it has a beautiful harbour, but one day was enough.
We have now landed in Christchurch, NZ, and spent the afternoon jogging in the city park. Chistchurch is the size of a city that suites us much more than Sydney. We also found the most amazing restaurant: "Octagon Live". It's an old church wich has been turned in to a beautiful restaurant, and they had live music with both guitar, piano, organ and singing. The food was really good, and we even got a lot of discount, just because the people were so nice there. It was the perfect way to spend the night in Christchurch. Now we can't wait to go back to the bush, and first stop is Castle Hill for some frictionless bouldering.
Whoa. Clean and dressed up girls. That's the first time in 5 weeks.
Sydney Opera House. Been there, done that.
The cool restaurant which used to be a church.
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