Gallery
22 Aug 1989 · Fine old Norwegian barn at Berge, five miles up Sognefjellsvegen, 270m.
22 Aug 1989 · Sheep living under a very old stabbur—raised storehouse—at Berge, five miles up.
22 Aug 1989 · Mark Moxham and Mark Burnard admire the view near Sprekla, 8 miles up, 560m.
22 Aug 1989 · Shane skims stones at Fossegaldsbrui, a small glacial waterfall we’re following uphill.
22 Aug 1989 · Start of the Sognefjellsvegen climb near Turtagrø Hotel, 10 miles, 930m. Snow beyond; sign says built in 1939.
22 Aug 1989 · Looking back above Harahola at the long climb. 11 miles, 1035m.
22 Aug 1989 · Nedre Oscarshaug viewpoint, 1100m, 11.5 miles from the hostel.
22 Aug 1989 · Ian Luke, Mark Burnard and Mark Moxham at 1200m, 12.3 miles from the hostel.
22 Aug 1989 · 1300m and 14.1 miles; overlooking Gjuvvatnet. Only 144m climbing left, snow everywhere.
22 Aug 1989 · A real glacier on Steindalsnosi, from the fenced road over Øvre Hervavatnet; thick snow by the bridge.
22 Aug 1989 · The group by the 1400m sign at Silja lake—higher than Ben Nevis! 16.5 miles.
22 Aug 1989 · Glaciers on Steindalsnosi and ‘icebergs’ bobbing in Silja lake.
22 Aug 1989 · Group at the summit—1434m, 20.5 miles—the highest road in Norway. Coats on after the rain.
22 Aug 1989 · The long downhill sweeps past Krossbu Tourist Cottage, 1.5 miles below the summit.
22 Aug 1989 · Looking back from partway down the long descent in Breidsæterdalen.
23 Aug 1989 · Bøverdalen youth hostel, finally basking in the morning sun we’d craved.
23 Aug 1989 · Rear view of Bøverdalen youth hostel in the sunshine.
23 Aug 1989 · Another view of Bøverdalen youth hostel; our group almost ready. Post Office attached.
23 Aug 1989 · Looking back to Galdhøpiggen, Norway’s highest, from Galdbygde on the Bøvra.
23 Aug 1989 · The long downhill along the Bøvra continues, just past the Røisheim Hotel.
23 Aug 1989 · Looking down the Bøvra valley towards Lom, near Strinde on the Sognefjell road.
23 Aug 1989 · Shane and Mark Burnard in the superb café above Lom’s shopping centre—now closed.
23 Aug 1989 · Lom Stave Church (c.1150): among Norway’s largest, with dragon heads and steep shingle roof; still the parish church.
23 Aug 1989 · Loar School, Lom, by the stave church—the primary then; later replaced, now the public library.