Visting purenkel.no is always a pleasure. One of the owner’s excellent pieces now lives at the Stick. The first post covid lockdown visit to Oslo included some art.
First the monkey.
My current favorite. Can you tell why?
Science! Psuedo-science! Nature! Art! Nonsense!
November 20, 2021
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Visting purenkel.no is always a pleasure. One of the owner’s excellent pieces now lives at the Stick. The first post covid lockdown visit to Oslo included some art.
First the monkey.
My current favorite. Can you tell why?
October 1, 2017
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The rockslide helped. Our original plan was to start hiking just down the road from the Skarvheimem cabin and walk 19km (11.8 miles) along the river bed. Just a few km in, a change of plans due to trail damage had us hike up over a ridge instead. This added 3.2km longwise and a whole bunch of vertical. The distance was not the issue, as you may imagine! Here is a photo documentary of the walk.
We started at a little restaurant/camp area where we ended up (8 hours later) having dinner. Getting started was a thing. By 10:30, we were walking.
Stopping for photo opportunities was a must. We had more cameras than people on our hike. Good news: the tripod actually got used!
The valley hike was very pretty, but in the end we were really glad we had to hike up over the ridge.
There was some wind at the top of the cliff.
And then it was down, down, down. Hard on the knees. The trail was so steep that in places metal cables had been installed. Those were a good thing.
Waterfalls, rock-covered trail, going up when you should be going down, and never quite getting to the water were all things. The wind was impressive when it was funneled up the valley and concentrated into tight eddies.
The sun peeked out occasionally with spectacular long yellow light.
Finally a road. The pace sped up as a taxi was summoned. We made it back in time for dinner, though walking up the three stairs to the restaurant was not easy!
This hike is among the most beautiful I have ever experienced. More is in order.
April 27, 2016
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Norway in a nutshell is a great way to see lots of a gorgeous country. It’s grueling though! We were on trains, boats and buses for 12 hours! Sadly, there is no beer on the boat until May 1st, so all future tourists make sure not to go to Norway in April.
This montage includes all legs of the Norway in a Nutshell trip plus our time spent in Bergen. We were joined by some great Norwegian friends for the last half of the trip. Conversation and laughter abound.
Norway is stunningly beautiful.
OSLO to MYRDAL
MYRDAL TO FLÅN
FJORD BOAT TO VOSS
VOSS
Bergen in a Leaf
Bergen Night
Bergen Day
The cable car goes back down.