Skåne

Annika.

Birthday dinner.

Örby Ängar.

Örby Ängar.

Lucie's place.

Båstad.

Båstad.

Båstad.

Båstad.

Helsingborg festivities with Niklas.

I stayed a week in Skåne to see some friends and family.

Sailing

Saturday I went sailing with Vera, Jonn and the kids. We sailed from Hinsholmen to Kråkudden at Hönö. Dad came to visit in the evening and had a glass of wine. The weather was amazing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hönö

I arrived by train to Gothenburg 7.30 pm. Then got on a bus and a ferry to Hönö. I stayed there a few days to visit my dad. One day I went to the mainland to see Vera and Jonn where I was invited for dinner.

Hönö boulders.

Dad.

At Vera and Jonn's place.

Herman in action.

Heading south

Ulf left me at the airport and headed for the ferry back to Lofoten. I managed to check in and get on that plane to Gardermoen. I had to wait a while there for the train to arrive (the one I should have already been on from Trondheim). When it came no one was allowed to enter, just to get off but when he saw my ticket and I explained it was ok. I think he just thought it was amusing.

Monday at Hamarøyskaftet

Breakfast with coffe, bread and avocado. Then we head up the winding trail going through the woods. We met some sheeps on our way and the wood changed to small birch trees. It was a lovely little approach trail. We racked up and walked the first part since it was so easy then we started climbing. It was 5 pitches. This mountain had anchors we could use to abseil so it went faster than on Kuglhornet. When we came down we headed to Fauske where I was gonna take the train. We were hungry so we shared a huge pizza in Fauske, which we didn't even manage to eat so we brought it with us. Then Ulf left me at the railwaystation and I looked at my ticket when I realized I got the time wrong and my train just left an hour ago! Luckily Ulf didn't go far so he came back and we drove to Bodø. As usual it got pretty late before we pitched our tent at Bodøsjøen. And I managed to book a flight to Oslo for the next morning.

Sheep watching the trail.

Ready to go.

Time to climb.

Almost summit.

Sunday

Today we went up verdenssvaet to reach Kuglhornet. I guess it took 1,5 hours. Sun was hot hot hot. We had some trouble finding the route so it took a really long time until we did the 3 first pitches so we just had a look at the next airy passage and then we decided to lower down again. We can always come back so we had to leave som nuts and slings on the mountain in order to get down. We were quite weary when we came down and we didn't check the ferry until now. Suddenly we were in a lot of hurry to catch the ferry from Skarsberget. We had 15 minutes and lucky us, since the ferry was full and there was just enough space for us we were the last on board. Two trailer were too big and had to wait for the night ferry. We went back to Hamarøy and camped at the same spot below Hamarøyskaftet which is where we head tomorrow.

Breakfast.

Our camp.

Verdenssvaet.

The approach.

Looking at the route.

The ridge looks a bit scary...

Ulf belaying the third pitch.

Abseiling.

Abseiling.

Last pitch. Mighty Stetind in the back!

Eidetind

The next morning we had breakfast and drove to the ferry in Bognes and further to Efjord where we climbed Klubbruta on Eidetind. when we came down in the evening we pitched our tent at the lower part of Verdenssvaet. This is truly a beautiful camp spot and it has water really close, spectacular views and what more you could ask? We made dinner and shared a bottle of wine I brought to celebrate this special day, since it was 2 years on this day since I arrived to Lofoten! We also had a campfire and watched the sun set. Words cannot describe this.

Morning at camp.

Hamaröyskaftet.

Waiting for the ferry at Bognes.

Approaching Eidetind.

Ulf.

Selfie with Ulf.

Studying the route.

Ulf leading.

Opposite side "Verdenssvaet".

Camp at Verdenssvaet.

Campfire.

It's nighttime.