Hellsegga

Refsvika beach.

Breakfast in the remains.

Kolhellaren cave on the other side.

Top of Gongskaret out through the hole.

Beautiful Buvågen.

Happy to get out on the other side.

Hiking up towards Hellsegga.

Hellsegga behind me, Uranus is out there.

Hellsegga with Uranus.

View towards Å.

Me, Eline and Andreas.

Sandwich break. Mosken and Værøy behind.

At the highest point of Hellsegga plateu.

Looking down at the tents.

Eline.

Eline.

Kolhellaren (Refsvikhula)

Love this place!

Today we went to Hellsegga. Kjell-Arne stayed down in Refsvika to rest, explore and take pictures. Today's hike took us something like eight hours or so before we came back down to our camp. Then we made a campfire and dinner before we hit the sleepingbag. Tomorrow will be a really long hard day since we have to go back all the way to Å. I would rather stay one more night in Gjerdvika but tomorrow is Norway's national day and I'm not sure if there are any buses to get home on sunday. I never went far into the cave since it was really dark and we didn't bring head lamps since it's almost midnight sun this time of the year. But I will come back for sure, there is more to explore!

Kolhellaren cave contains prehistoric cave paintings believed to be 3000 - 4000 years old. They consist of almost 30 simple depictions of humans painted in red, mostly found in the eastern and western arms of the cave. The act of placing such images in deep, dark caves is thought to have had a special significance and it is assumed that both the cave and the paintings were linked to ritual activities.