Sunday 24 August 2008
4 days, 4 peaks
I have had the last week off while the Marine Biologists were away on a cruise.
The next day we went over Plateaufjellet which wasn't too hard but really enjoyable nonetheless. At the top we got to see an arctic fox.
That's supposed to be a fox ...
Day 3 was the best day by far. I was so determined to get over Trollsteinen again that we took a completely different route (which happened to be the longest) but it didn't matter. We had awesome views from the top.
View of Adventdalen from the top
The final day we set off for Nordenskioldfjellet, the highest mountain around Longyearbyen (1050m - not that high but still). It was a really easy plod along a ridge that kept going up and up and up. We got over the cloudline but rapidly came down because of the cold.
So far I have conquered 7 of of the surrounding mountains. There is a small competition which involves climbing the 10 surrounding mountains - and we have until October to participate. I have three more to do, which are all quite far away. Hmmm....
We finally decided to rent out a rifle from one of the local outdoor stores. Just like opening a bank account here, I couldn't believe how easy it was to get hold of it.
It was getting late and I was so determined to get one peak covered and so we set off at 7PM. The aim was to get up Trollsteinen, I guess we took the wrong route up as we were faced by a first peak which I really could'nt see how to go up without crampons/iceaxe. In the end we gave up and just came back home round midnight (we saw the postman pass by too at midnight- guess the job needs to be done!)
First peak was covered in ice
The next day we went over Plateaufjellet which wasn't too hard but really enjoyable nonetheless. At the top we got to see an arctic fox.
That's supposed to be a fox ...
Day 3 was the best day by far. I was so determined to get over Trollsteinen again that we took a completely different route (which happened to be the longest) but it didn't matter. We had awesome views from the top.
View of Adventdalen from the top
The final day we set off for Nordenskioldfjellet, the highest mountain around Longyearbyen (1050m - not that high but still). It was a really easy plod along a ridge that kept going up and up and up. We got over the cloudline but rapidly came down because of the cold.
Over the cloudline
At the top
So far I have conquered 7 of of the surrounding mountains. There is a small competition which involves climbing the 10 surrounding mountains - and we have until October to participate. I have three more to do, which are all quite far away. Hmmm....
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