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Early
morning picture, by free hand in half darness from
the balcony
of Saffo's and
Sakina's house in Voss,
where I'm staying as a guest. What a view! To
the left
is Vatnaknausen 1303m, more in the middle
Horndalsnuten
1461m. My plan is to reach Vatnaknausen
today. |
The
road towards Budalen can be summoned: first gear
and a wish that I had
a
four wheel drive. My hope to drive
to Budalen at 600m is shattered when
I reach this. My
Opel Astra can't go on here, even with
studded
tires. I park
my car below 400m, guessing this might jeopardize my
original plan |
A starting ramp for paragliding at 450m
altitude. Lønahorgi in
the background.
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It
takes more than one hour to reach the place that I first
hoped to
access by car. This changes my time plan and
also takes energy. Here is
a look to the mountain from
650m. |
Sometimes
the snow is quite soft and my
snowshes sink
down a bit. This is a look back in Budalen from 750m |
Looking
south from 750m.
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| Once again, Lønahorgi, now from 900m. |
After 3 hours, at13.00
I reach peak 1140m, a bit sothwest
from Vatnaknausen. The route ahead
is longer than I had thought, I will need at least one more hour to get
there. But
then I won't be back to my car before dark. On top of that,
a cold gale is blowing up here, so I decide to turn back now. |
Far to the northwest the sun still shines.
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Voss is
visible, but in shadow now. Worse weather is on
the way. Budalen can be
seen down to the right. |
Dark
clouds move in from the south. I make ny way back to the forest as it
starts to snow. |
Going
down through Budalen. The mountain behind is hidden by clouds
and snow.
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