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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 |
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A starting ramp for paragliding at 450m
altitude. Lønahorgi in the background. |
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.. |
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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. |
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Far to the northwest the sun still shines. |
Voss is
visible, but in shadow now. Worse weather is on the way. Budalen can be
seen down to the right. |
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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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