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This
is a training trip for the Himalayas in two weeks. We want to make sure
everything works as it should, and set up basecamp
at 1150m altitude by the
lake Vavatn. Here is tha starting point of the trail to
Ranastongi. |
We
start the climb in the following morning. For a while, the trail
follows a brook. |
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A look back to Vavatn from about 1500m. |
From 1700m altutude we
enter a flat plateau, leading on towards the summit.
It's still about 2km to walk. |
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Here we
have reached Midtre Ranastongi 1888m. Jotunheimen is visible in
the distance to the north. |
The main summit, seen from Midtre Ranastongi. |
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And
here is looking in the opposit direction, from the main sumit. The flat
plateau
ends abruptly with steep cliffs, down to the
valley Hestebotten. The mountains
Hemsedalsfjellen are in the
background. |
If I
look a bit careful, it's because the drop down is about 600m...
Klanten, 1768m
is on the other side of the valley. |
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The lake
Hestebottentjernet at the bottom of the valley. |
Another zoom
towards Jotunheimen in the north. That view, plus the valley
Hestebotten, makes Ranastongi a very beautiful place. |
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Descending
again, over the snowfields. We reach the car in just 1h 50min.
My
training on the hill Isaberg at home seems to be paying off... |
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