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Summary: 20 km, 729 m gain in warm, sunny weather (breeze and wind throughout the day). 8:30 am breakfast. It’s fascinating to have the unsupervised use of a stranger’s space and belongings, and to have their trust. We cooked our oatmeal, made some coffees in the fancy coffee machine, cleaned up after ourselves and left.Continue reading “July 28. Day 31 Walking.”

Summary: Svorkmo to Skaun. 19.2 km, 723m gain. Overcast & warm with breezes. 9 am start walking. I wore shorts for the first time today. My white legs seemed to act like glowing beacons for the horseflies. Towards the last of the walk, I put my hiking pants back on. I won’t know until tomorrowContinue reading “July 27. Day 30 Walking.”

Summary: Skogheim to Svorkmo. 10km, 72 m gain. Sunny and hot. 29 C. 8:30 am breakfast 10 am start walking Chin-Yu and I walked together today, after three days of walking solo. It was a short, 10 km day to an Airbnb flat in Svorkmo, where we have access to laundry. The trail started asContinue reading “July 26. Day 29 Walking.”

Summary: Ry to Skogheim. 23.9 km, 414 m gain. Sunny and hot until about 3pm, then cloudy. Thunder in the distance and storm clouds from about 2 pm but they never came over us. 7:45 am wake 8:30 breakfast and pack lunch 9:30 am start walking My feet were sore this morning from yesterday. IContinue reading “July 25. Day 28 Walking.”

Summary: A long fricken day! Rewarding! Kastet to Ry. 29 km, 585 m elevation gain. Sunny and hot. 7:15 am wake. 8:00 am breakfast (some homemade jams and a jar of peanut butter! I made a pb & j for lunch). 9:10 am start walking I notice that I’m feeling wonder and joy again. I’mContinue reading “July 24. Day 27 Walking.”

Summary: Oppdal to Kastet. 24.8 km (with a small surprise detour to Christine’s cabin!) & 477 m elevation gain. Overcast in the am and then sun, sun, sun! Mostly road today. 7:30 wake 8:00 breakfast 9:00 start walking up a big hill from accommodations, 50 m gain, to meet the trail. My physical discomfort isContinue reading “July 23. Day 26 Walking.”

Summary: Granmo Camping to another camping 3.5 km east of Oppdal. 16 km (with detour into Oppdal town site) & 588 m elevation gain. 10:15 start walking. I would have struggled to find the trail again if I hadn’t gone back to redo the part I missed yesterday. There are no trail markers from theContinue reading “July 22. Day 25 Walking.”

Summary: Ryphusan to Granmo Camping through the Vinstradalen (Vinstra Valley), and then back about 1.5 km to where I missed a sign to redo the last kms along the trail instead of on the trail beside the highway. 20.8 km, 250 m elevation gain. My hands and feet were tired (stiff) this morning but IContinue reading “July 21. Day 24 Walking.”

Summary: Kongsvoll to Ryphusan (then a drive to the campground). 21 km with 740 m elevation gain. Drizzle and overcast, then sun and the second part of the day was sunny with cold winds. 7:15 am wake up. I notice I don’t have as many aches and pains in the night now. My upper backContinue reading “July 20. Day 23 Walking.”

Summary: Hjerkinn to Kongsvoll. 11.8 km, 408 m. Sunny with some wind. 7 am wake-up 8 am breakfast and pack lunch from buffet 9:45 am start walking. We had a late start as the church wasn’t open until 10. Eystein Church. “It was built in 1969 as a church for pilgrims and wanderers. The nameContinue reading “July 19. Day 22 Walking.”