Tag: 2014
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La Palma 2014 (4)
Most houses on La Palma have a roof terrace and due to the steep slopes, every house has a good view in at least one direction. Since I liked to get up early and because of the La Palma time zone, sunrises and sunsets are very late, I was able to enjoy the sunrise regularly.…
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Norway 2014 (7)
Before our hike we had a day to explore Tromsø. We used part of the time to visit the Fjellheisen, from where you have a really nice view over the city. There we unpacked our walking sticks for the first time to practice handling them before the heavy backpack would be added. We had some…
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Norway 2014 (6)
The two pictures were taken within two minutes. And they remind me of my feelings, which wasn’t great at the time. The first sight of reindeer was somewhat exciting. But on the other side it was the third day walking with a heavy backpack, the landscape was barren, it was uphill, the clouds hang low,…
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Norway 2014 (5)
The was the second day of our hike in Norway, and it just looked lovely. The rest the night before was good, especially after a refreshing (very short) bath in one of the small ponds next to the hut. The views were just wonderful.
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La Palma 2014 (3)
In March I was scheduled to work a few days on the highest mountain of La Palma. While I left home at sea level at 20°C, I found an amazing landscape on the mountain. The water of the clouds the days before froze to everything, slowly forming large sideways icicles, showing the wind direction.
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Norway 2014 (4)
During our hiking trip in Norway, we saw larger animals only twice. And both times it were only reindeer. When we rented the key for the huts, we were told to be aware of the bears, and it was really nice not to see them. The reindeer were quite shy, staying away of us. People…
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La Palma 2014 (2)
This was a lovely hike, passing from the dry landscape close to Santa Cruz de La Palma to the area where enough water is available to sustain a pine forest. Thereby, the trees collect their own water from the little droplets of the clouds, that are often hanging around the hills,. The steep landscape provides…
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Switzerland 2014
We visited Friends in Switzerland (our travel there was already covered in one post) and one day we went together to the Niederhorn. And while enjoying the landscape, a mountain goat appeared behind the railing and also wasn’t disturbed by our sudden interest, knowing that we wouldn’t dare to go anywhere close to the steep…
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La Palma 2014
I lived on the Canary Island La Palma for one year. It was an amazing year. There are more pictures to share, this is one of the first ones, taken at the beginning of a walk on my first morning on the island. And when I say walk, it actually turned out to be a…
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Norway 2014 (3)
The glacier relatively close to the hut (Vuomahytta) would have been a nice goal for a day trip, I think. It would have still been a day of hiking, as two thirds of the distance there wouldn’t have been a path. However, we didn’t schedule a rest day in our hiking trip in Norway, and…
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