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shooked at some point it really picked up and i zipped open the door and peaked out it looked dark cold and alien out there i got what i call the awe of the mountain feel and to be honest wished i was somewhere else or at least in a shelter that i had more experience with the awe of the mountain the tent did make it through the night fine though and the morning greeted us with sun and glorious views the definitely a bit scary mountain plateau traverse and the amazing cloud bit after our high camp we had a long day ahead of us to cross a mountain plateau to get into the valley leading to the entrance to rondane a cold and stiff wind still faced us as we climbed higher noting that setting camp the night before where we did was a great call at some point we had to cross a snow field in blazing sunshine and with clouds passing over us at high speed we had entered the cloud layer almost across the snow field i stopped and looked back to check that joe was ok a window in the cloud then suddenly appeared and i saw a towering cumulus cloud that was so close that it made me dizzy it felt like watching a great mountain right in front of you it was amazing we both fumbled with our cameras to no avail it was gone as soon as it had appeared after the snow field we reached the plateau and started heading west it was blowing hard now i had to hike in my xenon visibiblity was low but we were able to spot the cairns and made good progress the thought of this section going to last 4 hours like it said on the map made me quite depressed it was a barren godforsaken place to travel through not a place you d want to be alone in case you d be sick or hurt yourself with that kind of wind and temperature 4c or thereabouts you wouldn t be able to survive long without shelter that s why i m getting one of those fjellduken arctic bags before my next trip something i never thought i d need to carry in my pack thankfully we moved below the cloud cover after maybe an hour and had some great views in front of us valley opening up in front of us as we got below the cloud cover later that day we reached the dnt cabin bjørnhollia after abandoning a pretty terrible camp site wet no proper place to put pegs lots of mozzies for the comfort of a well manicured lawn in front of the cabin it also gave us access to showers and great food something we both welcomed at this point our little adventure ended the next day after hiking through illmannsdalen and out to the spranget parking lot where people tend to access the national park we ve already agreed to do another trip next year looking forward to it thanks for the trip joe lagt inn av thomas w gauperaa kl 4 16 pm 0 kommentarer email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etiketter alvdal vestfjell rondane trip tuesday august 21 2012 protected no not from mafia thugs or an alien invasion but from close encounters with condensation laden silnylon walls i do love the tarpent moment but being a single skin tent and a small one at that it is nice to have some protection last morning on my trip to krokskogen with joe while in slovenia this summer ul summit 2012 we had nights with no wind high humidity and wet ground perfect for condensation to form and believe me it did i remember watching the drops hanging from the roof of my tent just waiting for a rain shower or a gust of wind to release them to a bold dive into my face or quilt great then that tarptent offers a breathable water resistant ripstop liner for the moment and rainbow double rainbow it attaches easily to existing hooks and loops after returning from slovenia i quickly ordered liners for helen s double rainbow and my moment my first impression is very positive i had anticipated to lose some of the available space in the tent and i did but not to an extent that it is a negative at all to me it just feels natural to have it installed and i was surprised to feel some added warmth but that may just be me imagining things after installing the liner in my moment and pre attaching guylines on the sides my moment weighs in at 977g excluding pegs the cost of the liner is 30 dollars shipping from my first impression i highly recommend getting one but i have of course yet to try mine in anger i ll report back soon please note that moments manufactured prior to december 2010 lack two of the clips needed but tarptent provides them with the liner including instructions on how to install them it was quick and easy to sew them on i used a sewing machine but hand sewing works too 22 august update henry shires commented in an e mail one quick note is that our documentation for the moment liner is incorrect we wrote that instruction sheet some time ago with the intention of actually manufacturing the two extra clips into the moment at our seattle factory that hasn t happened yet but we do install them here for people who order the moment with liner and send out clips for people who order liners retroactively lagt inn av thomas w gauperaa kl 10 32 pm 0 kommentarer email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etiketter condensation liner moment review tarptent tuesday july 24 2012 krokskogen loop with joe a weekend of bog hopping in my neighbourhood with my hiking buddy joe newton after experiencing terrible weather and bug conditions in vassfaret hiking with beni and marco i think joe was looking forward to some sunny days in the forests and hills around oslo my original intent was to take joe to østmarka so he could packraft and summit pølseberget sausage mountain which can only be done when the conditions are right and after years and years of study and mental preparation sausage mountain will always be there though and i found i wanted to see if we could hike at higher altitude than we ve done previously the highest hills in oslo reach up to 7 800 metres and they re to be found in the northern area the book markas 150 beste sommerturer described a loop of krokskogen of 38 km which i thought looked suitable for us krokskogen is in the western part of marka an area i d never hiked in before from the pictures it looked interesting offering some amazing views from the area around the hill gyrihaugen 682 metres so that s what we ended up doing joe arrived with the overnight train trying desparately to catch some sleep while having two talkative and constantly moving italian women in the seat behind him it didn t help much then that nsb national railway service had graciously given him a luxurious kit consisting of a fleece blanket ear plugs eye mask and inflatable pillow after my attempt at a fry up at me and helen s place we headed downtown to find the bus to sollihøgda t4 buss mot hønefoss where the trail starts didn t find the bus stop in time so we had time for coffee and gear sightseeing before the next one we almost lost the bus once more when it just drove by the driver pointing at the other side of the street bolting through the heavy rain we got on the bus and we were off to a new hiking adventure when we got off the bus at sollihøgda we were dry again and eager to go it was great being on the trail again in the warm and sunny weather a gentle breeze brought smells of flowers grass pine and heather to our noses we weren t in a big hurry so we took time to take pictures and shoot some video i think joe is putting one together later when we re not shooting photos we were catching up on recent events it was very interesting to hear about the recent trip to vassfaret it sounded like they d faced some really challenging conditions with awful weather and masses of bugs i hope beni and marco will return to norway at some point to have a nicer experience after a while we entered a lush area which reminded us both of the scenes from endor joe did a chewbacca impression which made made me laugh the trail is very varied but it s not the most maintained trees had fallen over it at places some trail markings were in need of refreshing and so did some of the signs we were now climbing steadily closing in on gyrihaugen and our planned camp close to a small lake the trail was at times muddy and boggy but never as bad as last year when we hiked jotunheimstien after an especially wet summer which also meant that the bugs had a lot of catching up to do yes that meant sucking blood form as many humans as possible in the shortest time possible believe me we noticed on this hike we didn t see many mosquitoes but the noseuums were out at times and were having a field day until we got out our headnets after a while we realized that we d chosen the wrong trail at a junction but that was a lucky coincidence as the trail went parallell with the cliff to the west of the hill we were 5 10 meters from it but in a strange way i could feel the dropoff beyond the edge the views were beautiful though with a sense of looking down at the landscape like from an airplane it was great getting to camp having some dinner and relaxing after a long day hiking view from camp i used my tarptent moment joe his spinntwinn and yama 1 25 bug shelter joe cooking dinner with his ti tri he did a good job especially since he wasn t using the inferno insert with it we were both surprised to see the temperature drop to 4 5 c during the night making it quite chilly my new second hand neoair short surprised me by leaking even after i had repaired it the night before the hike and tested it i ended up having to reinflate it 2 3 times during the night not exactly helping warmth and sleep luckily i had brought a section of ccf to sit on that i could place under my torso for some extra insulation the next day was as beautiful weatherwise as the first joe even made me a steam baked muffin which combined with some nice coffee gave me a great start to the day mmmmm steamed baked chocolate muffin gooey inside close to camp there is a geographical feature that has been given the name mørkegangen a spectacular crack in the hillside with a very steep path leading through it a ferrata style metal hand rail has been placed on one side so that hikers have some support while going up it s not dangerous to walk up but quite physically demanding since so much height has to be gained in such a short distance after breakfast we decided to take a look it we hiked maybe 500m and then arrived at the very top of it we d talked to some locals the day before that said it s not recommended to descend it so we just watched the views and took some pictures the drop down to the forest floor below is huge and it felt pretty exposed i wouldn t have brought kids up there for sure or any person that isn t predictable for us two though it was a great experience fantastic views i would never have guessed we have something like this near oslo a scary place to stand all smiles we continued on the trail climbing up to the vantage point gyrihaugen which provided views in all directions tough going but well worth it for the views strange to see a lake pond so close to the drop off beyond it the rest of the day was spent walking trails through the forest now turning south towards our destination skansebakken we saw very few people on the trail in fact we only met 2 persons on the trail during the first day lunch was had at løvlia a place that we hoped would provide waffels cinnamon buns soda and the like but turned out to be closed for the summer and being taken over by sheep who had pooed all over the place still we found a bench and table where we could sit down and enjoy the sun and more of the savory fatty raindeer sausage that joe had brought after a while a bird photographer turned up and joined us he was just out for a day walk and had also believed the place to be open after lunch we studied the map and saw the blue fork and knife icon next to a place called heggelia burgers and fries and other naughty food was on our mind as we closed in on that place some hours later only to find out that they too only served food during winter we could get some limonade the old lady said but we passed on that offer instead moving on to find camp turned out it was a long road walk to the place we had planned to camp and then it started raining after maybe half an hour the old lady came driving in her red car and gave us a lift to the lake søndre heggelivann where she said people use to camp she had the heater on full and sitting in the front seat close to the heater i immediately started drying steaming up part of the front window we probably didn t smell that great either after she dropped us off we spent quite a while finding a place to camp ending up pitching in the forest and eating our dinner close to the lake taste this dates and apricot couscous with raindeer sausage it was nice actually as i lay in my tent with the sun going down i had a great display of color and shapes on the tent fly the view wasn t as nice the next morning when i had heaps of condensation some of it dripping on me no surprise really since the ground was damp from the rain shower the previous evening and since it was chilly and no wind going to get the liner for the moment for these conditions joe had condensation on his tarp too which goes to show that ventilation isn t enough under certain conditions we now only had 8 km to the finish line so we again took time to shoot video and take pictures joe setting up a video shot and so ends another great hike with joe i hope we get to hike again next summer lagt inn av thomas w gauperaa kl 12 40 am 1 kommentarer email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest etiketter joe krokskogen mørkegangen trip older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me thomas w gauperaa on a quest to learn skills needed to be comfortable and safe in the outdoors and to figure out how i function when hiking long trips alone i went to the woods because i wished to live deliberately to front only the essential facts of life and see if i could not learn what it had to teach and not when i came 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