BK7 on a hike with snowshoes

[kakefat]

No problem kakefat, your new around here and we had no idea of your skillz, I used to volunteer a few years for SAR in the North shore mountain area around here and spout that advice to anyone who will listen.

Had to help out far too many under prepared people that could have helped themselves with a little more gear and common sense.

Good advice on where to travel Norway, just thinking of your country my mind pictures the terrain you posted. Would be underwhelming to spend all that cash to a featureless area. My wife and I have a Scandinavian fyord type trip on our bucket list years in the future. My great grandmother was norwegian I am told.
Great pics and good to have another outdoorsman around here.

Volunteering for search and rescue is very respectable. Without you guys many people would meet their end in the wild.

I went hiking again today when I saw this waterfall up ahead, and I immediately wanted to get up there. The rocky way up proved itself to be much steeper and much harder to ascend than I had thought at first, but I eventually made my way up there.







Almost there


BK7 resting among some wood sorrel.


Finally made my way to the waterfall. After I took this picture I took a quick shower in it. It was extremely cold and not very pleasant. Luckily for you guys I didn't take any pictures of that.


And like last time I'll finish off with a panorama image

 

[Shotgun]

Very nice pics and knife choice.

Word of advice in that terrain would be to pack a waterproof shell jacket, fleece and toque. Something goes wrong or you just want to hang out, the 4 litres of bulk and 4lbs might save your life or just extend a good day out. Your weather in the mountains is probably the same as here, unpredictable. Sunny one minute and in the span of a half hour.....wind, rain/snow and a drop of 10 degree's.

Regards

I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking that. Too many people get the idea that all you need is a knife and firesteel. I'd gladly ditch both for a warm jacket.

Thanks for the advice, but I know how to handle myself in the forest
I grew up spending plenty of time outdoors and I spent a year as part of a small recon team in the Norwegian army and have had survival training in pretty cold conditions. Also the weather here doesn't really change that fast. You can usually see it coming.

But still - Thanks for offering advice. You never know who needs it or not so a good rule is to give it anyway just in case . And for the record I agree with your choice of clothing.

Neat. Are you a Sissi?



Hopefully I got that right.

 

[kakefat]

I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking that. Too many people get the idea that all you need is a knife and firesteel. I'd gladly ditch both for a warm jacket.


Neat. Are you a Sissi?



Hopefully I got that right.

Am I a what?

 

[Shotgun]

Yep I totally got it wrong. I was just coming back to this thread to correct. Sissi is Finnish. It means Ranger I believe.

 

[kakefat]

Ah, that explains it. I actually met some Finnish soldiers on a NATO exercise last year. Not a big surprise really - there were people from all over the world.