Europe
Europe is the world's second-smallest continent in terms of area, covering about 10,180,000 square kilometres (3,930,000 sq mi) or 2.0% of the Earth's surface. The only continent smaller than Europe is Australia. In terms of population, it is the third-largest continent (after Asia and Africa) with a population of 710,000,000 or about 11% of the world's population.
Eidskyrkja
Eidskyrkja (1482m), also called Kyrkjefjellet, is a huge mountain that easily can be seen from the road between Stryn and Nordfjordeid. I did it on a beautiful summerday in August.
Nadelgrat, traverse from Nadelhorn to Hohberghorn
The Nadelgrat is one of the classic ridge traverses in the Alps (grade AD-). Unfortunately it was too late in the summer to include Durrenhorn as well, because of dangerously little snow in the coloir to Durrenjoch. Read more »
Dom 4545m
Dom was my first 4000 meter peak in 2007. It's the highest mountain entirely within Switzerland and the gain of elevation is 3200 meters, thus one of the most demanding ascents in the Alps. Read more »
Skiing to Lianibba
Norwegian Language only: Med nøyaktig 1500m er Lianibba den høyeste toppen mellom Langedalen og Sunnylvsbygda på Sunnmøre. Startpunktet er Tronstad (300m) omtrent midt imellom Hornindal og Hellesylt. Herfra er det ca 1200 høydemetre opp til Lianibba. Read more »
Natakupa
Norwegian Language only: Fjellene rundt Stryn er lett tilgjengelig for toppturer på ski. Man kommer forholdsvis enkelt opp til snøgrensen, selv på milde vintre som denne. Utgangspunktet for turen til Natakupa (1400m) er enten parkeringsplassen på vinter-skisenteret eller hvis vegen tillater det, Bøasetra. Read more »
Styggedals- and Skagastøls ridge
I climbed this classic traverse solo in the end of July-2004. The weather was perfect, but the conditions were rather difficult because of all the treacherous snow and ice on top of the ridge. The traverse is normally climbed in two days, but I completed it in one long day. Read more »
Urdanostindane
After a strenuous 24 hours non-stop drive from Switzerland to Norway, followed by a rest day in Oslo, I went to Jotunheimen aiming to climb Urdanostinden (2157m). During the day I ended up climbing seven summits in one day, far more than my initial plan. Read more »
Gran Paradiso
Gran Paradiso and Gran Combin were the two next 4000m peaks on my to-do-list this summer, thus I headed for the St.Bernard pass on the border between Switzerland and Italy. I found a very nice campsite in the village of Bourg St. Pierre, a few kilometres below the pass, which was going to be my “basecamp” for some few days. Read more »
Bishorn
I was pretty tired after the Nadelhorn ascent. One day of sightseeing in Zermatt and one day of trekking in the lower mountains of Zinal, however, gave me loads of energy to continue the race of climbing 4000-meter peaks. The challenging Weisshorn (AD) was out of scope because of too much ice and snow on the ridge, so I aimed for the neighbouring Bishorn (F+) instead. Read more »
Nadelhorn
The day after I climbed Weissmies, I worked my arduous way up to Mischabel Hut more than 1500 meters above Saas Fee, to climb Nadelhorn. The Mischabel range is known for its harsh weather, especially the high winds on the ridge. When I arrived the hut, I heard that many climbers failed to reach the summit because of furious winds. I hoped the weather would improve on my summit day, and it did... Read more »