Red Barn

A Red Barn in Hemsedal, with the morning sun.

seasonal

So this year i will enjoy my first summer in 5 years...... but i will certainly miss this:

Lubitel 166+ / velvia 100 cross processed

Kyrkjebønosi

This valley floor rests below a ceiling of cloud. quiet and calm chimney smoke hangs without breath to steer it and we are walking free of the treeline. the sea below reals in colour, lapping at the white peaks parting glimpses of the valley floor. sparkling shards cover my flannel, trailing gauper foot prints. canyons follow ravines follow gullies, valleys, ridges to distant frozen plateau. earth takes me high, snow takes me higher.

a pre dawn hike today to the summit of Kyrkjebønosi (1610msl) with Jim and Jonte (thanks for shooting some of this pics jonte!)

adrenal gland

This afternoon i very nearly wimped out of a line. The dreaded "analen", the local hero chute was gnarlier than i've ever experienced here in 5 seasons. Standing on the ridge looking in my heart began to beat in my ears, i totally forgot how steep it was through there! The chute begins with a relatively easy entrance, which becomes instantly steep and bottle necks between two rock walls. Just above this bottle neck the face angle is precipitous, if you lose your edge here say good night! right at the bottleneck a rocky icy drop preceeds a tight right turn avoiding the rock wall on the left.. after surviving this another larger rock/ice drop preceeds another right hand turn avoiding a cliff drop on the left.. needless to say confidence is essential, if you hesitate you are likely to ping pong off the walls before hurtling head first over a rocky cliff!! in any case, all four of us exited heros unscathed despite a very close call for Sonny. (The last photo, does not justify the intensity of the last drop & corner!)

Some photos from around the neighborhood, hikes and adventures of late including harmonicas on the mountain!