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Finse - let's go into the ground 2

NORGE!

As you can read in a previous blog, waiting for our next field trip. After a few hours at home, great sleep in my own bed (author's note: this applies only Mira) and another night spent over seminárkou and work in the morning about 7 we went the direction of Bo Geilo. Miro was driving, and I'm catching up with sleep deficit, because two hours of sleep enough. The road was beautiful and cheerful, as he sings a song of our childhood. Lakes, high rock walls, waterfalls, tunnels, steep switchbacks and relentless rain accompanied our journey. We managed to fill up since we went through the mountains without almost any civilization, the most expensive petrol. The price was 13.66 NOK (about 52 SK). After about 4 hours on the road we arrived at Geilo (pronounced to jajlooo), where we left the car and have some time. At the station except us študenton Alpine Ecology were also Japanese, British, Americans, all waiting for the train direction Finse and Bergen. Train tickets can be bought at the station, but if a man pay through the internet, the price is lower and now gets something like a seat. After dictation, the code name and get a ticket, or even check the guide ISIC and its validity under the roll-over mark. Yes, crew and staff ŽSSK, you read it right, by roll-over mark, and not by the data in the chip. Or really, everything must be verified many times?
Train was wonderful, wonderful panoramic views, comfortable travel as well as be comfortable for the price (under 56 km 76 NOK = 300 EUR). In Finse snow surprise us with rain, wind and beautiful north Norwegian barefoot, enjoying a cigarette. After a few minutes we dokráčali to Finse Hyttel, hut owned by the Norwegian tourist organizations with a capacity of about 120 people. The rooms were beautiful, we had provided breakfast and dinner and paid the whole school. Poles working here and even a Slovak! A guy living in London, originating from Galanta, charmer, and the first Slovak, whom we met in Norge ... actual holiday. We waited only a short walk through the snowy landscape, gulovačka with Spaniards who were in seventh heaven, and we also spotted deer! Upon his return, came to what we already believe about or there. Warm evening who do not have to cook yourself. To be more precise, soup with garlic bread and a great spread, fish, meat, vegetables, cheeses, different supplements who you chose as the second and highlight the dessert in the form of creams and puddings. Of course there was coffee, tea or juice. I do not know how in the peaceful event, but this day is for me to start phase Erazo happy in Norway.

Lake in Finse

Finse Hyttel

The next day, as we have been a good practice field trip went to the ground and using quadratic analyzes we were looking for Plant and fix them. The direction of the mission was clear, one of the languages \u200b\u200bHardangerjokulen (4th largest glacier in Norway) called Bleisen (blue tongue). It was our first contact with the actual glacier, covered with deep cracks which emanated from the blue


Spaniards Glacier

light - the reflection from the ice whiting. Spaniards, we, Kirghiz and Steffanie PhD student from Germany, we all ran up and could not resist. After returning to Finse Hyttel, we are only sure that he we have to look at the jag. Miro studied methodology (Glacier book) and I invent gibberish. We tried to sell this mini trip even further, but eventually no one wanted to go. But rangers do not discourage such detail.

On Sunday, the last day field trip was not too bad weather, although overcast, but not least rainfall. After doobedňajšom program dedicated to Plant, the top team in the composition of Miro and I, around noon headed towards Glacier! We had a lot of material, one ax and one cat, so we are each packaged with the backpack and pound was God's grace and a helmet. After the easy 2-hour trek to the glacier, we nazuli into our modest, but morally strong and equipment went up among the cracks. Assuredly it was not funny, some were even 40 meters deep. So the Rangers team under the weight of the methodological doctrine to which the rules have perhaps violated all decided to try rescue. As a victim, I chose me. Small jump to the crack, which pretended safely, and then Miro with its porichtungom tried to pull me. Well ... was it .. but if it falls more than 10 meters around there would be a soul left hand and pulled me to.

Miro and the top of our expedition

Zdeno at the end of one of the blue cracks

So we systematically chose the safest route. The Bureau has always agreed to go vats. Fortunately, we found traces of a previous trip with a guide (600 NOK per person per 2 hour walk), so we tried the safe route. But since time is pressing, so some may be 300 to 250 vertical meters we turned. I would say that this first design was better than the first sex. It was unreal, full of tension, excitement and yet we also enjoyed.
No wonder every time expires, 19:07 and our train arrived safely and we left Finse ... place where we must return. After an hour on the train were waiting for us only 4 hours driving home in Bo.