This trip was just a three day trip with two overnights outside, but it was not planed. The weather conditions were so great that I decided to go outside.

Area: Kristiansand – Oderroya

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Tasks: fire making without candles, wood picking, shelter building, sleeping outside, tarp building, climbing without rope, 12kg bag

Equipment: storm kitchen, rope, 2knifes, compass, vaseline and fire making stuff, food, iso matt, sleeping bag, first aid kit

On this trip I went out without a card and try to orientate only with my compass. This Island is very smal and so I can’t got lost. On this trip I did nothing special, I just went out to enjoy the weather and the nature. So what should I tell you? I had fun, that’s it, this is everything I need to say. Nature ist he biggest playground we have.

Fire making without candle:

To use a candle is quite simple, but ist still easy to make fire on this weather cond. It was warm and i choose some windprooft place. I used a tampon and vaseline combined with little wooden splints. With that I made some little ball. I ignited this little ball and add some bigger woods and the fire was on.

Shelter making I:

My shelter for Lunch was a little cave near the coastline. It is wind and rainprooft. And the heat oft he fire has been reflectet by the rocks. So it was cozy and comfortable.

Shelter II:

For the night I choosed some old bunker in the south-east oft he island. It was big enough for me and all my stuff. The bunker is on half way to the top of oft he coastline and so the sunrise woke me up next morning. It was like a cave in there, enough stone arround me to reflect the heat oft he storm kitchen. It was a dry place and it has also a door. It was a perfect shelter!

The night was very well and i slept like a baby. The next morning was perfect, the first sunlight woke me up and it was an amazing sunrise during my breakfast on the top of the bunker. After packing all my stuff I went out to explore the forrest. There a lots of good places and whenever I found some good place i made a break and hangout there for a while. Sometimes I was following some animal tracks but ist not easy if you don’t have any experience in it. Well, there is a first time for everything. I think I found some hare track and maybe a fox. But who cares. I had lots of funk n the woods and also on the coast. Ich was running and jumping arround the area.

Experience from the trip:

I can say i practise a few things, like to choose wich shelter ist he best fort he night and wich is good enough for making some break. I also found new lovely places near Kristiansand. It was also the first time I made fire with vaselin and tampons, I think i never made a good bonfire fire in such a short time before . But for me the most important thing is, that I got many beautiful expressions and lots of new memories. And I enjoyed the sunny side of Norway!