– As a compensation for the missed trip from the 18-21 of may  

Being out and about in nature, building your own shelter and sitting on the top of the world (feeling like it), is one of the most giving things in life, and that was how I felt on the trip to Lindesnes.  

«We need to find a place where there is no grass bumbs, and that is almost impossible – there are grass bumbs everywhere. Maybe over there or up here. Do we want to be able to see the sea from camp, then we need to find a spot where the wind aren’t blowing like crazy! Maybe over there..»

This was some of the consideration and conversation Adam and I had friday afternoon, when we were hiking north, away from Lindesnes lighthouse. The first part of the hike was on a small path, one of the routes that the government «have made», so it’s easier for the Norwegian to «keep the contact with nature and get out and about», but one hour after we went from the car at the lighthouse, we went off the track. The reason was that we wanted to check out the area and see where the best overnight place would be.

I think our small group dynamic was very good, and we both took legs and had a good communication about where the camp site could be place at. In the end we ended up realizing both that a shelter with a sea view wasn’t a good idea, even though it was ideal. So after an hour of search in the rough area that only contain rocks, heather and stif dry grass, we found hiked down to a small lake. In that area there was another path that we follow into the small wood area. The green beech trees were covering the hole area and nearby the small lake we found a flat area in between some of these trees. We made a shelter that was close in three walls, because the wind would chance doing night and it would start raining in the morning.

We went up on one of the top hills and made a bonfire, had dinner and sat and enjoyed the view of the sea and the sunset. You could really feel how cold it was, when you move away from the fire. The temperature had definitely drop a cobbel of degrees compare to the days before. It was much colder, and when it was starting to get dark, we headed down towards the campsite. A good nigths sleep, dry and warm, we woke up the next morning – had breakfast in the sun and took down the camp.

Adam started the first leg of the day, a nice and easy pace. Our communicating about which way was the best way to go from what we saw and according to the next campsite area and the original plan at the map. Up and down the rocks and through all the heather, and occasionally through small forests.

We hiked in 4 hours not counting the small breaks and lunch spot at the top of one the rock formations. Here we found a spot in more dense forest, a pine forest. In good shelter of the wind and a soft ground. We went out of the forest and found a small rock formation, where we made the fire and dinner. We were really tired, and because it wasn’t going to rain we just use our bivuaks. The next morning we hiked back to the lighthouse. The group dynamic was really good and I think we definitely had a good team work…