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Jostedalsbreen 2001
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2001-07-22 - Briksdalsbreen
Today we thought that a visit to famous Briksdal with it's glaciers would be nice. The village is situated in a parallel valley compared to Sande. Briksdal is well know for horse and wagon transports, maybe you have seen it in tourist pamphlets.

We decided to hire a mountain guide just to test some ice climbing. The glacier was situated 45 minutes away. This area must be one of the most poular in Norway. It was really crowded with people and we had to cue on the path. The majority seemed to came from Asia, we noticed that from their video cameras.

Our guide Sindre (the wildest guide according to the other) made us ready for take off. We put on the ice trek and griped two ice axes. Then we walked out to the blue ice and hiked over cracks and other formations of ice. The grip from the ice trek were excellent and we stopped a bit uphill just before a steep. Sindre climbed up the hill and put an ice screw in the ice and made the rope ready for some climbing. Now it was time to force the wall. The ice axes were working hard in the ice and we managed to climb most of the wall. But the last bit was to hard for us amatuers. Now we have to spare some money and buy new ice axes and ice screws. Time flies when you have fun so we had to walk back again. The tourists had already gone so we didn't have to cue on the path back down. But we saw a lot of horses. When we reached Olden Aktivs cabin it was time for dinner on our classic stove.
 
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You could easily see the glacier from the carpark.
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Olden Aktiv, the place were we booked our guide.
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A rope team on their way out on the glacier Briksdalsbreen.
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As you can see a lot of tourists.
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We try to get ready.
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The blue ice looks very exciting from here.
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Our guide in the leading position followed by Magnus.
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Well, even guides can be thirsty.
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This is different compared to the flat glaciers we have hiked before.
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Now it's time for some climbing, but first some security works.
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A view over the glacier.
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First an ice screw halfway up.
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And then another one at the top of the wall.
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Magnus is acting as an anchor during the security work.
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Berra is trying the ice wall.
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You must cut the axe hard to get a grip.
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Also Magnus has understood what to do.
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But the last bit was to hard.
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Berra will agree. Time for some arm training?
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Hansson is trying again.
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No problem?
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Just lift your legs a bit.
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Hansson is halfway up.
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Just the hard last metres left.
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