Sick…
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 04.11.24 | Huldrehornet | 271m | 113m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 05.11.24 | Øyrahornet | 417m | 42m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 05.11.24 | Sollia | 661m | 661m | Herøy/Sande, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 05.11.24 | Nonshornet | 485m | 7m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 06.11.24 | Garnestua | 654m | 417m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 07.11.24 | Huldrehornet | 271m | 113m | Herøy, M&R, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 08.11.24 | Anne – Runde | 359m | 0m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 09.11.24 | Anne – Skarpeidet | 359m | 0m | Ulstein, Norway | WCP | MAP |
| 10.11.24 | Anne – Hovdenakken | 474m | 176m | Hareid, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Huldrehornet (271m), Nov 4 2024
Monday: This was a good day, in every possible way. I slept all night, didn’t have a headache when I woke up, I helped solving a nasty problem at work and it stopped raining.
After work, I decided to finish marking the new route in Djupvika. I had a heavy load, but I wouldn’t have to walk very far.
The first part of the route was already marked, so we could keep on going for a little bit.
I reorganized some of the sticks in the forest …
… and completed the rest of the route.
Now, we need a signpost, making sure people end up where they plan to go…
Next, I wanted to take a look at “Skitnekleiva”. I am tempted to clear a path and connect to the Huldrehornet path, a bit higher up. I’ll have to wait and see what the trail committee thinks.
Then we moved on towards Huldrehornet.
Daylight was fading quickly. I was able to get halfway down from Huldrehornet before the headlamp had to come on.
Soon, we were back in the fork we left a bit earlier and the reflexes lit up the forest!
I looked forward to getting back home and make an official FB post about this new route, to the people who follow our group’s work on the trails.
Trip statistics: 6,6km, 400 vertical meters, 1h:45m
Øyrahornet (417m), Sollia (661m), Nonshornet (485m), Nov 5 2024
Tuesday: When I woke up this morning, something was off! I was wondering if I had gotten the flu, but hoped it was only a mild cold. I was not able to finish my working day and had to rest for an hour.
The rest helped, and I decided to walk the dog. I had a “chore” – which was to count entries in the guestbooks on the highest mountain tops. This was clearly not the day to do just that, but that’s exactly what I ended up doing. Either it would help, or I would be sicker faster. Better get on with it, so to speak.
I decided to do the Øyrahornet – Sollia – Nonshornet round and then I could tick off 3 visitor registers. I started with Øyrahornet – from Tjørvåg.
Hiking was no problem, so my lunges were clearly OK. It was just the rest of the body that was screaming “hey, WHAT are you doing right now?”.
It helped – at least mentally – to get to Øyrahornet. The uphill to Sollia would be gentler from here on.
It wasn’t important, but I sat myself a goal to reach Sollia before it got completely dark. Knowing the terrain, I assumed that it would come down to just a few minutes.
From “Rumpene”, we went off-trail and didn’t hit the trail again until we were close to Sollia. It was getting quite dark by now.
We got to Sollia without having to use the headlamp, but when we left the top, the light was on!
We followed the trail towards Nonshornet, and it was fun to see the route lit up in the dark, thanks to the reflexes on the sticks.
Now, we just had downhill left…
Back home, I had a quick dinner and went to bed at 8:30pm. The body needed all the rest it could get.
Trip statistics: 12,2km, 840 vertical meters, 2h:55m
Garnestua (654m), Nov 6 2024
Wednesday: I didn’t have a good night’s sleep, but at least I rested a lot. I didn’t feel any better than the day before, and just hoped I would be able to finish my working day. I started early, got some work done and then I had end-to-end meetings nearly all day.
I was able get some rest before walking the dog. I felt exactly like the day before and knew that I could pull off a hike across Garnestua. So, I drove up to Løset.
Wouldn’t you know – it started raining the same second I opened the car door.
Oh well. The upside was that it didn’t rain a lot. We would get through this just fine.
We normally do this roundtrip counterclockwise, but today, we ascended the path from lake Mørkevatnet.
Going hiking when feeling so crap, was SO wrong in every possible way. But, at least I would feel good about having given the dog a fine walk.
And then we were up!
We took the regular route down. When we got to the fork where you can continue to Flåna, Karma stopped and looked in that direction. She clearly wanted a longer hike! Sorry, kiddo. This is what you get today.
Back home, I rested for an hour before having dinner and catch up on the events from the U.S election. OK. The world is going completely mad. Then I hit the bed, hoping that I would feel better in the morning. Anne would be coming up the next day and I hoped she didn’t have to catch whatever it was I had caught…
Trip statistics: 5,3km, 470 vertical meters, 1h:27m
Huldrehornet (271m), Nov 7 2024
Thursday: I was still quite unwell, and literally forced myself to walk the dog after work. Both working (all week) and hiking (all week) was just plain stupid, but I don’t seem to be able to help myself.
I drove to Stemmedalen, to hike Huldrehornet via Lidafjellet on this nice afternoon.
The upside was that Anne was on her way, and that she would take care of Karma the coming days.
After weeks and weeks of rain, I just couldn’t miss out on such an afternoon…
On the way down from Huldrehornet, I slipped. My right foot was sliding forward, and my left foot got bent underneath me. Because of my already bad knee, the pain was excruciating. I had to scream it out. If it hadn’t been for a recent, similar fall (with the brush cutter and a rotating blade) I would have totally panicked. It was that painful. But this time, I assumed that it would feel less painful in a few minutes.
And sure enough, the pain began to fade, and I could limp down the forest.
Once home, I took the bike and biked back to Stemmedalen to pick up my car. Anne came shortly after.
Trip statistics: 5,1km on foot, 3,4km on bike, 400 vertical meters, 1h:52m
Anne – Runde, Nov 8 2024
Friday: I forced myself to complete a full working day, and I was a total wreck afterwards. Gosh, how I looked forward to the weekend. Thankfully, Anne was going on a work-trip to Runde island and took Karma with her. That was one less worry off my plate…
The girls had a nice, but windy hike while I was in resting in bed, trying to get every ounce of stress of out my body.
By the time they got back home, I was doing a little better and was able to stay up for dinner. But I hit bed early – still limping.
Anne – Skarpeidet, Nibben, Nov 9 2024
Saturday: I was able to get up for breakfast, but then I had to hit the bed again. I did a Covid-test, but it was negative. I wasn’t even sure if the old tests are applicable these days, after all the mutations.
Anne went to Ulsteinvik, to practice hiking with a 10kg backpack, preparing for a journey abroad later in the month. I didn’t have to worry about walking the dog today either.
While the girls had a nice hike, I was twisting and turning in bed, getting no sleep. I had no idea what was attacking the body, but I was nowhere as sick as when I had Covid, back in 2022.
When the girls returned home, I got a big scare. Anne said that there was a hot spot on Karma. I was sort of used to that, and I have treated most of her hot spots by myself. But this one was huge, hard as rock and severly infected. I immediately called the Vet’s outside working hours number and told them that the dog needed antibiotics.
To save the Vet from driving from Ørsta to Ulsteinvik, I drove to Ørsta – hoping that would save me some money (it did) and almost before we had entered the room, the Vet said, “you’re right, antibiotics is needed here”.
The wound got properly shaved and cleaned and I got antibiotics and pain killers for the days ahead. Hopefully, the antibiotics will have an immediate effect, because I cannot remember having seem a hot spot that bad on her.
But how could I have missed it? I had very recently treated her for another hot spot, close by and that was healing nicely. Maybe I let my guard down for 2-3 days when I got sick. I just didn’t expect that to happen. But the allergies and hot spots are clearly the biggest problem with waterdogs. Apart from that, they’re just perfect.
In the evening, we caught up with the latest episodes of 71° nord – Norges tøffeste kjendis – one of Norway’s most popular reality shows. It was fun to see Espen Rostrup Nakstad – the guy who literally led Norway through the pandemic, discover Anne’s first book in Dagsturhytta above Grodås.
Anne – Hovdenakken (474m), Nov 10 2024
Sunday: I wasn’t going anywhere today, so it didn’t really matter that I woke up with a terrible headache. I was able to make breakfast for everybody, and then I had to hit the bed again. Again, Anne would walk the dog – this time together with our friends Tordis and Geir – across Ramneberget and Hovdenakken above Ulsteinvik.
Anne could tell me that Karma and Wilma got along just fine. We had talked in detail on how they should approach each other, especially since Karma had a huge, bleeding hot spot. But there was nothing to worry about. Karma was happy and not grumpy, like she often is – towards other dogs. At least in the beginning…
The weather has been so nice while I’ve been sick. I guess it will be raining again when I recover, but I’d rather recover to rain than not recover at all…
Many thanks to Anne for helping out!
