Summer vacation, day 4
Index
| Date | Peak | Height | PF | Location | WCP/FP | MAP |
| 06.08.22 | Kvaløyfjellet | 304m | 304m | Sømna, Norway | WCP | MAP |
Continued from summer vacation, day 3…
Wednesday: Today’s hike would be Ingebrigtvarden aka Kvaløyfjellet on Kvaløya island in Sømna. I did all 3 pf100 tops on the island back in 2008 and hadn’t been there since. As such, neither Anne nor Karma had been to this top before.
The route started by the local meeting house. We followed the main road for a few meters, then headed towards some houses where the forest path begins.
We headed up a lush and cool forest.
Above the lower forest, the path was still easy to follow – marked with red paint on rocks.
It was yet another hot day – around 30 °C – and access to water for Karma and us had been carefully thought about.
Karma soon got properly cooled down…
A little bit later, Anne and Karma had a new top on their CV.
Well, hang on. When I got back home, I studied the map, and it turns out that peakbook.org is marking the wrong top as the high point. According to hoydedata.no, the point where the cairn is located is not higher than 303,5m. 118m to the south, near the radar, hoydedata.no is showing 304m as profile and 304,2m with text. With rounding, the top is 304m anyway, but if you’re very thorough about these things, then you have been warned.
In any case, we do claim an ascent of this top and there were nice views all around!
It was time for the big reward – a swim in lake Langvatnet – a bit north of the summit. Karma found refreshments in the small ponds that weren’t deep enough for us.
Eventually, we had Langvatnet ahead of us.
Swimming in Langvatnet was SO nice. The temperature was just insane. Karma had a whole lot of retrieving to do.
We were all swimming back and forth. We could just not get enough of it.
But eventually, it was time to head back down.
We had a short detour before setting the course towards our ascent route.
After the hike, we stopped in the popular Kvennvika bay – also on Kvaløya island.
The water was much colder here. But it got better once we got under.
It was then time to leave Kvaløya – for now. I hope we will be back some day.
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Back at mom’s place, I had a couple of hours of spare time, and I decided to do a bike trip from mom’s place at Salhus, to the foot of Torghatten and back.
I didn’t have any perception of distance, other than that Torghatten (the mountain) looked really, really far away. I “stepped on the gas” and only stopped for a picture on the top of the bridge…
…and one when I got to the foot of Torghatten.
On my way to Torghatten, I had a feeling that I was biking against the wind all the time and looked forward to turning around. Then I realized that I hadn’t had headwind. Now – I had headwind. What a disappointment. But the 36,6km bike trip was nice, and I was back home in good time before the next activity.
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A little bit later, we drove to Brønnøysund to see the “Texas” band (not from Texas) perform on the Roots festival. The festival has been around since 2001, but I have never been to any of the concerts. I never go to concerts unless Anne drags me along. I don’t like the acoustics. Too many sounds competing for my attention.
And I wouldn’t have attended the Texas concert either, if it hadn’t been for the fact that my 2,5 cousin Arne Flatmo played guitar. 2,5 means he’s not my 2nd or 3rd cousin, he’s my father’s 2nd cousin, but he’s closer to my age. I’ve known him all my life and the very least I could do was to watch him play.
The music was just fine, but again – the acoustics weren’t the best. I never understood a single word that the lead vocalist said. I hoped it would get better the next day, when we had paid tickets for the Halvdan Sivertsen concert.
Anne was in a good, festival mood…
…and mom put up a brave face.
Also with us were our good friends Jorun (Arne’s sister) and Arnfinn, and after the concert, we went over to their place. It was very nice. Jorun’s one of my dearest friends, and I don’t have too many in that category…
Back home, Karma finally noticed the neighbour dog – Storm – equally quiet as Karma. None of them uttered a single bark…
Kvaløyfjellet: 5,4km, 380 vertical meters, 2h:24m
Bike-trip: 36,6km, 340 vertical meters, 1h:35m
Pictures (Canon EOS RP/Iphone 13 Pro Max) from the day:
