Finse Hardandgervidda Norway , Trip planning thread ....

[Twodogs]

Morning all

One thing I love in life is having things to plan for , The other day I was day dreaming about a winter trip .....Hmmmmm where do the Arctic epeds go to practice ...Hmmm also one of the early star wars films had a bit filmed there ,,,Finse ...

On my first solo Norway trip I traveled past Finse ..wow no roads just a train service ..

Below is the link for my first Solo Trip

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46500&highlight=Norway


Anyway this will be a totally different trip , above the tree line

AIM..........

All expeds need an aim mine will be to experience the area ,,,move away from the train station set up a base camp and enjoy the location for three or four days .

EQUIPMENT ......

A lot of lessons learnt here and on other trips to Norway .

Looking at it I want to keep the costs down so some gear I already have already some I will be buying , testing , modding and making.

I will post my plans as I go along

Big part of the exped for me is the planning .

So coming soon, Tentage , cooking , clothing , maps , food ,safety ,

Remember this will be no hard core exped just a planned camp enjoying the area ...

Just to give you an idea what its like up there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz2vY6ZhluE

Twodogs

 

[bopdude]

Sounds like a great trip in the planning, I'll check the vids out when I get to the pc

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[delbach]

Looking forward to this
Andrew

 

[Man of Tanith]

Sounds Good Cliff
Missed your epic trip reports mate

 

[bopdude]

That video and your trip report are great, when are you planning on going ?

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

Wish I could do something like this.

 

[MartinK9]

Looking forward to future updates, good luck with your Solo Trip.

 

[Janne]

Sounds super.
Hardangervidda is a very nice area of relatively untouched nature.
Yes, planning is a huge joy!

Will you walk or be stationary in one place?

 

[Twodogs]

Walk in then go static

Planning on October/November maybe later

 

[Janne]

With a bit of luck it will be a cold winter with plenty of snow!
Then you can practice doing a shelter in a snow bank.

 

[TinkyPete]

Sounds great Cliff, you certainly know what you are doing

I wonder what new wool creations will be coming forth??????

 

[Mesquite]

Sounds like a fantastic and epic trip Cliff, really looking for the planning posts as well as the actual write up of the trip

I wonder what new wool creations will be coming forth??????

Twodogs longjohns out of finest merino wool blankets perhaps?

Hopefully we won't be inflicted with modeling pictures:yikes:

 

[Twodogs]

So it begins

As the trip will be above the snow line its not the time to mess with tarps .

Anchor supplies had a stillage of British military 4 man arctic tent outer for £5 a section after much digging ( like a dog after a bone ) I found two inners and grabbed four flys £30 not bad .

Dried them out and got to work putting one together if its good enough for the Royal Marines its good enough for me







Getting the the inner lashed in place what a pain



So now I know what I need poles ,guys plus sand pegs ..

Ordered some replacement poles not the gen ones as they are prone to shattering ...

Update soon

Twodogs

 

[MartinK9]

Great find in the stillage bins, pays to have a good rummage.

 

[Mesquite]

Nice finds Cliff

What material are the flysheets made from?

 

[Twodogs]

Some sort of PU coated nylon

 

[Twodogs]

STOVES , COOK KIT AND FOOD

Another good find at Anchor supplies in a scrap pallet a load of stove burners after handing over a small bag of magic beans i skipped away to look at my find .





These stoves have history



OK I had to buy a pump but it got me thinking about expeds so all good ,

After a bit of utube and servicing its kero time ,





This morning i made up a set of wire pan stands yes it works but i dont fancy two liter of melting snow falling on me in a tent ....hmmm





Trangia time ,,, sorts out the cook kit at the same time ,

Burner



MSR Snow base



Add trangia and light



Add water and lid



Boil



I will be taking a MSR service kit



Note the burning on the trangia inner was from an other trip when we went mad with the meths



As I will be using kero preheated with meths I will take a trangia burner as a back up stove



So that all the snow melting needs sorted .

Food

I intend using real turmat dried food for the exped as it works and tastes good not cheap though ,, plus lompars , sausages and tabasco

Note the long spoon



A flask to store melted snow and a coffee pot for cowboy coffee .....got to have real coffee



Thats stoves , cook kit and food sorted ...

Twodogs

 

[Janne]

Why not stick with the Trangia burner only?
Saves precious weight.
You burned through the Al alloy because you used a pressurised flame. Too hot. But you know that.

 

[Twodogs]

Fair point..the burning was spilt " rod spirt " seems to burn a lot hotter than meths..

 

[MartinK9]

Great fettling on the stoves. Good idea for the back up too.