Part 1- Planning and Preparation
Following on from Twodogs' Solo expedition last year to Norway,
http://www.bushcraftliving.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6615
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46500&highlight=
and his tales around the campfire , it was provisionally suggested for a trip later on in 2010.
Twodogs' and myself have decided to get nostalgic and head off on a budget trip to the Telemark region of Norway and throw in a load of wild camping whilst we are there.
The aim of the trip is to take in the scenery, test out our equipment and skill sets and a load of wild camping.
The 8 day itinerary is:
1. To travel through the Telemark Region and the Hardanger plateau
http://www.turistforeningen.no/english/location.php?fo_id=3980&lo_id=NO_harda
Rjukan cable car web cam
http://www.krossobanen.no/webcampage.htm
2. From the Plateau, slowly work our way down to the Hydro Electric Plant that is now the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum famous for the production of heavy water in the 1940s this was distroyed in a daring raid by the heros of the Telemark .
http://www.visitvemork.com/dnn/Default.aspx?alias=www.visitvemork.com/dnn/en
http://www.hydro.com/en/About-Hydro/Our-history/1929---1945/1943-The-Heroes-of-Telemark/
All this for the measly budget price of £200 all in per person. Not bad eh?
£70 Return flight from Liverpool to Oslo
£100 estimated Return internal train and bus fares
£30 Travel insurance
An initial kit check and weigh in was done today, Tues 1 June . Luckily Twodogs has the use of a School Hall and we made great use of it.
Due to Ryan Air's weight restrictions being 15 Kg hold luggage and 10 Kg carry-on, we have cut back as much as we can without forgetting this is a holiday and comfort is still high on the agenda.
It was so much easier to see what we had individually packed for the duration and we then set to work being brutal, removing any unnecessary doubling up and cutting out on items not required.
If you have any questions on items of kit in the pics, ask away.
Total weight of kits:
MartinK9 - 18.5kg Including Food
Twodogs - 15.5 kg No food included
Kit layout:
Twodogs:
MartinK9:
Food Requirements
Due to us going off grid, and cost of food in Norway, it was decided to take all our food with us for a 6 day period. It consists of the best of several Nations Military rations including:
Brit Army boil in the bag
Brit Army Arctic Rations
Norwegian Army 5,000 Calorie Rations
Dutch Army Extreme Cold Weather Rations
As mentioned above, the total for 6 days rations is 3.5 kgs per person
At present this is where we are at, just the Kroner to get and then wait out for the flight with Ryan Air out of Liverpool in August.
Hopefully these threads can inspire some people to get out and give it a go, with Google Earth, the internet and webcams to assist it really is as simple as it sounds.
The itinerary, kit carry and ration choices above are ours, and work for us, some may or may not agree with our choices, that is down to you.
Keep tuned in for when we get back.
Cheers,
Martin aka MartinK9 and Cliff aka Twodogs
Following on from Twodogs' Solo expedition last year to Norway,
http://www.bushcraftliving.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6615
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46500&highlight=
and his tales around the campfire , it was provisionally suggested for a trip later on in 2010.
Twodogs' and myself have decided to get nostalgic and head off on a budget trip to the Telemark region of Norway and throw in a load of wild camping whilst we are there.
The aim of the trip is to take in the scenery, test out our equipment and skill sets and a load of wild camping.
The 8 day itinerary is:
1. To travel through the Telemark Region and the Hardanger plateau
http://www.turistforeningen.no/english/location.php?fo_id=3980&lo_id=NO_harda
Rjukan cable car web cam
http://www.krossobanen.no/webcampage.htm
2. From the Plateau, slowly work our way down to the Hydro Electric Plant that is now the Norwegian Industrial Workers Museum famous for the production of heavy water in the 1940s this was distroyed in a daring raid by the heros of the Telemark .
http://www.visitvemork.com/dnn/Default.aspx?alias=www.visitvemork.com/dnn/en
http://www.hydro.com/en/About-Hydro/Our-history/1929---1945/1943-The-Heroes-of-Telemark/
All this for the measly budget price of £200 all in per person. Not bad eh?
£70 Return flight from Liverpool to Oslo
£100 estimated Return internal train and bus fares
£30 Travel insurance
An initial kit check and weigh in was done today, Tues 1 June . Luckily Twodogs has the use of a School Hall and we made great use of it.
Due to Ryan Air's weight restrictions being 15 Kg hold luggage and 10 Kg carry-on, we have cut back as much as we can without forgetting this is a holiday and comfort is still high on the agenda.
It was so much easier to see what we had individually packed for the duration and we then set to work being brutal, removing any unnecessary doubling up and cutting out on items not required.
If you have any questions on items of kit in the pics, ask away.
Total weight of kits:
MartinK9 - 18.5kg Including Food
Twodogs - 15.5 kg No food included
Kit layout:
Twodogs:
MartinK9:
Food Requirements
Due to us going off grid, and cost of food in Norway, it was decided to take all our food with us for a 6 day period. It consists of the best of several Nations Military rations including:
Brit Army boil in the bag
Brit Army Arctic Rations
Norwegian Army 5,000 Calorie Rations
Dutch Army Extreme Cold Weather Rations
As mentioned above, the total for 6 days rations is 3.5 kgs per person
At present this is where we are at, just the Kroner to get and then wait out for the flight with Ryan Air out of Liverpool in August.
Hopefully these threads can inspire some people to get out and give it a go, with Google Earth, the internet and webcams to assist it really is as simple as it sounds.
The itinerary, kit carry and ration choices above are ours, and work for us, some may or may not agree with our choices, that is down to you.
Keep tuned in for when we get back.
Cheers,
Martin aka MartinK9 and Cliff aka Twodogs
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