#2011-07-19

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Still cruisin’.

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A look out over Nordbotn.

“Botn” is the Norwegian word for the geological feature called a cirque. It’s also a common place name suffix in the country.

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Looking down along Norddalen toward Lonkanfjorden.

I think the mountains way off in the distance on the other side of the fjord are, left to right: Rennarvasstinden, Nipa, Jolitinden.

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Small plateau area on the way up to the summit. Mountain to left of centre is Durmålstindan.

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Rivers flowing down the southwest flank of the mountain, sourced from a few lakes higher up and meltwater from the glacier.

It was off-and-on drizzling and I obviously wanted to keep the rain off, but the exertion of the climb meant a lot of sweat and basically getting soaked from the inside out instead of just from being rained on, so I took my arms out of the sleeves and wore my jacket more like a cape to get some airflow going.

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Back on the boat and heading home.

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Durmålstindan to the left, and a bit of Memurutinden to the right.

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And still waiting.

We started moving again soon, when the guides deemed the visibility to be acceptable for continuing the hike.