News from the North!

Hello all!

I’ve been on a mission to the north of Norway!

We’ve had an epic trip involving Lemmings, stitches, hiking, driving, and of course, lots of paddling!

We’ve enjoyed first descents in the Baieraaga, Tverraaga, and Graataaga (the rivers up north are called aaga, not elva), and lots more!

The above photo is of Jasper Polak on the first descent of a big slide on the Tverraaga.

We camped for several nights on the shores of lake Krutvatn:

This year was a lemming year; every 3-4 years the population explodes leading to mass panic and bizarre confrontational behaviour from the lemming population. This means regular hilarious standoffs with a brown furry ball the size of a hamster.

 

One of the highlights of the Hattfjelldal (Hat-mountain-valley) area of Norway was the Upper Susna, with its classic pool drop fun.

It features one of the most fun drops in the world, the Dusj boof (shower boof) which involves boofing and disappearing completely into a white curtain. here Hugh Graham prepares to take a rinsing…

After a few days in Hattfjelldal we headed further north to Beiardalen in search of new adventures and first descents…

First up was a river called the Graataaga, which involved a beautiful clean, bouldery class 3 – 4 gorge, a perfect warm up.

After some further scouting, and a couple of projects to save for higher/lower water, Hugh and Jasper stumbled across an absolute gem, in the form of the Tverraaga. This involved a steep hike in the baking sunshine, but we were rewarded with a steep continuous selection of amazingly fun slides, boofs, and a picturesque swimming pool at the takeout!

A super clean, fast slide – I claimed 1st run on this baby.

A bouncy number – some carnage on this one, but nothing major!

My run of the big slide!

Catching some air off a kicker half way down. This one is pretty fast!

Finn Burrows at the exit of a tight gorge:

Stay posted for more pictures to come soon! There will also be a mini movie with footage of all of our adventures!

Big thanks to the team, which was Finn Burrows, Hugh Graham, Jasper Polak, Tom Parker, Sarah Nash, Yours Truly (and shuttle bunies/chefs Em and Tebb).

Big love, see you on the water!

Nick