Norway

2012 was supposed to be a high water year in Norway so after 2 weeks of hard trade show work I was really looking forward to start my trip to the land of Fjords and Trolls. This year I was guiding a trip for the kajakschool “Source to Sea”.

After an endless drive up north we finally arrived in Sjoa. We had an awesome start of our tour with a sweet run sliding down the Store Ula followed by a long day on the river paddeling Sjoa Ridderspranget to the confluence with the Lagen. Waterlevel was still a little high so we ended up portaging a lot in Ridderspranget but having great times down Asengjuvet, Playrun and Amot.

During the next two weeks Norway showed itself from its best side with a lot of sun and epic whitewater in Sjoa and Otta region. Unfortunately those two weeks of sweet paddeling and nice campfires in the midnight sunset went over way to fast. But even on our way back home passing Oslo the Waterfall Trolls seemed to be well-disposed towards us. Some rain brought up the rivers in the capitol region and made our last paddeling day phenomenal.