straumen

 

hit the "road Jack" good by lofoten, here i come Straumen.

 

when i was travelling to the north cape i met Michi(the girl with the dogs, remember) she did give me a number of a guy in straumen where i could get perhaps work. after i couldn't get a job on the lofoten as a fishermans friend i rang this guy up. Dieter is speaking-hi here is mike, i met michi up in alta and she told me perhaps you have work for me- how old are you- 37-good age you can start on monday ;-) i just love it when plan comes together(quote: hannibal smith -A-team ). and what a great decision it was. a cool bunch of people. since than i life here in straumen and work as an carpenter, cabinet maker, handy man. loving it.

 

so i took the ferry from svolvaer to skudvik and another 100 km to straumen. the first few weeks i was living on the campground in straumen. at first it was more than enough for me, or what can i say it was a step up in comfort. i could stand while cooking ;-) still i do have to go out for the toilette and shower. after a couple of month i decided to upgrade again, winter is coming and here it can get to

-30. now i have my own place and i am not a guest anymore. the little things in life ;-)

 



this is the few from my new palace. i think a few of the ocean is a must if you have it just in front of you nose . hehehe ok it is just hard to find a place here not having a few like this ;-)

and of course i made it my self straight away comfy. a hammock in my lounge room and pang i did have the statement                                 MIKE IS NOT NORMAL       the biggest compliment people can give me ;-)

that's is the main food since i am here in norway. it is so awesome. fresh fish, catched with a lousy fishing rod and in one hour 6 of the buggers. but i think that was beginners luck. since i do it more often i can stand there for hours with nothing ;-)

 

my work. have never done it and i am still a bit wobbly in the knees when i have to do my ballet acts on this little tiny joists. getting the hang of it though.

 

this the first trip with my boss Conrad. he took me out to the place he grow up until he was 14. no connection roads, the only way to get there is by ship. thanks Conrad i don't think so many tourist will get to places like this. SAGFJORDEN.  awesome place

Conrads boat on the left hand side

 

that is the few to the entry of the sagfjorden fjord

 



couple of drinks and a little fire. by the way its after 12 at night and still day light. here they drink a self mad spirit called moonshine. this is strong man. it does not taste very yummy but it does definitely the job

 

GABY i told you i will drink it on the beach on a special place. thank you.

 



out fishing with conrad

 



 

he showed me how to fish and to make them ready to eat. look at my face ;-) just a pro, i felt sorry for the first couple of fishes. don't worry the killing i left this day to conrad. quick and sober.



we went for hikes in his backyard. 3 germans and a norwigan.(2 german dogs)

that's the end of the sagfjord. from all three sides of the fjord are coming in little rivers from all the lakes up in the mountains. it is just such a beautiful place

still frozen and it was pretty much summer when we went there.

 

thanks conrad you are an awesome man

 



just right in front of conrads door step. all the deers coming down to drink the sea water. yep took me in wonder as well, but than i could remember, where i grow up the farmers always put salt blocks in the cow shed and they just loved it.

 



my first solo trip in the area. just in front of my door step is the Blåmannsisen (Lule Sami: Ålmåjalosjiegŋa) is the fifth largest glacier in mainland Norway. It is located on the border of the municipalities of Fauske and Sørland in Nordland county, Norway—just 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the border with Sweden.

Its highest point is 1,560 metres (5,120 ft) above sea level and its lowest point is at an elevation of 810 metres (2,660 ft). Three outlet glaciers extend from the icecap. A small outlet spills over a subglacial ridge to the north damming an unnamed lake resulting in occasion outburst floods. To the east a large outlet extends towards the lake, Leirvatnet. A further outlet descends steeply to the west. The western and northern outlets are heavily crevassed, as is the snout of the eastern glacier calving into Leirvatnet. The glacier also calves into lake Blåmannsisvatnet, resulting in extensive crevasses in the glacier above that lake. Given the degree of crevassing at the margins, traversing the glacier can be dangerous, particularly in late spring or early summer when snow bridges may be weak. The ice-dammed lake on the northern margin occasionally produces jökulhlaups (also known as Glacial lake outburst floods). The icecap is typically 200–400 m (660–1,300 ft) thick, exceeding 800 metres (2,600 ft) in places. The equilibrium line altitude (ELA) is around 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) on the eastern side of the icecap, above the Leirvatnet outlet. Satellite imagery, including that used by Google Earth, shows extensive exposed firn suggesting the ELA has retreated in recent years in common with other temperate icecaps in Norway.The southern margin of the glacier exhibits a forefield exposed since the retreat from the 'Little Ice Age' maximum with a well formed end moraine marking a former margin

 my camp at the lake

 



 

in the back round the glacier

 



 

an awesome scenery and definitely worth to go up. it took me 10 hours to my camp side, 24 kg backpack and i don't really now how many km. but it is awesome hike and the few is just so cool all the way. enjoy the pictures

on the right hand side of the bottom of the lake you can just see a bit of straumen my new home for a couple of month

 

love it



thanks to all the people here in straumen and at work. you guys making life here to an awesome time. thanks conrad, dieter, sandra, christian, ivan and wife and all the others. cheers being cool people