so, to remind myself of better times, some crappy photos of a weekend trip to ringvassøya. mr d and i tried out our lovely shiny new fjellskis and went from simavika to ringvassbu, a nice hut in the middle of nowhere on an island just north of tromsø. the good camera stayed at home, no space in my backpack*... and having the proper camera would have slowed me down even more ;)
it tooks us a fair amount of time to cover the 10k to the hut. i blame the new skis and the chatting... the weather was quite nice, overcast and pretty flat light, but at least stable and not too windy. we arrived at the hut when it just started to get dark. and by the time the hut was warm and dinner was ready, it was blowing a gale outside... which only grew stronger till we went to bed and i think both of us were wondering what to do if the wind didn't stop the next day... it was interesting enough to make my way to the outhouse, i certainly had no wish at all to attempt the ski back to the car in complete whiteout and storm! luckily, it calmed down and in the morning, everything was calm again and covered in a new layer of snow.
on the way back, the joy over the downhill skiing got the better of us and we overshot... so back up a hill and across to join the path back to the car again. which meant that we were again on the skis for quite a while, but got some extra downhill practise :)
it was an absolutely beautiful trip with nobody else around once we left the dog walkers area. gorgeous hills, looking forward to explore them on fat skis and on foot in the summer!
*and i admit, i forgot the small camera and the only left was then the one on my ipod... how bad is that...
it tooks us a fair amount of time to cover the 10k to the hut. i blame the new skis and the chatting... the weather was quite nice, overcast and pretty flat light, but at least stable and not too windy. we arrived at the hut when it just started to get dark. and by the time the hut was warm and dinner was ready, it was blowing a gale outside... which only grew stronger till we went to bed and i think both of us were wondering what to do if the wind didn't stop the next day... it was interesting enough to make my way to the outhouse, i certainly had no wish at all to attempt the ski back to the car in complete whiteout and storm! luckily, it calmed down and in the morning, everything was calm again and covered in a new layer of snow.
on the way back, the joy over the downhill skiing got the better of us and we overshot... so back up a hill and across to join the path back to the car again. which meant that we were again on the skis for quite a while, but got some extra downhill practise :)
it was an absolutely beautiful trip with nobody else around once we left the dog walkers area. gorgeous hills, looking forward to explore them on fat skis and on foot in the summer!
*and i admit, i forgot the small camera and the only left was then the one on my ipod... how bad is that...
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