tl;dr: I rode a bike-packing event covering pretty much the whole of sub-arctic Norway. The 3,400 km route took in Norway’s most iconic scenery and demanded payment in kind. I bike-packed my way to the end in 9 days, 8 hours, 43 minutes.
Some highlights:
- π Lots of climbing
- β΄ Inconvenient ferry timetables
- π° A 1,000 m switchback descent, including a 1 km tunnel with a 10% hairpin inside itβ¦ that had to be climbed again afterwards
- β½οΈ Extortionate petrol station food
- π Camping in bus shelters
- πͺ¦ Camping in graveyards
- π₯΅ Unbearable heat
- π₯Ά Unbearable cold
- π Plentiful mood swings
- π The most beautiful mountain scenery I’ve ever seen
This was a long ride and this is going to be a long write-up β long enough to merit several instalments. Riding so far is a complex experience and I’m not really sure how to capture the whole thing in a blog post, so we’ll see how this goes.