(19.5 km total 82km, 5 h 55, 1150 – 1745) Video: Video of Day 4 It started raining at 0200, much harder rain than the previous nights. It was still raining when I woke in the morning so stayed curled in my sleeping bag staying warm and dozing. I had just started reading when IContinue Reading “Day 4 – 23 Jun, near Nordkappen Tunnel to End of Kobbefjorden”
(22.5km, total 62.5 km, 7h 10, 0950 – 1700) Video: Video of Day 3 It rained again during the night but thankfully it had stopped before I woke up. I had a lazy start and started walking just before 1000. There was a cold wind so I got to wear my homemade windshirt for theContinue Reading “Day 3 – 22 Jun, Grid 4558 78832 to vic Nordkappen Tunnel south end”
(20.5km, total 40km, 6h30, 0930-1600) Video: Video for Day 2 It rained all night and the temperature also dropped. Of course night is a relative term given it does not get dark at all. I had a restless sleep which is normal for the first couple of nights in a tent. I woke up atContinue Reading “Day 2 – 21 Jun, Knivskjelodden to Grid 4558 78832”
(19.5km, total 19.5km, 4h15, 1245-1700) Video of the day is here: Video for Day 1 I woke once during the night but otherwise had a great sleep. I got up at 0745 and after a shower and packing I walked the 2.5km from the hostel into Honninsvag town. It was pretty hot with the brightContinue Reading “Day 1 – 20 Jun, Nordkapp to Knivskjelloden”
Having long flights are a fairly regular occurrence for me so the 2 ½ day journey to get to my start point was about normal. That is one of the few disadvantages of living in New Zealand. The journey largely went well. I left Dunedin the day before my international flight as at this timeContinue Reading “The journey to the start”
I have finished the detailed planning for my route and am looking at just under 2,600 km. This distance is based on google creating routes. The routes smooth out the bends in the track so I think the actual distance will probably be around 2,600km. You can access the kml file on googgle earth whichContinue Reading “Detailed Route Planing Finished”
The full gear list and weights is at the bottom of the post I am expecting to start with a base weight (weight of all gear less food, water and consumables) of 7.659 kg (16.89 lb) I am basing a lot of my decisions about gear on my experiences on Te Araroa and research onContinue Reading “Gear for NPL”