Between The Mountains Adventure Podcast
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Have you ever had a crazy vision that just seemed perhaps too funny to actually do, or you never get round to doing it?
Covering the house in Christmas lights? Hiking a mountain in a onesie? How about trekking a Christmas tree 13km into the Norwegian mountains for a photo that you have envisioned.
Well, Falke did just that.
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A Yearly Tradition
Falke's tradition starts with a popular hike: Kjeragbolten. He managed to trek his way there through the snow and ice for his first Christmas Tree photoshoot. His want for adventure and doing something new and not seen before comes from within his passion for photography.
Falke had even planned to do the mighty Preikestolen, but someone managed to get there before him in 2018. Since then, he has always been one step ahead - and last year he managed to get the Christmas Tree to Trolltunga! This year? Well, you'll have to follow him on Facebook or Instagram to find out!
Heading Into The Storm
Falke details the kit you need to bring for this. Trolltunga is a fantastic hike. You can read more about this for a normal setting here. I wrote an article for Travel With Cooky all about Taking On Trolltunga (includes the YouTube video!).
For this, however, things were a little different. During the hiking season and autumn you can do this in a day. For Falke, this was a multi-day expedition; 2 days out, and then waiting to set the tree up (scroll down to see video of high winds!).
Trolltunga is on the edge of the Hardangervidda. In an incredible way, it essentially creates its own wind. Trolltunga sits down hill from the plateau, which means it can build to some huge intensity. Watching the footage make me realise just how lucky I was with my conditions for the hike.
In true expedition format, Falke conducted some great research: check weather forecasts, chatting to local mountain rescue who know the terrain. He needed the snow to pull the tree on the sled. It's a different expedition altogether if he had to carry all of his kit on his back.
Heading out to Odda and up to Skjeggedal the snow looked great... but the weather was taking a turn for the worse (remember that video I said to scroll to?).
After getting a snowmobile ride to the top of the first hairpins, Falke and his friend got ready, and set out to Trolltunga.
Click next picture for some epic storm winds!
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Between The Mountains – Adventure Travel Podcast
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Naomi Atherton | Ambition Behind Adventure and Photography | Ep.130
Kate Sielmann | Perspective, Life, and Grit | Ep.129
Ego and Adventure Part 2 with Jason Hardrath | Ep.128
Ego and Adventure Part 1 with Jason Hardrath | Ep.127
Climbing Mount Kazbek | Ep.126
Sean Conway | Pursuing Endurance and Creating Memories | Ep.125
Pip Stewart | Adventure, Acceptable Risk, and the Essequibo River | Ep.124
Ashly Winchester | Positive Mindsets, ’Failing’, and FKT’s | Ep.123
Adri Brownlee | From 7 Summits to 14x8000 Metres | Ep.122
Nikki Love | Training Your Mind for 63 Marathons in 63 Days | Ep.121
Matt Pycroft | Fear, Fatherhood, and Transformative Moments in Adventure | Ep.120
Isaac Kenyon | Using Fear to Grow, and Adventure to Change | Ep.119
Jamie Ramsay | Adventuring For Fulfilment and Lessons Learned | Ep.118
Nick Morris | Trekking Through Nepal, Knoydart, and More | Ep.117
Lee Gallacher | Walk For Your Wellbeing | Ep.116
Mark Valentine | From PTSD to International Mountain Leader | Ep.115
Aaron Rolph | Adventure, Mountains, and the Haute Route Non-Stop | Ep.114
Jason Hardrath | 100 Mountains in 50 Days | Ep.113
Adventure Base | Humbled by the Mountains | Ep.112
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