Author: Gabriel Geck
Last Week in Jotunheimen
When an adventure is coming to an end… After more than eight months in Norway I am now leaving for Germany in less than a week. I realize that I have spent most of the past year in this country: Five months in Jotunheimen and four in the Lofoten. In […]
A Day at Work
My alarm goes off a little after nine in the morning. I look out the window of my cabin – the sun is shining, so I grab my towel and run down to the river for a quick dip before breakfast. Yesterday I was working until midnight, so I am […]
Besseggen race
After a month of more or less regular hill-running the big day came faster than anticipated: My employer, one of my colleagues and I took the short drive to Gjendesheim and from there the boat to Memurubu, where Jotunheimen’s most famous hiking tour has it’s origin: the “Besseggen”. A nice […]
June 15 – last ski tour of the year
A few days ago I decided to go on my last ski tour for this year. I have probably been on more ski tours in 2015 than in the 20 years before that and enjoyed every single one of them, now it is June though, and it would also be […]
Living in Lofoten
From January to May 2015 I lived on one of the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway at a boarding school of outdoor activities. I went on many tours, mostly on skies, saw northern lights and had a great time with almost a hundred other adolescents…
Expedition to Spitsbergen
After a few months of preparation at Lofoten Folkehøgskole my class and I were ready to embark on a great adventure: a two-week ski tour through Spitsbergen!
Trip to Turkey
In December 2014 I went on a ten-day trip to Turkey with my uncle. We got to see quite a lot; Cappadocia, the Aegan coast with it’s antique ruin cities and temples and of course crazy Istanbul…
Hindsæter Season One
How I worked in a hotel in the Norwegian mountains for almost five months in the summer of 2014, after having finished school…
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