Go fast, take chances.
Go fast, take chances.
Day 25 St. Olav’s, August 9th, 11km, Vuku > Stiklestad We woke up and cooked breakfast, then collected our clean, dry laundry from the line we strung across the room. This was going to be …
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Day 24 St. Olav’s, August 8th, 22km, Kong Carl Johans Klev > Vuku True Love Digs a Cat Hole My first thought upon waking, before I even opened my eyes, was “it’s 12.5 miles to …
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Day 22 St. Olav’s, August 6th, 21km, Medstugan > Liaberga Our friend Hans had told us about a great hunting village along the trail, which we would be encountering on this day. He said that …
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Day 19 St. Olav’s, August 3rd, 21km, Ristafallet > Åre The night we slept in a church graveyard. The next morning, we were taking down camp when a fellow pilgrim approached us. He hadn’t slept …
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Day 17 St. Olav’s, August 1st, 20km, Hälleberg > Mörsil HALFWAY! The next morning, we woke up to the sound of horses snorting and stomping at us. It was a scary sound to wake up …
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Day 15 St. Olav’s, July 30th, 15km, Backen > Värmon Because we stayed so long visiting Goran, our generous host from the night before, it was late when we finally got on the trail. We …
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Day 11 St. Olav’s, July 26th, 11km, Anviken > Hållstasjön Around 7 am, I woke up sweating and fought my way out of my sleeping bag. The morning sun hit the tent with a midday …
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Day 10 St. Olav’s, July 25th, 25km, Mälgsand > Anviken Hungover hiking We woke up the next morning with aching heads, wondering how we were going to manage a full day of hiking. Our generous …
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Day 8 St Olav’s, July 23rd, 16km, Lake Stor-Harrsjön > Bräcke Today’s walk was shorter after the long distance we covered the day before. It was a nice walk, and we spotted a sign from …
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Day 6 St. Olav’s, July 21st, 24km, Rombäck > Borgsjö On our walk from Rombäck to Borgsjo, we walked through fields overflowing with wildflowers. It’s beautiful, and I am surprised to see so many flowers …
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