Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Wheres the best place YOU have evr been n holiday? :D?
Dave, one of the most memorable experiences I had was climbing to the top of the mountain overlooking Narvik, Norway, and its fj�rds on Midsummer's Eve. We got to the top in time to watch the Midnight Sun at precisely midnight. While the climb from the plateau to the very top took us more than two hours, the return took less than 20 minutes because we shoe-skied down the ice packs. At one point I got going too fast and wiped out. I was wearing running shorts. You haven't experienced cold until you've scooped up a load of snow in your shorts while tumbling down a glacier! Back at our tent on the plateau we stayed up entirely too late just watching the sun begin its ascent. From the fiery red around midnight it progressed through oranges and then golds. I guess we fell asleep around 3 a.m. To make our 9 a.m. train back to Sweden, we had to run down a dirt road that zigzagged down to the town because the cable car we had taken up to the plateau didn't start running until 10 a.m. My legs ached for days. Narvik was a beautiful, friendly town, and the rugged beauty of its fj�rds is something I will never forget. I hope you get to experience it someday.
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