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Monday Jul 16, 2018 #
7 PM
Run 42:00 [3] 7.0 km (6:00 / km)
Main activity for the day was the Preikestolen walk. This is moderately strenuous (4km each way, about 350m climb), and had as much of a stream of humanity on it as the Tongariro Crossing. Some places, though, are iconic because they deserve to be iconic, and this is one of them. I'm not great with heights so I didn't go close to the edge, but still got to experience most of the views.
I also find the Norwegian attitude to such places refreshing, presumably because they don't have lawyers that tell the responsible authorities "unless you put up a sign saying 'if you fall down this 600-metre cliff you will die', someone will sue you because you didn't warn people that falling down a 600-metre cliff will kill you". In Australia we probably wouldn't be allowed within 100 metres of the place. (In general, I don't get the sense that arse-covering is a substantial part of the Norwegian character). Incidentally, with something like 200,000 visitors per year, the known number of accidental fatalities at the site is zero (there have been a few suicides).
The run itself was a bit of an afterthought, quite late in the day back in Stavanger. Both of were grinding the gears a bit, but my quads (which had found the descent from Preikestolen fairly demanding) loosened up, and it turned into some not unpleasant suburban exploration, including a lake and a couple of nice bits of forest.
I also find the Norwegian attitude to such places refreshing, presumably because they don't have lawyers that tell the responsible authorities "unless you put up a sign saying 'if you fall down this 600-metre cliff you will die', someone will sue you because you didn't warn people that falling down a 600-metre cliff will kill you". In Australia we probably wouldn't be allowed within 100 metres of the place. (In general, I don't get the sense that arse-covering is a substantial part of the Norwegian character). Incidentally, with something like 200,000 visitors per year, the known number of accidental fatalities at the site is zero (there have been a few suicides).
The run itself was a bit of an afterthought, quite late in the day back in Stavanger. Both of were grinding the gears a bit, but my quads (which had found the descent from Preikestolen fairly demanding) loosened up, and it turned into some not unpleasant suburban exploration, including a lake and a couple of nice bits of forest.