Pics from Norway

[ThisSpaceForRent]

Eskil...

Thanks, very informative, sounds kind of like our "charter schools", where you get a general education and a "specialty at the same time. For a strapping lad of 19 I would say the 35/55 ratio was heaven on earth...do they have curriculum's for for single middle aged adults that don't speak Norse?...wishful thinking I guess.

Great Thread...thanks MW, Tils and Esk...oh and FC, how could I forget you...ok Di* i see you too...

tsfr

[tanglefoot]

great pics eskil, bet you had fun! i have been a professional climber kayak canoe mountain bike and surf instructor for the past 20 years...now working running the pub but, still instruct part time when i feel the need and they pay me enough or if its a nice group, otherwise i pass the work on to my friends to do...heres the website..needs up dating at the moment.

http://www.learn2climb.com

[mithious]

Hi. I've told you about the hiking school that I went to about 10 years ago, http://oytun.no/english/index.php . It is situated in northern Norway, in the city that holds the start and finish of Finnmarksløpet. Harald Tunheim, (I'rod ROTY '99, 12th '02), is a teacher there, and I thought I'd share some pics of him and his students in the dog mushing class.

http://oytun.no/fullkontroll/slideshow. ... ticle=1154 Harald is the cool guy in pic 5.
http://oytun.no/fullkontroll/slideshow.php?article=1162
http://oytun.no/fullkontroll/slideshow.php?article=1050 Pups!! Harald is holding one of them.
http://oytun.no/fullkontroll/slideshow. ... ticle=1068 More dog houses and more yard is needed. Check out the pup in the hat
http://oytun.no/fullkontroll/slideshow. ... ticle=1111
http://oytun.no/fullkontroll/slideshow.php?article=939
http://oytun.no/fullkontroll/slideshow.php?article=899 Pictures from last years Finnmarksløpet (http://www.finnmarkslopet.no)

Hope you enjoy them.

WOW Eskil...awesome pics Thanks for sharing those..love the pic of the girl with the pup in the hat sooo cute...took awhile for them to download....but got to see most of them...although could do the "slideshow"? Maybe cause I'm on DU?

[mithious]

Yes, the hides come from the samis. They own all the reindeers in Finnmark. There are some wild reindeers in Norway also, but they are located in the southern part.

The samis use every part of the deer, as I guees you did too? Did you make shoes out of it too? Clothes?

I was thinking that those shoes could be suitable for mushing. Very light and keeping you toes warm if using the traditional special grass inside for isolation. Discussed it briefly with my mushing friend. She had doubts for several reason. First; they are not water proof. Second - they come with a hook in the front, which can hook in the different lines and also the breaks.

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The third thing, as I thought of myself, is their softness. If kicking while running, the feet may get sore from lack of protection.

Boy those look warm I just LOVE learning all these new things...Happy Dance!!!!! Thanks tilstede

[Di*]

Very interesting Eskil, thanks for the background. So you have mentioned being a teacher, do you teach outdoor skills stuff now? Sounds like some awesome schools, wish I could have done something like that when I was younger!