Today it was about time to try for a third time to climb our local mountain called Sukkertoppen. Our previous two attempts were rather embarrassing and we did never reach the top. Jesper (a friend of Vegard and I) is currently in town, and we decided that was a perfect reason to give Sukkertoppen a third try.
Me and Oki on our way up
Jesper, Oki and I
This time the conditions were very well: no wind, easy ice, great weather,... so we made it to the "pre-top" which is visible from town. There we met Fred (our safety responsible at UNIS) who recommended a nice round trip in stead of just decending the way we came up.
The real top of Sukkertoppen with two ptarmigans (also often called tasty birds).
The view from the top
From left to right: Jesper, Vegard, Oki and I.FINALLY: We made it :D Fred showed us the small book they have at the top where you can write your name and the date of when you made it up.
Fred and Vegard
From the top we walked along the rig and then decend back to town through the valley as Fred had suggested.
Platåfjellet seen from Sukkertoppen
the mountains on the other side of Isfjorden in the sunset
back in town
1 comment:
Just wanted to point out that the 3rd attempters uses crampons...and the mainlander rookie doesn't....hahaha :-)
Thx for showing me a great "lunch-hike" !
Jesper
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