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Galdhöpiggen - Norway!

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  Me and Nadja set out to Heathrow to catch the flight to Norway, to meet our fellow mountaineering friends there, Ann-Kristin and Marianne. I was really happy to finally be on the way to climb the highest peak of Northern Europe, Galdhöpiggen, with its 2469m above sea level. Not the hardest climb and only a day tour, but still, its beautiful and on my bucket list. There is something with the Norwegian mountains, they are just so amazingly beautiful and inviting.. We met the girls at Oslo Airport and started our drive to Jotunheimen. 5h later we arrived just outside Lom, a small mountain village. We were pretty high and the fresh air is amazing, and the rivers and streams of glacier water are everywhere, icecold and with such a fresh taste. We arrived to Ann-Kristins friends cabin and started to take in the atmosphere.     There were cows walking around nearby and the river was quite big with its pourling water. We took our bucket from the cabin and went to fill