Bespolka - Norway 2000 (Jotunheimen)

The Travel Journal of Jacqui and Lars

Jotunheimen Mountains, Norway -

14-16 July, 2000

	After our time in Lom, where we celebrated our second wedding anniversary, we spent a few days hiking in the beautiful Jotunheimen mountains in central Norway.
	We started our hiking from Gjendesheim, which is at the eastern end of the glacier-fed lake Gjende. The weather was not too great when we started off - low laying clouds and light rain.
	We were on our way to go to Glitterheim, where we would stay the night. We hiked up towards Bessvatnet, which is on the other side of the famous Besseggen.
	The next major feature was lake Russvatnet, which would dominate our next two days. We spent quite a few hours walking along it's long shore line.
	We had a number of snow fields to pass through - some a bit tricky with vertical walls, etc. Jacqui is here crossing over one of the easy ones, with Russvatnet in the background.
	After making a small side trip and staying overnight in Glitterheim, we headed back to Russvatnet to complete our walk along its shore line. In this view, we are looking back at Russvatnet from the saddle leading down to Memurubu, our next destination and where we will be spending the night.
	Coming over the saddle from Russvatnet, once again we are looking upon lake Gjende, as we walk down towards Memurubu.
	The next morning (very early), we were treated to a very nice sunrise over lake Gjende.
	We finished our trip to Jotunheimen with a cruise on lake Gjende from Memurubu to Gjendesheim.