Norwegian Mountains, Møre og Romsdal
Scrambling on Garneshornet, Flåna & sunset,
Apr 3 2009
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The route
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On this Friday afternoon, I was looking forward to a scramble on Garneshornet. The small summit ridge has a steep (but not that steep..) drop on one side. A fall wouldn't be very nice, so I planned to anchor a 20m rope on top and use a clog device for safety. The rope only runs one way through this device, so if I slipped, I wouldn't fall down. But a computer problem at work didn't allow me to start hiking until 6pm. That left me roughly 3 hours of daylight, which was less than I had planned for. While waiting for this problem to get solved, I found the time to do 400 vertical meters on Huldrehornet...
It took me 35-40 minutes to get to Garneshornet (454m, starting at 20m). I anchored the rope, and as I hadn't used the clog before, I pondered on how to use it. As I didn't know the rules, I didn't feel too bad about breaking them (twisted logic..). I decided to wear just a chest harness and connected the clog to a carbiner. That went quite well. I climbed/scrambled 5 different pitches, and wished that I had my climbing shoes, as opposed to hiking boots..
Scrambling on Garneshornet
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It was a gorgeous evening, and I figured that I had time to visit Flåna and be back down before dark. It took me only 20 minutes from Garneshornet to Flåna (613m), from where I enjoyed a breathtaking sunset and shiny white Sunnmøre alps with a touch of red. The time was now 8:20pm, and the sun was about to disappear. I kept a fair pace down the mountain and was back at the car 8:50pm, in due time before dark. A fantastic evening..
Sunset
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