Norwegian Mountains, Møre og Romsdal
Sandsøya
Rinden, May 29 2007
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My colleague Vidar and I had been talking about Rinden for quite a while, until I called
him the evening before and suggested we'd stop talking and go there. Vidar agreed,
and after work in Ulsteinvik, we headed towards Sandsøya. The weather was brilliant. Vidar had
never been to Rinden before, so this would be the first visit for the both of us. Vidar and I
visited Igesundhetta earlier in 2007, and Keipen
on Skorpa in 2006.
We took the ferry from Larsnes, and after a short stop in Åram, we arrived Voksa. We drove to Sandsøya
and found the trailhead using the GPS. A guy told us to park down by the school, and so we did.
16:45PM, we were on our way. My dog Troll was keeping us company in the backpack. He likes
a soft start to his walks...
We had no problems following the path up the ridge. We came across 3 deer high
on the ridge. I guess the times when these animals are shy in the daytime, are long gone. A nice sight -
deer with the ocean as the background.
A bit up the ridge, Troll was let out of the backpack, and we reached the top 17:40PM.
We only stayed for 10 minutes, because we wanted to get the 19:00PM ferry
from Voksa. There's no fun in waiting 1,5 hours for the next one. This afternoon certainly invited
for a longer stay at the top, but I wanted to get back to Ålesund before it was too late in the evening.
I noticed the island Riste, which could not be reached through public transport. I suggested to
Vidar that we should go there in Vidar's boat later in the summer, and he reckoned that the island
was in reasonable distance from Nerlandsøya, where we would depart from. I look forward to that trip.
Tops that are harder to get to, somehow tastes better.
We were back down at the school 18:40PM, and had ample time before the ferry. I get amused by those
ferries where some cars board the normal way, and some cars board in reverse. The car ahead of us was
obviously prepared for both ways.
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