After supper and spending the night at Angelika and Harvey's, I worked Friday. I sent off some work that had a deadline and decided to reward myself by going hiking that evening. I am trying to make sure that I do go out and enjoy this amazing place, instead of just spending all my time at work (though I have just finished working today).
The weather was looking pretty good, so I decided to go out for a hike. There is a cable car here that takes you up one of the hills (or mountain, not sure what you would call it, it felt like a mountain to me). You can then hike up to the summit from there.
I decided that instead of taking the cable car up, I would hike up. This was quite nice. Since I am also trying to get in shape I decided to take my camera, tripod and a few other somewhat unnecessary items just to add weight to the pack. I left work at 4:30 or so, packed up and changed, stopped at the grocery store to buy some supper for the hike (bananas, a cheese bun, a pastry and some juice) and also stopped and finally got myself a SIM card for my phone (just incase I needed help, I wanted to be able to call).
I walked from downtown, across the bridge, and stopped quickly to take a picture of the Arctic Cathedral. It looks quite nice, lots of light, many many windows. I think there are daily concerts (with one at midnight as well) here during the summer tourist season.
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| Tromso's Arctic Cathedral. |
After this I headed toward the cable car and started going up. The trail climbed a bit and then levelled off for a long time.
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| View of Tromso. Can just make out Polaria and the Fram Center where I work, if you know what to look for. |
After a while I came to a stream with a small hose for drinking water and decided to take some pictures with my camera, my neutral density filter and my tripod.
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A stream along the way. With hose to supply drinking water. Shot with my iPhone.
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Shot with my Canon 60D with a Neutral Density Filter
I ate a banana quickly and then continued on up. It took awhile but in the end I hiked some 19+km, took a few pictures and had a nice evening. I was hope around 10pm and had a great nights sleep.
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| Another shot with my iPhone, showing Tromso, and again you can see the Fram Center and Polaria |
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| Panorama shot with my iPhone showing Tromso (island) and Tromsdalen (foreground town) |
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| Looking out over the ford. shot with iPhone |
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| View from the Top, Panorama from ipHone |
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| Shot with my iPhone. Is a very small puddle, but I held the camera close to the water. |
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