Storheia

Exam week in Spring is such a challenge. After arriving so late, Spring time is indeed to be enjoyed. So... we went hiking last weekend to Storheia, known as the highest mountain peak in Trondheim. Mind you it's only 565 m high and you might think it's spring, BUT, most part of the mountains and the pathways are still very much covered with snow, knee-deep. Yes, knee deep.

A friend of mine, who has been there, told us that we just need to follow the signs and we'll get there easily. We won't get lost... or so we thought. We followed the sign that reads Storheia and turn immediately. We kept on thinking, "oh, maybe [the path] is just covered with snow"... or so we thought again. As we kept on walking, we couldn't find any path. Sometimes we find the poles that marks the way, but they are really far apart from each other. We kept on walking anyway. We got our shoes wet as we're walking in snow and swamp. We basically tried to look for footprints to figure out where to go next. Sometimes we do found, sometimes we're not sure whether it's a human footprint or an animal foot print. But surprisingly, eventually, magically, we managed to arrive at the foot of the last hike. And the way up, it's covered with snow, again.

Even the lakes are still frozen

Not much of a hiker myself, it was a rollercoaster mood ride for me going up. Nevertheless, we made it to the top! (or should I say I made it to the top!). I was pretty proud of myself. On the top, it was pretty windy, but it was warm and sunny. We took out our grill and had some grilled sausages. Accompanied by the view of the fjords made it really pretty and serene.

As smart as we can be, we missed the last bus to go home. We tried to go down from the other side as there's hope of another bus schedule. However, we couldn't manage to find the way to go down as we kept on meeting with cliffs. After 1.5 hours going round to find way down, we decided to go back to where we came from and maybe just walk or hitch-hike our way home. Not until 3.5 hours later we reached the bus stop. Again, I am amazed of myself. 

The best part of the hike for me is really not about the destination only, the journey is what makes it better. Here's a tiny bit of a clip of the journey.