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KANUmagazin Report

Article about a special day in Norway. It's in German though!

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Prüfung am Flemming Fossen

Jonas presenting the good line

Norway continuing....

There has been a lot going one since my last post. Thomas and I ran some drops and slides the Tora has to offer.

David @ the last slide on the Tora

The same night Timo and Broschi arrived at our camp. Fired up as the always are we hit the Amot section on the Sjoa right away and put in around midnight. The supposing short run ended up in a little epic as Broschi decided to hike out after a swim and dropped his boat in the river during that action. United at the camp we had a nice BBQ. The next day we run Amot in the morning hoping to find the lost kayak. After that we drove to several Rafting companys to leave a number in case they find the boat. After we were done with the Store Ula we got the call we were hoping for. 1h later we had the kayak back but a 5 liter cag less. Fully equipped we headed to the Rauma. Here we paddled the upper section the following day. This day I injured my shoulder and had to take a break for the next 7 days. Even though the others kept on kayaking. Ulvaa, Valldola, Storelva, Strondalelvi and Raundalselvi were the program the next 5 days. Meanwhile I managed to find Kinesiotape and visited the Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier on European main land.

Lake in Voss

After a couple days in Voss where I started kayaking again on the “train station section” on the Raundalselvi it was time to go to Bergen to pick up Jonas Grünewald from the airport. Back in Voss Thomas and Jonas hucked the 10m high “Nosebreaker” waterfall before we put on the lower canoyn of the Raundalselvi. For dinner we had Hot-Dogs, the Norwegian standard food. This night we drove towards the Sognedalselva. The Sognedalselva goes into the Sogne fjord, the longest fjord in Norway. After crossing the fjord by ferry we were ready to go kayaking. The Sognedalselva is famous for its triple waterfall combo and I was already looking forward to run those drops long before my trip.

David running the 3^rd drop

Next stop was the Sjoa area. We drove up to the Store Ula again. This time with hucker Jonas Grünewald. He had a descent on the 4^th drop of the Store Ula – a 16m high drop with a technical entry and a shallow pool.  Congratulations Jonas!

David putting the wings out

 

Jonas running the big one

After two mellow days on Sjoa and Frya it was time to go big again. So we decided to drive to the Rauma river. An epic day followed. Jonas and I fired up the 20m high Mosterfossen, aka Flemming Fossen - a massive waterfall on the lower Rauma. Earlier the day we ran the upper Rauma. Exactly 15 days after I hurt my shoulder on that run.

 Jonas running Flemmings drop

 

David on the same one

Today Jonas and I paddled the lower Rauma. Jonas leading the charge running all eight rapids.