tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31752060943628288702011-04-21T18:01:02.866-07:00This Blog follows Mark Burton, Ed Cornfield, Martin Vollen and Per Christian Pedersen on their adventure in Norway as they try and paddle 5280 feet in 31 days.Mark Burtonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3175206094362828870.post-32133530872019412472008-04-22T10:08:00.000-07:002008-06-01T02:27:28.124-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2267/2541120252_9716e6ed53.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2267/2541120252_9716e6ed53.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">The drive up to Telemark.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">I wish I could tell you Telemark was no good, keep all the visitors to Norway heading up to Voss and Sjoa.  But I can´t because Telemark is fast becoming one of my favorite places in Norway to paddle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2540301511_23f4ac9627.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Typical scenery</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Within a small area you can find a massive variation of rivers, slides and waterfalls all of which are fantastic runs.  Telemark also has a great atmosphere.  It´s not packed with paddlers like some of the more well known locations in Norway but there is always someone there.  We were lucky to bump into and paddle with some great people on our visit.  Team Blimey from the UK, Mark and Michelle Basso from Canada, Theo from switzerland, the usual suspects from Norway karl, Morten and Lars Georg and two solid boaters from New Zealand, Josh and Sam made our stay very enjoyable.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2541120246_1419e9aeaf.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Per Christian stretching out</span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">With Per Christian fresh out of shoulder surgery we were interested to see how he had healed and Telemark was lacking places to put it through it´s paces!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2272/2541120236_ff6263f6db.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Top drop of Homerun</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3182/2541120238_46a38af6d8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Kiwi</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Sam on 2nd drop of Homerun</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Due to very heavy snow pack Telemarks season has been a long one this year and will still be running at least another month which is great for us!  This has also meant very high water levels.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3069/2541120258_fdb3f03f2a.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Monkey boy drinking his booty</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Not only did this lead to our friend Monkey Boy (Theo) swimming out of a pin but also a nasty swim from Ed who ended up breaking his arm above the elbow.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">get well soon buddy and don´t worry we have the booty all ready for your return!!</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3175206094362828870-3213353087201941247?l=onemileonemonth.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mark Burtonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3175206094362828870.post-91017809642920911582008-03-16T07:38:00.000-07:002008-03-16T08:10:24.133-07:00<div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">This March Martin made an unusual visit from </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Sjoa</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> down to the warmer south.  While he was here we decided to catch up and discuss some details of the expedition</span><br /></span></span></div><div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2162/2337748290_8c7e3872c6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Martin enjoying the luxury cinema seats</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">All the talk of drops and paddling had us itching to get on the river, but unfortunately the water is still frozen in most places.  So we decided to head up to a small ski area called Hovden and take out our frustrations there.</span></span></div><div> </div><div> </div></div><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2334/2337748314_b5679d7c3d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Ronny our host in Hovden</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We hooked up with local skiier Ronny who was happy to give us a place to crash and show us around.</span></span></div><br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3157/2337748310_9129b8b1cc_m.jpg" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Mark riding the lift up</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">The weather was quite dull with very flat light which didn´t make for the best ski conditions but we were just stoked to get out.  It won´t be long now before we can get on the river, so we are busy getting our kit ready and planning the drops.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">More soon! </span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3175206094362828870-9101780964292091158?l=onemileonemonth.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mark Burtonnoreply@blogger.com0