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Friday evening after work, some nice mountaine cycling. This roundtrip is the best in the Tromsø sourrounding mountaines, alot of nice singeltrack cycling. Pictures Friday 22 http://picasaweb.google.no/arild.ovrum/BNntua220808, Pictures Saturday 23 http://picasaweb.google.no/arild.ovrum/BNntua23080802

This was one fantastic nothern late summer evening, 180808. Climbing together with good friends, enjoying the fantastic view on this wonderfull small mountaine topp on the outside of Kvaløya. The route name is translated "The sky and the ocean" 3 rope length the 2 first, fantastic trad climbing, recommended!

"Lavkarittet" - Mountainebike competition in Storfjord. This is the big happening in mountainebike cycling in the Tromsø area, in Storfjorden, not fare from Tromsø. 65 km of cycling startling with some kilometers on road up Kitdalen before turning up on more technicaal terraine up to the highest point 757 m above sea. Then some kilometers on better roads over the mountaine pass, before heading down to the last 20 km on road down to the finish line. 2008 was my first time togheter with Kristin and Bo. More information, and results on http://www.lavkarittet.no/

Fantastic evening up on the Ersfjordtraverse a famous alpine traverse on Kvaløya, Tromsø. From tusday to wedensday week 32, I and Kristin did do the Ersfjordtraverse Lite. From Skamtind to Holendaren, this is only half the traverse, but it is a strongly recommende alternativ if you feel that all of the traverse may be to much or you not have so much time. More information about the traverse are soon comming on my homepages.

Week 31 it was (Naturfestival 08) Nature festival, this week I was working as a mountaneer guide for the company sunalp www.sunalp.no. On of the giuding trips I was doing was to the famous "Bladet". On the picture is Kristin, a picture I took on our trip the week before.

Fantastic view this morning, in this magnifisent valley, Molladalen, on the west coast of Norway. This is climbinglife, this is adventure living. Morning coffe, and going of to climb some nice routes togheter with Kristin. More pictures on my picassa page http://picasaweb.google.no/arild.ovrum/Molladalen2008

The week 14-19 of july I was climbing instructor on a course in trad mountaine climbing in Lom and Hurrungane.  Breoppleving www.bre.no .

Mountaine biking in Tromsø is fantastic, with alot of nice singel tracks real "mountaine" biking in nice souroundings. This was 5 of july, summer cycling in Tromsø. Sjekk bilder under -> Mitt Picassa fotoalbum

My first visit this summer to the Tromsø climbing clubs cabin on Kvaløya. A fantastic place in the mountaines, recreation, good friends and climbing with my girlfriend Kristin. On saturday we climbed Zappfee toppen in Midnightsun together with on friend of us Bjørn! On sunday we climbed on Baugen, this was Kristins first multipich route, she was smiling :). Monday was a perfect day for relaxation, sitting outside, looking at the mountaines, drinking cafe, think about life, the happines of being at a place like this.    

An interesting experience, fun, and good response. I did a presentation about urban adventure living in Tromsø with focus on quality living, balancing life, searching inspiration in the mountaines.(Chicago pecha Kucha link)  For more about PK link, looking forward to the next one in Tromsø . 

You can read and see my PK presentation under the menu Urban Adventure #2 Balancing Life.