Besseggen (rating: 8.5)

Toon op de kaart

At Gjendesheim the walk starts, steep up right from the beginning. First stairs later just rock (thanks for that - better for the legs). The path curves and we follow the ridge of the mountain going higher and higher. The wind is enormous and it is cold. Not so many people do this walk from this side so we are almost alone on the mountain. Most people take the boat to Memurubu and then walk back. The views are magnificent and once (far away and down below) we saw moose. Then down from the top down to the lake. This is famous view we recognize. It is very steep, lots of wind and no rope or whatsoever. But we survived. Down at the lake we meet the first people coming from the boat. From the lake it goes up again, and down and up and then finally down to Memurubu. Before walking back we take a small break near the Gjende lake and enjoy the view. The walk back to Gjendesheim is long (10 km). The path has some (unexpected) ups and downs which creep slowly into your legs. We have to rest several times to prevent us from making the wrong steps and hurting ourselves. Finally we reach Gjlendesheim. Now the last 2 km to the camping place and we are back after almost 10 hours of walking and 1600 metres in height (the book says 1100 ahum!!).