SCHOOLTRIP TO JOTUNHEIMEN

Last week we were on a schooltrip. We were away for four days, and we travelled with  another class, so among 50 students were on the trip, me included.

DAY 1
Tuesday morning we met on the school parking with our stuffed bags and expectant looks.
The bus drove for approximately three hours before a little stop in Lillehammer. We ate, bought more food and some of us even bought some clothes.
We had three stops with Lillehammer included. The second stop were the "potholes" in Hell.

http://www.godtur.no/godtur/nyartikkel/dbarticle_preview.aspx?id=548

The potholes are geological phenomenon from the last iceage.  The ice made valleys, and under the ice there were small rivers. The rivers brought ice and stones with it, and because of  the brook, the water did go in sircel. It happened for thousands of years, the water practically dug big holes, and this is known as "potholes". 

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The third, and last, stop we made was "Kvitskriuprestinn", known as columns or pyramids of glacial moraine material.This is a natural phenomenon that occurs when rainwater washes away the hard-packed moraine material in the moraine, but leaves behind bars where large stones are like umbrellas and protects the underlying masses against rain.

These columns disappears more and more every year. When the large stone on top eventually falls off, the moraine material will be washed away because of rain. Columns like these can be found other places too, but it is a rare phenomenon.

We slept in tents that night. 10 girls in a six-mans tent, me in the middle. We practically slept upon each other. The place was named "Heidal Camping", and it was only twenty minuts away from the place we rafted next day.

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DAY 2

Day two we rafted for hours. 

We met around 9 o'clock to get our wet-suits, and some information about safety. When we arrived we were placed in different boates. In my boat we paddled like cracy, and I was under water several times. It was so cold, but it was worth it. It was so much fun!

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After the rafting we changed back to dry clothes before we drove to Lom where we ate and bought some food.

The main reason for our stop was the Norwegian Mountain Museum we visited. 

We learned about how the nature and mountains have been a part of our life for centuries, and what we used it for. They also had an exhibition of the thing they 

had found in the ice.

After the visit we drove the bus for a couple of hours to our next visit at the Mimisbrunnr klimapark near Galdhøpiggen. There they had a long ice tunnel and an ice cave. Inside the ice tunnel the ice was approximately 6000 years old, and it was very cold. 

http://sparebankstiftelsen.no/no/Nyheter/2013/Istunnel-til-fortiden-ved-foten-av-Galdhoepiggen

After the last visit in the ice we drove back to Bøverdalen hostel were we stayed two nights. The girls had rooms in the main building, and the boys had small camping cabins.

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DAY 3

It was finally time for us to stand on the highest peak in Norway. Galdhøpiggen with it's 2469 meters.

We drove our bus the same route as the day before, and we met our glacier guide outside the Juvass-cabin. We got some information about the trip, safety instructions and our climbing harnesses. 

The landscape changed a lot from big rocks and mountain, to snow and glaciers.

The feeling I got on the top, after 3 hours of walking, was indescribable. The sun was shinig the entire time, it was hot! People said to me that they had never experienced anything like it before. We were so lucky with everything, but ecpecially the weather.  

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DAY 4

Day four was our last day, and we spent the entire day in the bus. 

After hours and hours of driving it was so good to finally be back home again. 

I had an amazing trip with my classmates, thank you for the trip!