26 November 2012 at 3:00 in the morning. I was sitting on the bed of my bare room in Bergen, overwhelmed with fear and excitement, looking at my life packed into suitcases, backpacks, and boxes, and staring at my one-way ticket for the earliest morning flight to Oslo: “Will I like Oslo?”, “Will I enjoy my new life?”, “Will I miss Bergen?” Now, after six months in Oslo, I can finally answer these questions.
Tagbergen
Dear friends and colleagues,
I would like to thank you for these last five years in Bergen. They made me grow personally and professionally, and I will never forget them.
Now, however, it is time for me to move on. I have accepted a position as Research Scientist at SINTEF ICT in Oslo, and I am looking forward to starting.
My former supervisor Uwe once wrote me “Sometimes changes open unforeseen new perspectives.” This sentence has never seemed more appropriate.
See you in one month, Oslo.
For the third time, I took the so-called “7-fjellsturen”, the hike of the seven mountains of Bergen in one day. I am proud to say that I made in 10 hours and 40 minutes, 2 hours and 28 minutes less than my previous result.
| Checkpoint | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start 7-fjell (Gravdal ved Nutec) | 8:47 | 00:00 | 8:28 | 00:00 | 8:55 | 00:00 |
| Lyderhorn | 10:14 | 01:27 | 10:06 | 01:38 | 9:45 | 00:50 |
| Damsgårdsfjell | 11:51 | 03:04 | 11:52 | 03:24 | 11:10 | 02:15 |
| Løvstakken | 13:40 | 04:53 | 13:37 | 05:09 | 12:41 | 03:46 |
| Start 4-fjell (Årstad) | 15:00 | 06:13 | 14:36 | 06:08 | 13:37 | 04:42 |
| Ulriken | 16:43 | 07:56 | 16:39 | 08:11 | 15:23 | 06:28 |
| Fløyen | 19:05 | 10:18 | 19:21 | 10:53 | 17:21 | 08:26 |
| Rundemanen | 20:27 | 11:40 | 20:07 | 11:39 | 18:24 | 09:29 |
| Sandviksfjellet | 20:56 | 12:09 | 20:48 | 12:20 | 18:51 | 09:56 |
| Mål (Marken) | 22:27 | 13:40 | 21:36 | 13:08 | 19:35 | 10:40 |
The hike was too long even for Sports Tracker, which crashed after 8 hours. This means that I only have incomplete and maybe corrupted data of my hike. 🙁 The developers of this app will for sure hear from me… 🙂
Special thanks to Synnøve, who shared with me all the editions. Without her, I would have never managed this result. 😉
Update 6 June
It looks like the Sports Tracker data of my hike is not corrupted. It is only incomplete since I started the tracking again half-hour after Sports Tracker crashed. 🙂
Screenshots:
Yes, I did it again. The seven mountains of Bergen in one day, 13 hours and 8 minutes to be precise. Despite the rain, I spent 36 minutes less than my first time.
| Checkpoint | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Start 7-fjell (Gravdal ved Nutec) | 8:47 | 8:28 |
| Lyderhorn | 10:14 | 10:06 |
| Damsgårdsfjell | 11:51 | 11:52 |
| Løvstakken | 13:40 | 13:37 |
| Start 4-fjell (Årstad) | 15:00 | 14:36 |
| Ulriken | 16:43 | 16:39 |
| Fløyen | 19:05 | 19:21 |
| Rundemanen | 20:27 | 20:07 |
| Sandviksfjellet | 20:56 | 20:48 |
| Mål (Marken) | 22:27 | 21:36 |
Special thanks go to “min kjære” Synnøve, who shared with me in both editions, plus Antonio and Mikal who joined us this year.
There is a town in the world where once every year almost 6000 people are waking up with only one desire: hike seven mountains before the day is over. The name of this town? Bergen.
I was one of those crazy people who managed to finish the so-called “7-fjellsturen“. My equipment was just a backpack with beverages and food, a rain jacket, and a camera. But what I needed the most was a lot of motivation and adrenaline.
I started at 9:00 and finished at 23:00, walking for about 35 km and going up for about 2400 m in total.
I am exhausted, stiff, and aching, but it was worth doing it. The weather was perfect, with clear sky and mild temperature. I have never enjoyed the nature that much, and at the end of the day, I felt part of it. Now I am left with a diploma, an exclusive t-shirt, and a lot of good memories…
I want to thank Synnøve, for being the best company I could desire for this trip, and Francesca, for giving me a chocolate bar when I needed sugars the most.
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