Whitewater Kayaking in Norway

[MPC]

Hey!

Just got back from a nice long trip to Norway. Thought I'd share a few pics of the amazing boating there... Hope you enjoy.

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The upper Juri - a big slide at the start

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Ulla - an amazing river with this 4m waterfall

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Ulla

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Surtbytta - a river we found at the top of the valley when everything else was high

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Ostri - short and sweet run on this beauty

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Party time on the Upper Bovre (photo by Eddie)

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Amazing sunsets

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Some big slide / drops

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Some nice smaller drops too

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Flying in the woods

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Chilling at the camp

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Lovely double drop way up north

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A great day on the Forra, a river in a deep almost inescapable gorge, with this drop being the highlight.

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Skarmodalselva - in Sweden

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More mad sunsets

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The Raundalselva Playrun, nr. Voss.

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More playrun - nr. Voss.

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And some more - nr. Voss.

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Beautiful Brandseth. This river is simply amazing. Steep drops and slides all the way to the bottom :)

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And again

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Different perspectives at Moneydrop - a waterfall near Voss.

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Heading down - Jordalselva. This is an awesome 10m waterfall also near Voss.

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Kittelbreaker (photo by Eddie) - also near Voss

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And finally Nosebreaker - and again near Voss... See the pattern with Voss and steep rivers / waterfalls :)

Cheers,

Matt

[austinado16]

Absolutely amazing......both the photos and what you guys were doing:bow

[Nikolai]

Wow! :huh
Some ka-razy stuff! :thumb :bow

[MPC]

Glad you like them!

It was a very good trip :D

M

[Mitchell]

Fantastic! I love this series. Thanks for sharing your trip.

What gear were you using here?

[MPC]

Hi Mitchell,

I have a Nikon D200. Most of the shots were taken with a 18-200 lens. I have a Watershed dry bag that has a bit of camping carry mat inside. I put my camera in there along with a small towel, seal it up, put it in the back of my kayak and clip it in.

Then when I get out for photos I take my helmet off, dry my hands and face, camera out and shoot away...

The Watershed dry back is far from as solid as a Peli case but to fit a D200 in it you'd need a massive Peli case that would need to be put between your legs when paddling which isn't all that safe.

So far so good!

M

[Cayuse]

Impressive shots all around.