Reset one more time
In the previous post I wrote about my trip to mountain of Reset and how I lost my passport. Three days after (and the next day after I wandered to Blomstølen, making 30 km) I decided to go on a rescue action. Fortunately weather came with sun and I was going to find my loss and finally climb on Reset with other, neighboring peaks: Høgafjellet and Bårnuten.
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I was sure that I have to go to the point where I turned back last time. I believed, that my polar jacket and passport are lying there. After I went back, I followed my track and I didn’t find anything. So, the only place what it could be was at my turning back point, close to the mountain summit.
I didn’t care what route I follow to get there. And, in fact there were no routes at this area, I went more on south than last time. But finally, with helping myself with a cell phone and reviewing my last route, I get the place. I spend there some time, going up and down, searching and looking for black polar jacket, but I couldn’t find it. Finally I gave up and decided to go further and climb up on the top.
The views were spectacular. I saw Stokkadalen valley with big lake of Stokkadalsvatet and water of fjords crossing beyond. Far away, I could see raising from the sea the mountain of Grytenuten. On south-west, more closer was another mountain, Kjort, where I climbed about two years ago.
After few minutes of adoring those wonders of nature, I turned toward north and went along the mountain’s massive to another summit. Soon, on the other side of Gjerdesdalsvatnet I could see group of the peaks where I was earlier: Hovda, Håfjell or Øktarenuten. I wandered further and some time later get to the east part of the massive. Town of Sandeid and mountain of Lysenuten was on my sight now. Few minutes later I was on another summit.
Høgafjellet ends rapidly with several meters high cliff. Because of that, nothing disturbed my admiration the views. From this place there is a spectacular view of crossing three fjords: Vindafjord, Sandeidfjord and Yrkefjord. I saw colossal Grytenuten mountain in the distance and my next destination more closer, Bårnuten. However, what attracted my attention was a small house located on a rock below the summit, a few dozen meters away from me. It was the same hut that you can see from the road below. Someone who put it in such a place had to have a great fantasy.
Descent to this cottage was not easy. Høgafjellet peak ended with a steep cliff and to get out of it, I had to go back a bit. Somehow I managed to overcome these several meters of height without breaking my neck and I could see this intriguing house without any problems.
The hut was about two by three meters, and although the door was locked, I was able peek through the window. Inside, there was a single bed with an unfolded sleeping bag and a small table with a stove. A radio stood on the window sill of one of the windows. The view from this place was almost unearthly, and probably everyone would like to spend the night in such raw conditions at least once, if he would be able to watch the sunrise here in the morning.
Few minutes later I went to another peak. To go to the Bårnuten, I had to go down several meters on a very steep slope. Fortunately I didn’t broke any of my bones and soon I was on my way to the last summit that day.
Before I got there I found a couple of naked animal bones laid on the ground. It looked that something had a dinner here. I hoped that nothing will attack me on this mountain.
I passed the last meters and put my foot on the top. But to enjoy the views I had to go even further. Few minutes and one sandwich later I wondered how I should go down from here. I believed that some track has to exist somewhere around. In the end, how does the owner of this mini cottage go upstairs? If, however, a path existed, I did not find it. I got an idea to use the newest technology and pulled out the cell phone from the pocket. You’ll think, what a moron, he called the mountain rescue team to send a helicopter for him. No, no, no. Nothing like this ladies and gentlemen. I turned on ut.no app on my phone to check the current map and see how if there is any possibility way to go down from here and not ended up being dead. Imagine that I found some place just between the Høgafjellet and Bårnuten. When I get there, I was surprised because I just discovered a path. At the end it occurred that this is probably only animals trail, but anyway it led me down and I was very grateful for that.
After several minutes of braking through the bushes, finally I put my feet on the road. The same road I went up few hours earlier. Now I could head down to the main road that crosses Stokkadalen. It took me a few minutes to get to the car. The whole trip lasted 6 hours and 5 minutes, during which I passed less than 14 km. The trip was successful, despite the fact that I could not find the lost jacket and the passport in its pocket. It seemed that the last one I will have to make anew.
This post was originally published 2018-11-11 on https://kraina-trolli.pl.
