Monthly Archives: April 2009

The Stolz up in 25 minutes

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stoltzenI finally walked up Stoltzekleiven today, an 800-step stair climb with a 315,5-metre elevation. I am so proud! I’m not in very good shape these days but I walked up in 25 minutes, my fiance used 20 minutes.

I have to admit that I thought I were about to die halfway but I pushed my limites and made it. At the top I felt an enourmous relief and proudness, after a few minutes my body felt great as well – I got a feeling I could climb any mountain. The view, the fresh air, watching other people finish it – everything was great about it.270420091155 My fiance has been incredible sporty quite a while and I’ve kind of been slacking – her last trip up the Stoltzekleiven inspired me to try so she agreed on letting me tag along.

I don’t regret doing it and it made me want to practice more. I took the day off to do this, I also used the chance to spend some quality time with my fiance – lets just say that its been a day off with worthful content. After the Stoltzekleiven we walked back over the mountain, a one and a half our walk – I thought it was going to be though but it felt really good.
270420091156 Check out this view, isn’t it awesome? It was a perfect day for enjoying the view, clean air and lots of sun. I think we had about 17 degrees celcius. I could sit for hours on that bench just breathing in the fresh air and view – we can see all the way to the northern sea.

There is a yearly race at Stoltzekleiven where over 3000 runners tend the competition, but I’m not ready for that yet, I think the best ones run up in 8 minutes. I respect them more now after trying it myself. If I manage to get in shape again I think I will try to attend next year. :)

270420091159No post about our mountains without showing our beautiful city of Bergen right? Somehow I don’t get tired of taking its picture.

The three mountains you can see here is Løvstakken (where I walked a lot before), Damsgårdsfjellet and Lyderhorn. Lyderhorn is the mountain where the witches gathered. I’ve been on Lyderhorn a few times but I’ve always made sure not to visit it at the known dates where they are there. :)

The fight against pirates in the recordcompanies

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There is much talk about pirates of these days, pirates from Somalia and the pirates of The Pirate Bay. Today, in about about 1 hour the verdict will fall at Stockholm tingrätt, it’s going to be one of the major events for many today, both supporters and opponents to the TPB.

I have many thoughts about this, both for and against file-sharing, but mostly I think that something must be done with the record industry. The record industry leaders want to become billionaires over night and do not care if artists suffer from bad contracts – should we accept this? I believe that this is core of the debate.

File-sharing will never be beaten, it will always be with us – technical geniuses can always find a way, such as water leaks in a house. A good example of this is when the record companies spend 2 years and several billion to develop a copy protection system and a youngster uses 12 minutes to break it. The day after the copy protection was launched a small code could help you break it. Many could not play the CD in the car or on the computer – it was a mess for the record company industry and they had to eventually change its policies.

In my opinion file-sharing is not only to download free stuff, it is a uproar against the powerful forces that do what they will. When you buy a song or a cd you don’t want to decide how it play it? When you buy a channell-package, satellite or cable – wouldn’t you decide what type of screen you will use? Image that the cable company forced you to buy a 42-inch Samsung to watch your favourite channel, if you had the wrong TV you could not watch it – Would that be OK?

How much is left for the artist on a cd sale? There is not much – the record companies and distribution will take most of the cake. They want to earn big money, it is why they exist – they are not charity organizations. Do they have too much power? What if all artists released their music on the net and placed a ‘Donate’ button next to it, like a known band did? I think the artist would earn more money than ever.

In my opinion,the record companies should either change their prices or they have to reconsider their position – the verdict today will not solve their problem, whatever happens to The Pirate Bay. Hundreds of similar services are out there, TPB is only a pebble in the sky.
Link to articles : DB, VG, SVD, TV2.

Bad parking sollution

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Everyone has experienced it, bad parking. Either people have had little time to use their brain cells or they simply think they can park their car everywhere they want. A farmer got fed up with tourists parking on his property and put up this sign which says “Think twice! Park here only with permission”. I loved it and had to share it with you guys.

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A few days ago I parked in the city centre and saw two cars parked on spots with electric outlets dedicated to electric cars – I wish the farmer could visit us. All plates on electric cars in Norway start with “EL”.

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Here is a few other fun ones :


Treasurehunt on Fløy mountain

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Today we decided to visit Fløy mountain again, this turns out to be a mountain-easter. :) There were a treasure hunt for the kids up there today and we had a great time. The tasks were fun and we went up hills, into woods, visiting huts and round lakes while we answered questions and solved a crossword. I can’t say I miss the snow-easter, though it would be fun to ski some but I think we’ve had some great days so far, a lot of fresh air and nice sceneries.


A Thursday walk

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We had planned a long walk today but on our way up we had to turn, the fog were thick and we decided to be on the safe side. I took some pictures though and we had a nice time. Its nice to be out there these days, mother nature is working hard to prepare for summer. I’m a bit disapointed by my camera though, it doesnt behave well in this light. What do you think?

How on earth?

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maerskdetroitEvery week the last months I’ve listened to stories about pirates who take over large cargo ships, I am fascinated every time. How on earth do they manage to do this?

Ofcourse its sad news each time but I can’t help finding it a bit amusing – we’ve been sailing for centuries and yet we haven’t found a way to avoid this. And when I sometimes walk by a cargo ship I try to find a way to climb it from sea level, no chance! Its a fortress! So how do they manage it?

And if there is an obvious way, why don’t they block it? Is there an unwritten rule that say ship crews are not allowed to block pirates? But when they’re first about they are allowed to flush them off?

There must be a sollution for this..