East Finnmark
I am very sad to announce that we have to stop paddling for this time. The reason, very short is an inflammation in my right arm that came after only 3 days of paddling. No matter how careful I paddled, it only got worse. So for the next weeks to come, I will need a lot of rest to get better, and that cannot be combined with further paddling. Bjørn and Audun will also stop at this point, but we may be back some other time to continue where we stop now. On one side I'm very sad. I have been preparing and looking forward to this amazing 6 weeks+ of paddling for a long time. On the other hand, quitting is the only sane thing to do at this point. But what a great trip we have had as long as it lasted. We had 10 days of camping out in the most remote area Norway has to offer. Lots of beautiful paddling also. First of all, East Finnmark is a very remote and very scarcely populated area. The country is amazing. The landscape is spectacular and the sea is great. At this time of the year t...





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