When we were planning our trip through Scandinavia, Djawid and I had seen many beautiful pictures of the fjords around Stavanger and Bergen. Trolltunga was breathtaking, but unfortunately not really on the route and we didn't have enough time for the hike (it's approximately 8 hours back and forth). But Preikestolen and Kjeragolten would easily compensate this loss. We thought Preikestolen and Kjeragolten were located near each other and the plan was to visit them both that day. We headed for the docks of Stavanger and by staying in the car on the ferry we saved around 20 Euro (on the main deck there are a few inspectors where you can buy a ticket for the ferry, but when you drive off the ferry they don't check the cars if they have paid. So a lot of people stay in their car to avoid paying for a ticket).
Unlike the previous days were we had a lot of sun shine, it was very clouded this day:
As a result of the clouds we weren't able to see the 604 meter sheer dropoff, as can be seen here.
That was a bit of a bummer. But standing on a rock stuck in a 1000 meter cliff would still be spectacular in the clouds. It was only 60 km away from Preikistolen, but after we hiked back to the car, the navigation system told us it would take 3 hours to get there. Wow, we didn't expect that.. It was now two o'clock and with a three hour drive and an hour walking we would arrive there at six. Oké, that was unexpected (we should have done a bit more homework before we left that morning). We decided to go back to Stavanger and go to Kjeragbolten early the next morning before we would drive to Oslo (a seven hour drive).
That morning we woke up at 5 o'clock, it was still dark and we had no idea if it was still clouded. As the sun came up, it slowly burned through the clouds:
As we arrived at the start of the trail, we had clear blue skies:
The trail was pretty easy for these two young lads and it took us a bit more than an hour to reach the rock (most people do it in two hours). This was the result:
What a stunning view! And we got really lucky with the weather. After half an hour a few other people arrived, but they didn't dare to stand on the rock. I had already seen there was a tiny ledge behind the rock and together with Djawid we decided to scare these people a bit:
That morning it was still a bit chilly, but on the way back the sun made us sweat a lot. Before we would suffocate each other in the car for the next six hours with lovely smells, we decided to freshen ourselves a bit with ice could melting water:
Than it was off to Oslo.
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