Pulpit Rock, Preikestolen

For fear of Thursday's weather report, I woke up at 4 am to hike the two hours up to Pulpit Rock. Luckily, 4 am in Norway is also sunrise, so I wasn't hiking in the dark. The walk up was beautiful but very eerie due to the intense fog. The trail was marked with red spray painted T's, and quoting my new Canadian friend Jonathan, every time he passed one he thought to himself 'thank you' 'thank you' ' thank you.' I only wandered off the trail 2 times on accident, which is pretty good for me! But alas I made it to the top with only a few minor scrapes and scenic 'detours.'
The walk up:








And here she is! Over 600 meters of sheer cliff.


And here I am


By this point I was getting a little bit cold, but I took the cliff trail down to sit on top of the rock itself. While I was sitting there I realized something about myself; I am hysterically terrified of heights! There I am trying to conjure 'deep thoughts' and all I can do is succumb to a fit of giggles.
On the walk back I ran into Jonathan from the hostel and we walked down together. It was also his 30th birthday! I don't really know how to twitter but he gave me this link to follow his trip!
http://mobile.twitter.com/canadiancat



Here is a photo from our trip down


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Location:Norway