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Sun + water = swim 


Fuck the temperature

Exactly.   

Though I might have been saying something different if I lived in Tromsø I suppose.  

Norc wrote:

Lancebloke wrote:Storms see to have been limited to the Atlantic coasts here this time. There seem to have been some incredibly stupid people going out to have a look at the waves, even taking their kids with them. God damn morons!!

Yeah, i heard on the news  why? Just why would u do that?!

I don't know, but we get storm tourists here on the beach whenever a big storm is forecast.   I guess it's saner than chasing tornadoes.   

Maybe Halfy has some insights into weather tourism?

(Of course I used to go out to the beach to run in the big storms. When the wind is out of the South (the same orientation as the beach) you can run almost 40 mph (65 km/hr) in a 70 knot wind, and when the BIG gusts come, it's the closest thing I've ever experienced to flying without equipment!  )

Well... It's dangerous, though i see the appeal

Isn't that exactly how the Wizard of Oz st....

Let's perhaps not restart that conversation.   

As always, lucky you, Norc I wish I lived up there too, you guys get all the nice scenery

not complaining

Love all the pictures people are posting of their homeland. Never had the chance to travel much, so it's great to see what other places look like. Cold is setting in now, it's about -14F (-25C) now. I live in the central part of the states in the far north. -30F (-34C) in the winter happens a few times each winter, but this front will have wind with it, which is unusual. Here's a pic I took a few days ago, reminds me of midgewater in the summer.

aw.. i am so jealous of you, Hillybilly. That's perfect weather for skiing D: i dunno how it is here(cus i haven't been outside mostly because i have overslept every single day and missed out on daylight) but that looks fantastic.

Great snow Hilbilly.  

I think you can see some of what we had here over on the last page. Not really comparable sadly.  

Edit: Hm, no. Maybe it's on the Fjordlandia thread.   

I have to agree woth Ringo on the landscape up north.   

Think I saw this somewhere not long ago from just by Tromsø.



Ersfjorden?

yepp, Ersfjorden  my dad did a music video there actually, though the weather and all that was more realistic and not so idyllic

Hillbilly's lovely ethereal snow scape pic is so Narnia ! &  I like your pic also, Blue, very serene.  
Ive got spring bulbs popping up all over my little garden already, in fact I saw some on Christmas Day poking thru. Love me daffy's !

I'm jealous of you Europeans (especially you northerners), seems you have a great mix of mountains, ocean/sea, freshwater and woods. Are the summers warm? Hillbilly's can't handle heat, at least this one. I'm also curious as to the types of agriculture you have, as the ocean and altitude greatly affect that.

I'm ashamed to admit Norc that I've never had skis on my feet, down hill or cross country. Cross country skiing is something that I've considered tho.

Thanks for the pics everyone, you all seem to live in extraordinary beautiful places.

Blue, that's just the type of picture I'm talking about. Fantastic!

naah, summer's aren't that hot, well down south 20-30 celsius isn't uncommon, but up here we're lucky to have 20  sometimes we have heatwaves with like around 30 but it's not how it normally is  

u got that lovely snow and have never tried skiing?!  omg.. not even cross-country?! well,what are u waiting for!!

You're right Norc, what am I waiting for? I have tomorrow off, so I'll make it a point to stop by the sporting goods store if they're open. Shouldn't be too many people out and about with the cold, and I have to go to town anyway.

Thanks for motivating me, I'll let you know how it goes.

A hot tip if you try downhill: all the ski areas wrap up the price of the first lesson in the cost of a lift ticket. So take the lesson, you'll be glad you did.

Cross country is a lot of work, but easier to access I guess. Don't try it in powdery snow.

cross country is super easy goddammit... downhill is worse though, but! i didn't take any lessons at all and after finding my way down the easy track i got right to the steep ones  ok, so if you're goin downhill, do slalom  easier  easier than twin-tip, snowboard and telemark. Remember to turn your upper body outwards, like in the oppoiste direction of your skiis when u turn  better balance. and try falling sideways and not on your arse. getting the skiis up your buttcrack and hitting your tailbone is.. literally, a pain in the arse..  good look  tell us how it goes ^^

and not to bring down your spirit but

THEM AWESOME AWESOME GIRLS!!!    

I KNOW !!! THEY'RE AWESOME!! they make me so proud

Very impressive.   

The men did 1, 2 and 4 I think.

{{{Hopefully the foreigners won't catch onto the fact that they are never going to win.  }}}

And we might have a budding new crosscountry skier right here on the forum? Great.   

Best of luck Hillbilly.  

Well, I'm glad you guys liked the picture. But I'm not sure I should take any plaudits as it's Norc part of the country really.

It's quite a spectacular place though. A quick look on Google maps shows you this:



Norc; Music video? Cool.

I do get what you're saying about the summers. Still, I seem to remember quite a lot of weather reports over the last couple of summers going:

"Og mens regnet fortsetter her i Sør-Norge, har de en flott sommer i Nord-Norge hvor solen skinner."

yeah, last year was out of the ordinary ^^ although i was mostly painting schools..  
it's kinda freaky u posting pictures of well.. yeah. 

i rode a bike there once.. took me nearly two hours O_O nearly.. just to watch.. star trek perhaps.. or sherlock..  can't remember..