{"id":564,"date":"2010-09-15T14:43:34","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T14:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=564"},"modified":"2010-09-15T14:43:34","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T14:43:34","slug":"norwegians-are-generally-in-great-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegians-are-generally-in-great-shape\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegians are generally in great shape!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The jakttur <\/strong>(hunting trip) that I just returned from has confirmed my belief that nordmenn<\/strong> are generally in very good shape. \u00a0This tur<\/strong> is an annual tradition for this group and most of the guys hike around their hytter <\/strong>(cabins) or g\u00e5 p\u00e5 ski<\/strong> (ski) or some other activity, but several of them literally don\u00b4t engage in any other serious physical activities all year round (or are even overweight). \u00a0But, to my surprise, it apparently doesn\u00b4t matter! \u00a0They can hike up and down mountains just as well as my friend and I who are young and in fairly good shape!<\/p>\n

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The first day we walked about 3.5 hours up some pretty steep terrain at the beginning of the fjell<\/strong>, and then some more to get over the fjell <\/strong>and down to the hytter<\/strong>. \u00a0I don\u00b4t think anyone drank vann <\/strong>(water), but rather a handful of pils<\/strong> and maybe a couple shots of J\u00e6germeister. \u00a0I heard a couple moans and groans, but not as much as I would have thought for old, stiff, and dehydrated men!<\/p>\n

The second day p\u00e5 fjellet <\/strong>we were out for 10 hours. \u00a0Sure, there were breaks to ete litt<\/strong> (eat a bit), drikke noe<\/strong> (drink something), snakke om vi hadde sett ryper og hvor<\/strong> (talk about if we had seen grouse and where), og kvile <\/strong>(rest). \u00a0Even so, I was very impressed at how everyone managed to hike around fjellet<\/strong> for so long with heavy ryggsekker <\/strong>on some pretty steep terrain.<\/p>\n

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After one of the guys got taken by helikopter<\/strong> from the j\u00e6gerghytte <\/strong>to Harstad, his ryggsekk<\/strong> with all of his stuff was still there. \u00a0One of the guys som hadde ikke g\u00e5tt p\u00e5 jakt<\/strong> (hadn\u00b4t been hunting) for 25 years and hadde ikke gjort noe fysisk<\/strong> (and hadn\u00b4t done anything physical) for a year was nice enough to take the other guy\u00b4s ryggsekk<\/strong> down the mountain to him. But that wasn\u00b4t his only reason to go down. \u00a0Han var fri for r\u00f8yk og r\u00f8dvin<\/strong> (He was out of smokes and red wine) and couldn\u00b4t manage to be there without those 2 important items. \u00a0So he took the ryggsekk <\/strong>down, kj\u00f8pte r\u00f8yk og r\u00f8dvin<\/strong>, and walked back up, all in one day!! \u00a0And didn\u00b4t complain about it at all. \u00a0It was no big deal, just 5-6 hours for some cigarettes and wine. \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I guess it\u00b4s the centuries of life in the mountains that created incredible endurance and stamina to survive p\u00e5 fjellet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

That day that he walked down the rest of us were out for another 10 hours. \u00a0The 4th day maybe 6 or 7 and the 5th day my friend and I walked down and used about 2.5 hours. \u00a0There were still a couple left up at the hytte <\/strong>that were going to hunt one more day. \u00a0Most of them are going up this coming weekend too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

The jakttur (hunting trip) that I just returned from has confirmed my belief that nordmenn are generally in very good shape. \u00a0This tur is an annual tradition for this group and most of the guys hike around their hytter (cabins) or g\u00e5 p\u00e5 ski (ski) or some other activity, but several of them literally don\u00b4t…<\/p>\n

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