Deep Respect.

After more than 50 years as a canoe outfitter I met today a father with his little daughter of 10 years. Several weeks ago the store 4 package with food and some equipment and told us they will be on a 45 days canoe tour in the area of Nordmarken and a bit of eastern Norway. The came to day to our Base Camp for one night and to get supply after  they have made a distance of 430 km, 22 portages where one was 18 kilometres and it was made in heavy rain. Tomorrow they will continue paddling to Vänern via Dalslands Canal adding more distance and I think they will made more than 500 km in the canoe.

This is the longest tour ever made by canoers in the area the last 50 years.  Long time ago there was a young boy on his own paddling from Stockholm to Bergen in Norway. At Lake Foxen he found my wilderness hat I have forgotten the year before.

There are many stories to be told at the camp fire after so long time as a canoe outfitter but this tour have my deepest respect and will be told several times when guests talking about “long “ tours and difficulties.