The "Three" Mountaineers
"Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So . . . get on your way."
Doctor Seuss (1904-1991)
1 Mountain to go.
Georgia - Shkara
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This is the story of three youngish norwegian men who set out aiming to beat a Guinnes Record. In short our goal was to climb the highest peak in every country in Europe faster than anybody before us. They started in June 2006, when the record was held by an englishman, Rod Baber. He did it in 2 years, 3 months and 3 days. We, on the other hand set out to do it in less than 6 months. We set out to climb what was then 48 mountains in 48 countries with high spirits.
Not much on this expedition went according to our plans. After two months on the road only one of the three mountaineers remained. New countries kept popping up and the georgian mountain Shkara proved difficult. After climbing 48 out of 49 countries(suddenly Kosovo wanted independence...) the record attempt stranded in August 2009 when a twisted ancle ruined the fourth and so far last attempt to summit Shkara.
Anyhu. It was phun while it lasted. Well over 30.000 km driving through every country in Europe has left me with a lot of stories to tell. On this site you will find some of them.
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Country Plan Climbed 2nd attempt
Sweden 2. June 3. June
Finland 4. June 5. June
Estonia 9. June 14. June
Latvia 10. June 14. June
Lithuania 11. June 15. June
Belarus 13. June 16. June
Russia 16.-26. June 27. June
Georgia 1.-21. July Postponed 16. September failed.
Armenia 25. July 23. July
Tyrkey 1.-6. August 3. August
Moldova 10. August Postponed 14. October Summited
Ukraine 11. August 15. August
Poland 13. August 17. August
Slovacia 15. August 18. August
Austria 18. August 21. August
Germany 19. August 23. August
Lichtenstein 21. August 24. August
Switzerla 25. August 27. August
France 29. August 31. August
Andorra 31. August 4. September
Monaco 2. September 9. September
Vatican State 4. September 24. September
Malta 7. September Postponed 08. March 07 summited
San Marino 11. September 26. September
Italy 14. September 2. September
Slovenia 16. Sptember 28. September
Croatia 19. September 30. September
Bosnia 21. September 2. October
Montenegro 22. September 3. October(wrong peak) 4.July 08(correct peak)
Serbia 23. September 4. October
Albania 25. September 7. October
Macedonia 26. September 8. October
Greece 28. September 9. October
Cyprus 1. October Postponed 12.June 07 summited
Bulgaria 3. October 11. October
Romania 5. October 16. October
Hungary 7. October 17. October
Check Rep. 9. October 18. October
Luxembourg 11. October 20. October
Belgium 11. October 20. October
Holland 11. October 20. October
Great Britain 13. October 22. October
Portugal 15. September Postponed 24. July 07 summited
Spain 18. September Postponed 26. May 07 summited
Irland 20. October 24. October
Denmark 22. October 27. October
Iceland 24. October Postponed 6. June 07 summited
Norway 30. October Postponed 4. August 07 summited
New Serbia 2. July 08 2. July 08
Unless otherwise stated, the dates are for 2006