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Norseman 2005
Xtreme Triathlon in Eidfjord - Rjuckan.

Norseman Extreme with support car
Date(s): August 9, 2005. Album by Nick Rose. Photos by Nick Rose. 1 - 24 of 118 Total. 16 Visits.
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On way from airport to check out course

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Typical weather of the day. At least for 6 minutes !

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Another hill

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Lots of these tunnels on the roads, mountains make it very necessary

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Lots of beautiful water features  in the area as well.

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Fjord on the way to Rjukan

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Stop off for much needed leg stretch and piccies

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Nick and Tom review the result

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This is the first glimpse of Gaustatoppen on Wednesday before race

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We will be running along this road in 3 days and then climbing that

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Up the 10% part of the run course

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More of the same, scenery starting to get lovely though !

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However the top of the mountain never seems to get any closer.

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We had had enough after 5 or 6 switchbacks and headed back, notice weather has dried a little.

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Top again.

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Down the valley from the run course.

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The sight I would crave most on the day, seeing the end of the flat part of the marathon signalled by the power station

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The weather continued to baffle us all the way home along the 140 mile course. This was around 5 degs but beautiful.

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And then something like this happens, how cool would this be on the day.

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And then we get to another 10 miles down the road and reality sets in.

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This is about 6 minutes later.

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We arrived in Eidfjord around 10pm on Wednesday.

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  Sign the Guestbook. Displaying 7 of 7 entries.
I think they thought it was me that proposed !! It was Felix tho.
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Nick, Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:49AM
Hey Nick - what was 'getting a yes' for? :)))
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dadandgay, Mon, 28 Aug 2006 6:51AM
Great pics nick, hope to race against you and the guys again one day.
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Dave, Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:33PM
hi nick. wonderful photos. great people. hope to see you again one year. all the best
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hege and hĂ„rek, Mon, 22 Aug 2005 7:11AM
great pics, and just wanted to say thanks for the great time we had at the hut. i'm already trying to talk ivonne into doing it again next year...
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stephan mantler, Tue, 16 Aug 2005 6:14AM
great pictures and fantastic memories
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heather fisher, Sun, 14 Aug 2005 8:48AM
Hey Nick! Congratulations on a great race! And getting a "yes" as well. Great shots here. Mind if I make a link to your photo album from the nxtri.com site? Regards, Guy M Huste
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Guy, Wed, 10 Aug 2005 4:48AM
 
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