Hurrongane, Jotunheimen, Norway. - a photo on Flickriver

            This was shot at 200 mm from a commercial flight. So the sharpness is not the best. Had to add a lot of noise reduction.

I have tried to point out some of the peaks but if you find any mistakes please correct me.

The area is called Horrongene (Hurrongane) and is one of the most popular area for mountain climbing in Norway. 

Store Skagastølstind is the 3 highest peak in Norway at 2405 meters.

William Cecil Slingsby (1849-1929) was an English mountain climber and alpine explorer from Carleton, North Yorkshire. Born in Bell Busk, near Gargrave, Yorkshire, Slingsby first visited Norway in 1872 and fell in love with the country. He has been called the discoverer of the Norwegian mountains, and the father of Norwegian mountaineering (insofar as he seems to be the first who actively pursued climbing in Norway and was the first person on several mountains). Together with Norway's early skilled mountain climber Kristian Bing (1862-1935), he is considered to be have been a pioneer explorer of Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier in continental Europe.
Slingsby is perhaps most famous for being the first on "Storen", or Store Skagastølstind (2405 m) in 1876, the third highest mountain in Norway. It was considered impossible to climb then, but Slingsby defied popular notion and climbed the mountain, for the last part alone. His crossing of the 1,550-meter-high (5,800 ft) Keiser Pass, Norway, on skis in 1880 also helped inspire the sport of ski mountaineering.
He also spoke and wrote strongly about several other mountains for example Slogen. His classic book on climbing in Norway, Norway: the Northern Playground, was first published in 1904 and republished in 1941. A new edition was released in 2003. It is considered worth reading for those mountaineering in Norway, even today.
Slingsby was an honorary member of Norsk Tindeklub and of the Norwegian Trekking Association.
   

Taken in: Norge / Oppland Fylke / Lom Kommune (show map)

Taken on: November 22, 2013

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