Telemark is an area of Norway famous for its waterfalls and slides, and this weekend the sun is shining as well! We headed to the area for the weekend to see what paddling we could find. The group was a great mix of people, Team Pyrahna paddlers Per Christian Pedersen and Ric Moxon, as well as Mark Burton, Morton Bergsland, Olav Håvik and Paula Volkmer.

First of all we all headed over to the most classic run in Norway – Homerun on the Mår River. The section consists of 5 waterfalls within about less than a kilometre, and is a must see for any visitor to this area!

Ric Moxon on Homerun

After that we headed to the Gøyst River, which is a great class IV-V run, with a small waterfall (shown in the picture), and some interesting slides at the end.

 

 

 

The Gøyst

 

After birthday celebrations on the Saturday night for Paula, we headed to the Austbygdåi, which starts of gently and gets gradually more interesting as you head down the river. A great end to a fun weekend, and we all headed home!

 

 

 

Per Christian Pedersen on the Austbygdåi

 

 

 

 More of the Austbygdåi

 

 

Photos by: Paula Volkmer

 

Posted by Per Christian Pedersen

This entry was posted on Monday, May 25th, 2009 at 9:59 am and is filed under Paddler Lifestyle Articles.