Norwegian Invitation
Derek Smithson
Last September the Slingsby Institute organised a symposium
in Norway and arranged for visiting speakers from the senior British
mountaineering clubs. Harvey Lomas represented our club. This was an
opportunity to become involved with the Norwegians, from different areas of
Norway, in all the declared objectives of the YRC. Three British participants
climbed Storen during their visit. This year there is an intention to hold
another symposium near the mountains in Ardal.
Derek Smithson was one of the team climbing Storen with a
Norwegian friend. He likens it to a Scottish winter climb with a fifty metre
abseil to get them down past the real climbing. Camping high on the mountain
they had three days out in cloudy weather but Derek had three days of sunshine
for his walk to Ardal.
