29-June 2019 to 14-July 2019: It was during this stretch that when the next round of rains finally came (and with even more vigor than before), that I finally unslung the backpack, took out the rain poncho, put the car keys in the backpack (hoping they didn’t malfunction due to water), and put on that rain poncho to protect both my chilling wet body as well as the backpack’s contents.

Going down seemed to be every bit as treacherous as going up was hot and tiring. I really had to watch my step as I was going down, and my knees were feeling the aches and pains of receiving so much pressure with each step.

And it was during this long descent that the next round of rains definitely came down hard, which made the really steep parts of the hike even muddier and more slippery…

• Day 33 (July 15, 2019 – Sunndalsora, Norway): “Wrong End Of Guesses”
• Day 34 (July 16, 2019 – Andalsnes, Norway): “Weather and Waterfalls”
• Day 35 (July 17, 2019 – Alesund, Norway): “Righting Another Wrong”
• Day 36 (July 18, 2019 – Geiranger, Norway): “Finally Feeling Like Summer”
• Day 37 (July 19, 2019 – Olden, Norway): “Melancholy Beauty”
• Day 38 (July 20, 2019 – Skjolden, Norway): “The Race Against The Weather”
• Day 39 (July 21, 2019 – Skjolden, Norway): “The Hail Mary”
• Day 40 (July 22, 2019 – Flam, Norway): “Norway In A Nutshell”
• Day 41 (July 23, 2019 – Voss, Norway): “Viking Lessons”
• Day 42 (July 24, 2019 – Rysstad, Norway): “Passing Anxieties”
• Day 43 (July 25, 2019 – Kristiansand, Norway): “Sommertid i Norge”

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