Norway Expedition update

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22 03 2009

We had a superb day out on the water with members of the Bergen Kayaking community. We all met up in the small fishing village of Glasvier, on the outer coast. We spent the first hour of the day discussing leadership, incident management, and rescue training. Then it was out on the water for 3 or 4 hours of training. Rescues and towing techniques were practiced in ever increasing conditions, in fact on occasion the weather certainly increased too much and had us hurrying for cover. Squalls came through several times, strong winds, hail, snow and then glorious sunshine and blue skies which all shared the same five minutes.

Mark and I would both like to thank the guys we got to meet and paddle with, we hope to catch up with you again, maybe back home in Cornwall or Maine.

My apologies to the chairman of Austevol Kayaking club, we wanted to be able to meet and paddle with you guys. When I received your SMS I thought your club lay to the North of Bergen, my eyes betrayed me and I mistook Austevol for Askvol, we did not arrive in Glasvier until late in the day and tiredness got the better of me. We both hope to get to paddle with you some time in the future.

All the best

Jeff and Mark