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Marlow
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2016 - 11:13am PT
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Log driving down the Rotna river (mostly 1950s). The pictures belonged to my mother's uncle Jakob who wrote a book about the log driving.
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Marlow
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OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2016 - 11:19am PT
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The people
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Marlow
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2016 - 11:25am PT
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Along the Rotna river
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Fossil climber
Trad climber
Atlin, B. C.
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Mar 22, 2016 - 01:33pm PT
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I'm really sorry for your loss, Marlow. Haldis sounds like a great person and mom.
And I really enjoy Norwegian Woods thread. Our geography has certain similarities, and the frontier here is only a hundred or so years back so the historic photos are fascinating. And some people still live in log cabins here in Atlin.
I do envy Norway's long history. I was in Norway in 1949, visited a farm down below Spiterstulen (might have been in Lom, but not sure). I was sitting on a carved wooden chest and commented on it to the host. He said that it had been in the family for a long time. How long? I asked. Eight hundred years.
I got up in a hurry.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2016 - 03:14pm PT
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Thanks Wayne. I appreciate that.
There are clearly similarities between parts of Canada, the Northern parts of the United States, and Norway. Reilly previously posted some photos that could have been taken at Finnskogen. I think many Scandinavian emigrants found landscapes in Canada and the US that had similarities to the landscapes that they had left behind in Scandinavia.
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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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Mar 22, 2016 - 07:12pm PT
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Marlow,
My condolences on the loss of your wonderful mother. I can see the warmth of her spirit in her smile. Thank you for sharing about her with us.
Your photographs of Norway remind me of Alaska, where I know many people who live in log cabins. Actually, I know a few folks here in Montana and in Wyoming as well who live in log cabins. I lived in a Swedish-coped log home for many years. The images of your homeland have a feel of the embracing and nurturing of the Earth about them. Beautiful to see.
I hope you and your family are doing well. Peace to your heart.
With Sympathy,
feralfae
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 23, 2016 - 11:04am PT
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Thank you, Feralfae, I appreciate your feedback very much. Do you have Swedish ancestors?
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feralfae
Boulder climber
in the midst of a metaphysical mystery
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Mar 23, 2016 - 12:05pm PT
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Thank you Marlow.
No Swedes in my line of the family, except for one who married in, but he was from the Orkneys, although both his parents were from Sweden. I have many family members from and some still in the Highlands. Our family line is incredibly international, however, so I am purely a mongrel of many races. :)
Our Swedish-coped home was built by a chap from Sweden That home is up Lolo Pass in western Montana, a few miles from the Idaho border. We had elk and moose in the yard all the time, because the creek ran through our place. And we had the entire Bitterroot Range Of Montana and Idaho for our back yard playground, right out the door and 427 steps away. (We counted the steps to the gate.)
Your black and white photos have a feeling of loving intimacy and sense of place that drew me in to the scenes. So lovely.
I hope you and your family are doing well.
Kind Regards,
feralfae
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 10, 2016 - 12:36pm PT
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Kirkesjøberget
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Marlow
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OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 10, 2016 - 12:44pm PT
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Finnskogen this weekend
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Apr 10, 2016 - 12:50pm PT
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Wonderfuls.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 10, 2016 - 12:54pm PT
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Sønsterud today
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 10, 2016 - 02:04pm PT
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As seen not long ago in Southern Kalifornia...
I was dying to meet the owner but couldn't wait. I've got him beat on
the first one but not the second. I only made it to Åndalsnes.
The Åndalsnes 'hood':
OK, now back to our regularly scheduled programming.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2016 - 10:42am PT
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Marlow
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 22, 2016 - 09:23am PT
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The Forest - A Time-Lapse Journey Through the Forgotten Norway
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - May 5, 2016 - 01:53pm PT
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Faldaasen skole 2012
Faldaasen skole was in use 1901-1947. My grandfather went to this school some time around 1910. Today the school is a museum.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Topic Author's Reply - May 5, 2016 - 01:56pm PT
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This winter a marten had eaten it's way through the roof of the school and when it couldn't get out, nearly eaten it's way through a door. It was found this spring by the first visitor.
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