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Winter Skills Training
9 March 2009 Fly to Norway and, after several train connections, arrive at Finse,
the highest point on the Norwegian railway from Oslo to Bergen.
Overnight at the Hotel1222
10 March 2009 Introduction to winter training, equipment and basic survival skills
Cross country skiing and pulk (sledge) pulling lesson, before
setting out across the frozen lake and into the mountains.
Set up camp, learn more about winter survival skills
11 March 2009 Ski tour continues further into the mountains. Find suitable place
to construct snowhole – our accommodation for the night!
12 March 2009 After rather a wild night of weather, ski tour continues back to
Hotel 1222, learning en route about the intricacies of igloo
building and taking the opportunity to improve downhill ski
skills on cross country skis
13 March 2009 Return by train and flight to the UK
Winter Skills Training Photo Gallery | Winter Training Report (by a participant)

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