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Jotunheimen sufferfest day 2: The two Giants - Glittertinden & Galdhøpiggen

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"Anyone who has ever heard the voice of the mountains can never forget it".  Tibetan proverb. The view from the summit of Glittertinden, the second highest peak in Scandinavia. This is on paper quite a big day: traversing the two highest mountains of Norway in a single day. In normal conditions we should be quite excited about it, but after going to sleep at around 4AM yesterday we are having breakfast at 11AM in Glitterheim cabin and rather discussing how to quit this adventure. We are still quite tired from yesterday and to face a stage like the one we have planned for today we should have been out skiing already hours ago. With the map in hand we discuss our options and come to the conclusion that turning around is not a much better option, just a safer one. The way back to the car is very long and it would be mentally very hard to go back following the fjellski tracks with the feeling of failure on our shoulders. Instead, we decide to go for it and start skiing at 1PM. Cl