In July I did some trekking at the famous Romsdalseggen in magnificent Norway.
View from Romsdalseggen
One morning I woke up and thought “I want to do some hiking in the mountains”. So I got up, bought a train ticket, packed my gear and in the evening I arrived in Åndalsnes. If you don’t live your life now, then when will you do it?
The next day and the day after that I went hiking Romsdalseggen.
I’ll post some of the photos here and you can find the rest in my Flickr gallery.
Version 2:
Flickr Gallery: https://flic.kr/s/aHskZ6jzEF
What’s this «Changing Seasons» blogging challenge?
«The Changing Seasons 2017» is a blogging challenge with two versions: the original (V1) which is purely photographic and the new version (V2) where you can allow yourself to be more artistic and post a painting, a recipe, a digital manipulation, or simply just one photo that you think represents the month.
Anyone with a blog can join this challenge and it’ll run throughout 2017.
It doesn’t matter if you couldn’t join the first month(s), late-comers are welcomed.
These are the rules (want the full introduction? Click Here), but they’re not written in stone – you can always improvise, mix & match to suit your own liking:
These are the rules for Version 1 (The Changing Seasons V1):
- Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons
- Each month, post 5-20 photos in a gallery.
- Don’t use photos from your archive. Only new shots.
These are the rules for Version 2 (The Changing Seasons V2):
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- Tag your posts with #MonthlyPhotoChallenge and #TheChangingSeasons
- Each month, post one photo (recipe, painting, drawing, whatever) that represents your interpretation of the month.
- Don’t use archive stuff. Only new material!
You can download this photo and use it as a widget on your blog if you’d like to. If you look in my right menu, you’ll see that you can click the image and see all my posts that are related to this challenge.
Links to participants:
- https://tishfarrell.com/2017/07/18/julys-changing-seasons-to-shropshires-mysterious-stiperstones/
- http://lisadorenfest.com/2017/07/21/unusual/
- https://soundslikewish.com/2017/07/21/changing-seasons-july/
- https://regionalcognisance.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/the-changing-seasons-july-2017/
- https://thebeespeak.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/suburb-the-changing-seasons-v2-july-2017/
- https://mylifelivedfull.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/summer-time-crazy/
- https://mcwilson1956.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/changing-seasons-july-2017/
- https://islandinthenet.com/july/
Cardinal Guzman 
Top-of-the-world fabulous, Max.
And here’s my month’s photos. Cheers! https://tishfarrell.com/2017/07/18/julys-changing-seasons-to-shropshires-mysterious-stiperstones/
Thank you very much Tish. I loved your entry!
Wonderful! 🙂 🙂 Such beauty is life affirming.
Yes it is and I really need such beauty from time to time. Thank you Jo!
Stunning scenery, Max!
It’s breathtaking – both the scenery and getting up there.
I’m sure!
Super photos.
Thank yo very much Irene.
The strength in the landscape and muted colours of the top photo ‘View from Romsdalseggen’ are great.
Thank you very much Mr. Benneth, I highly appreciate that feedback.
Such amazing vistas Max- and the banjo goes perfectly!
I could have listened to that opening banjo lick all day long! (It’s actually the reason why I recently bought a banjo).
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Your mountains are magnificent. That must have been some climb to get up there with cameras at the ready. Norway’s mountains are amazing. You don’t hear much about them in the US. You hear about fjords, mostly. Just wonderful!
The best way to see the fjords are from somewhere up on a mountain. It’s good for both the eyes and the soul to be able to see as far as your vision can reach.
Breath-taking!! And I do love that blue-grass.
Me too! It plays on repeat here these days! 😀
The first time I really became aware how awesome a banjo sounds was watching Billy Connolly play one. My favourite comedian at the time, it had such a massive impact on my musical tastes. 🙂
Great shots, Mr. Guzmán. Can’t wait to visit this wonderful country! For the moment I’m going to the Alps (for the second time) to see some lakes and mountains. Let’s see if I can do a nice reportage like yours 😉
I’m sure your reportage will be amazing and I’m looking forward to see it. Come back and leave me a link once it’s done (so I won’t miss it).
That trip was clearly a brilliant idea Max – what views! And the bluegrass soundtrack had me running up and down the mountains!
I totally love that song and yes: the trip was a brilliant idea!
WOW, so amazing! Especially the panoramic photos. The landscape is unbelievable.
Some proper landscape porn!
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Fantastic vistas Max. Great music too. What a beautiful country you live in.
Thank you very much for the feedback. Yes, it’s a lovely country. Splendid scenery around here.
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So beautiful it made me weep! Can not wait to see that in person myself someday. Currently following in your wake in Bangkok! After a planned detour to Angkor Wat, heading to Chiang Mai on 31 July.
Bangkok is so much fun! I haven’t made it to Chiang Mai yet, but hopefully on my next visit to Thailand. 🙂 Safe travels!
I do not know why, but I mistakenly thought that you’d also visited Chiang Mai. Perhaps I am psychic and have predicted your future visit 🙂
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Here is my July post:
https://thebeespeak.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/suburb-the-changing-seasons-v2-july-2017/
Your trek pictures are fantastic! That was quite a hike!
It was a short, but nice hike. I did it two times – the first day for hiking, the second day I took my time so that I could catch all the details in the scenery and get some nice shots.
I can see why you are drawn to this place. It is magnificent!
I agree wholeheartedly. If you don’t live your life now, then when?
It’s like the Northern Hemisphere summers: suddenly they’re gone and it’s too late.
I guess there are 2 types of people in the summer – those who like the idea of laying by a body of water all day with a drink in their hand, and those who are constantly on the move trying to squeeze in one more thing to do or see.
If I had glorious mountains like that near me, I’d be on a train in a heartbeat!!
I’m actually depressed now because my plan was to take my son to the mountains this week, but the weather is bad there, so we’ll have to stay at home… I definitely prefer the mountains over the beach!
Amen! Me too.
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Love the imagery. Romsdalseggen and Norway seems beautiful.
Thank you Khürt. Great entry from you this month too. 🙂
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