3rd of June, after 109 days on the ice we finally made it onto shore at Cape Discovery, were our welcome team was surprisingly waiting for us. With smiles, hugs, cakes and emotion. We felt we had lots of energy left to continue further, but then suddenly all energy is gone. The last 100´s meters…
After 74 days we finally arrived the Geographical North Pole unsupported and with the goal to reach Canada unsupported as well. None had reached the North Pole with that ambition, unsupported. We had a big celebration on the 30th of April and rest day. Everything has been going as planed. However we had a big…
This season it is 20 years anniversary of the first and only unsupported crossing of the Arctic Ocean, from Russia to Canada. 1500 local time, 16th of February 2000 Torry Larsen and Rune Gjeldnes started off from Cape Arctichesky, Siberia. What they did not know but hoping for; they had begun on the first and only…
Finally going back to old areas of explorations. In August, David Hempelman-Adams and I, pluss four very good friends embarked the sailing yacht “North About” in Nuuk – Greenland. Ambition was to reach the plateau on the most Southern Inland ice. 22 years ago, Torry and I, where hauling our sleds South and North on…
It has been a special summer in Norway, with lots of weather records. Mostly high temperatures. Have enjoyed it, but it has almost been too warm in the mountains. So activity has been from Middel Norway to Northern Norway. B
The North Pole season is going to its end. I had the pleasure to show the way “The Last Degree” for five British friends. It was a very good year for us to walk the last 111 km to the North Pole. Good ice conditions with some open water, but good weather. Temperatur varying from…
Pk Strandtind is situated on the largest island in Norway, Hinnøya. I had the pleasure of visiting this mountain twice this Spring. First time in perfect conditions and the next time I would have needed crampons and iceaxe to reach the summit, but both time I had a beautiful trip up and wonderful flight down…
Follow your dream! Rune Gjeldnes sequence from the movie Dreamcatcher, by YDreamProductions. The film tells about Rune´s adventure life from the early to up today. You can wacht it on Youtube. Follow this link:
Finally I manage to do a kind of a flight up in Stetinden. Been there several times during the winter without luck with the weather. The plan was to Ally canoe into the starting point in Tysfjord, to manage to ascend Presttind south of Stetind and fly from there into Stetind and climb to the…
Finally I got some few days at home in Surnadal. That gave the opportunity to visit the winter mountains in Trollheimen.Got some good training which was one of the main reason to go there. Mt Snøfjellet was the main goal, but the weather window became too short. Luckily I could chose from top level of…
10 years ago. Day 89 on the move across Antarctica. Started early today. Scrambled up 400 meters of the mountainside hauling the sledge behind me. Panting and puffing. Managed to get up the worst part in one and a half hours, I was rather pleased with myself to be honest. Got up to the depot…
Ten years ago i finished the descending of the Priestley Glacier as the first one, hopefully the last one 🙂 It became worst than a nightmare for me. I was prepared for very strong wind or hurricane, on my way down. That became not the biggest challenge. Crevasses bigger than houses and snow bridges became…
10 years ago, 21th of January was one of my best days ever. After about 77 days on the ice I finally saw the first mountain on the other side of Antarctica. 75 kilometers away I could see the contour of a mountain. For several days I have imagine that I have been seing mountains,…
It was time to team up with David Hempleman-Adams on a new trip to the South Pole. David had organized a Shackleton memorial expedition celebrating the Centenary of Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, and I was helping out with practical things during the journey. On the other hand, but not so important, it was 10 years…
Have been thinking of a gallery on the webpage for some time. Or more than what it is space for in the margin. There is so many picture appearing when looking into 20 years photo archive which even I have not seen. So the plan is to show some of them in the Gallery menu…
Innerdalen is known for its beauty, and by many also called the most beautiful valley in Norway. Well known for trekkers and climbers for 100 years. Some of the first climbing courses in Norway was held there. Innerdalen has been in my neighborhood since I was a child, but wonder why I have not been…
The ambition for the day was Innerdalen, and to ascend Skarfjellet. By “faith” the local ferry had a breakdown that morning, and I had to change plan quickly. Looking for a immediate new goal on the right side of the fjord, Grinaren mountain in Todalen was chosen. 10 years since I had been up there,…
Had the pleasure of getting visit from an good expedition colleague, John Huston, for some days in Hell. Four years since last time. Good old 10 years memories from Amundsen and Scott race were discussed. Todays expeditions talked about, and future expedition possibilities were debated and looked at. Time will show. Except from eating as…
The summer became quite active with five weeks in Northern Norway. Everything from canoeing, Speedflying, bathing, climbing, mountains, skydiving and meeting lots of good friends and fellows. We had a plan to “explore” more of the Helgeland coastline and take it from there. We had some dream days on Dønna Island with canoing, hiking, photographing…
In 1998 I had my first experiences with the Ally canoe on the Rio Merevari expedition in Venezuela. Since then the Ally has given me life support and supply on more than 2200 km through rough water and terrain. In fact the canoe has been the only way to get back to civilization on four…
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