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Norway Packing List
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Important Reminder Regarding Luggage Our Norway itinerary includes our Daily Baggage Transfer service, in the conditions described in the “Norway Particularities.” We recommend that you read these conditions, in order to avoid disappointment and / or unnecessary charges once you reach the trip. For instance, the service provides for carriage of one piece of luggage, with a government-bureaucracy-enforced weight limit. This weight restriction MUST be observed. You may arrange for the carriage of additional pieces, with the same weight restriction (the cost per additional piece is 110 euros). But since you are generally required to move your luggage to and from railway stations, bus stops, and boat docks yourselves, think seriously about the importance of the scuba gear to your hiking experience. If you decide to bring it, be prepared to carry your 70 lbs. / 30 kilos of luggage 500 meters (yards) along a mud path strewn with boulders and goat poop. If you have additional luggage not needed during your trip, you may bring it to the start of your Norway itinerary (Finse) with you. We can send it on to the end of your trip (Voss, where you board the train for Oslo or Bergen) for the cost of our “One Way Bag Shipping Service.” Regular one-way baggage shipping conditions apply, including free storage on arrival, and insurance coverage as specified. This service should be subscribed in advance: we cannot otherwise guarantee its price (typically our cost will be the same, but you will owe the railroad storage charges upon pickup). Note on Rental Equipment if you are Starting Your Trip With Our Norway Itinerary The difficulties inherent in shipping between Paris and Norway do not permit us to have a full range of rental equipment available to you at trip start, unless you have ordered it in advance. So, unless you tell us that you want stuff before you go to Scandinavia, it will not be waiting for you at trip start. This does not apply if you are on one of our longer trips (“Scandinavian Sampler” or “Northern Transcon”), in which case the usual equipment will be available to you at your trip start. So... see also the rental equipment list. If you are travelling on “Norwegian Fjords and Glaciers,” we don’t really think that any of it is essential, but notes on that topic follow. If you would like items from this rental list, please send us your request by e.mail. It is not necessary to tell us that you would like the tool kit, which would be of no use on these bikes. We will supply you with what you need to change a flat. You are unlikely to get involved with any other repair work, since it would require a fairly sophisticated set of tools, and extensive knowledge of bike mechanics. What Else is Available? Our rental mountain bikes can come equipped with racks for paniers, and these remain a good vehicle for transporting clothing layers and a picnic lunch. However, a backpack can just as easily be bungied to the bike, and bungie cords will be available to you for this purpose. Since you have to bring a day pack for the hiking, anyway, we recommend that you save the expense of the paniers. Handlebar bags are not of much use. You will not need to consult any documents (maps or route sheets) during the rides. The handlebar bag could replace whatever you would otherwise attach to the back, but you have a daypack for the hiking anyway, so why not use that? Rain Capes are advisable. If not ours, then your own. BRING RAIN GEAR. Once you are out on the trail, there is not much shelter in which to hide from a squall. Rain at these latitudes and altitudes is typically cold. Cycling drenched to the bone in a biting wind is not fun. If you are well-covered, then (unbelievably), the same ride can be dramatic, exciting, and more fun than under a clear sky. Nature at her most powerful, in a decor the likes of which you have never seen, and will probably never see again! But appropriate raiment is ESSENTIAL. |
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