Trekking & Road Trip in Norway - Day 9 (Stavanger & Preikestolen)

Drive towards another west coast town, Stavanger. To get there from Bergen requires that you take ferries twice, which means waiting, embarking, etc that takes a lot of time for the 205 km distance between the the two towns. In total it took 4,5 hours to get there.

Ferry 2 on the road between Bergen & Stavanger
Nikon D600, Nikkor 18-35@35mm, f/22, 1/400s

Ferry 1 on the road between Bergen & Stavanger
Nikon D600, Nikkor 18-35@21mm, f/22, 1/400s

Today has started well as it does not seem to be rainy. Just before noon I arrived in Stavanger and there was a huge Italian ship that also arrived the same time in the harbour with a lot of tourists. I thought these tourist will also aim to go to the same place as I had planned and it's better I get there before so that I can avoid the crowd while climbing. So I took a few shots and drove towards Preikestolen (The Pulpit Rock).

Stavanger
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Nikon D600, Nikkor 18-35@32mm, f/11, 1/4000s

Another 30 minutes of driving and yet another ferry an some more driving to the parking lot at the foot of the mountain. At the parking lot where the road ends you could see the sign warning how long it would take to hike up to the Pulpit Rock and how long to go back. You could read on the sign.

"Preikestolen (The Pulpit Rock) was most likely formed with the melting frost 10,000 years ago, just after the Lysefjord glacier melted. This flat mountain plateau protrudes approximately 30 m from the mountain side and gives you an amazing view over the fjord and the mountains.

Remember proper footwear, warm clothes, food and something to drink. 2 hours walk each way. Have a nice walk."

The sign at the prking lot
Samsung Galaxy S4 Smartphone

Well it took 1 hour an 45 minutes to walk/climb at times tough track to the Pulpit Rock. Well there I felt that it was worth it.

The Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen)
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Nikon D600, Sigma 75-300@75mm, f/11, 1/250s

The Pulpit Rock (Preikestolen)
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Nikon D600, Nikkor 18-35@35mm, f/11, 1/250s

On the way down I took another trail, which actually offered somewhat different and interesting views.

Trekking on the way dwon from the Pulpit Rock 
Nikon D600, Nikkor 18-35@18mm, f/10, 1/400s

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Nikon D600, Nikkor 18-35@35mm, f/10, 1/100s

Back to the car and continue on the road. It was getting dark and I was very tired after more than 8 hours driving and 5-6 hours of hiking. That was enough for one day.

Sunset at road away form the Pulpit rock
Nikon D600, Nikkor 18-35@30mm, f/8, 1/160s