Jotunheimen Mountains, Norway - 1968

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1 - Skogadalsbøen Hytte at
the head of Vetlutladalen
2 - Jagged peaks of Urdadalen
and Urdanosbreen Glacier
3 - Eidsbugarden Hut at the western end of Lake Bygdin 4 - Partly frozen Mjølkedalsvann on the path to Olavsbu Hut

5 - Reflections in
Lake Mjølkedalsvann
6 - Twin peaks of Mjølkedalstind
on the approach to Olavsbu
7 -  Footpaths cross-roads with Olavsbu ahead 8 - Frozen lakes in Rauddalen approaching Olavsbu Hut

 
9 - Sunset from 2,136m high summit of Mjølkedalstind 10 - 2,143m high summit of Svartsdalspiggan 11 - Frozen wastes of Svartsdalen from Svartsdalpiggan 12 - Memurutunga Ridge down
the length of Lake Gjende

 
13 - Memurutunga Ridge above Lake Gjende and Memurudalen 14 - The spiny ridge of Knutshö viewed from across Lake Gjende 15 - View down the length of Lake Gjende from Besseggen Ridge 16 - Westward view along the Besseggen Ridge

 
17 - 'Peer Gynt's Ridge' above Bessvattnet and Lake Gjende 18 - Eastward view along Lake Gjende towards Gjendesheim Hut 19 - Looking down Bessegget onto Bessvattnet and Gjende 20 - Climbing 'Peer Gynt's Ridge' (Bessegget)

 
21 - Eastward view along Lake Gjende from Bessegget 22 - Approaching the summit of Glittertind, 2,470m (8,104 feet) 23 - Galdhøpiggen, 8,100feet,
and Svellnosbreen Glacier
24 - Glittertind, Norway's highest mountain 2,470m (8,104 feet)

 
25 - Climb of Svellnosbreen Glacier on slopes of Galdhøpiggen 26 - Step-cutting on climb of Svellnosbreen Glacier 27 - Deep crevasse-gullies on Svellnosbreen Glacier 28 - Emerging onto upper snow-field above Svellnosbreen Glacier

 
29 - 'Broad Walk' crevasse-gully on Svellnosbreen Glacier 30 - The summit of Galdhøpiggen, 2,469m (8.100 feet) 31 - Descent from Galdhøpiggen via Eastern Ridge above Styggebreen 32 - Peak of Kyrkje (2,032m) dominating the head of Visdalen

 
33 - Summit of Fannaråk (2,069m), with Jotunheimen's highest hut 34 - Tongue of Styggedalsbreen Glacier viewed from Fannaråk 35 - Fannaråk summit
    (2,069m, 6788 feet)
36 - Sunset across the     Jotunheimen Mountains
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