Molly and I cycled over 5 kilometers underground today. The tunnels saved us from even more climbing. In total we rode 28 miles and climbed 8,000 feet in elevation (about the equivalent of walking up the stairs of an 800 floor skyscraper). Most of the tunnels were flat, but one dark cavern was 2 kilometers long and uphill. After the tunnel we were treated to a 8% downhill grade which lasted for 4 kilometers. While the climbing was tiring, the views we achieved out over various fjords were amazing. Here is a photo of the two of us partway up one climb.

Here is Molly in one of the tunnels. It was actually much darker than indicated in the image. I pushed the shadows up in post processing such that one could understand the environment … dark, cold, damp but one sweats a ton.

For the night we are enscounced at a great Norwegian resort (Hamn, Norway) that is the final landfall before the ocean takes over and reaches across to the middle of Greenland. Here is a screenshot of our location. Look for the blue dot.

I did find some more of the Norwegian Tuxedo Birds as the sun grew lower in the sky yesterday evening. This Eurasian Oystercatcher posed nicely for me.