Gnarly gaiters

We decided from the start not to buy new gear for Nepal if we have stuff that is good enough already. Removing my old full gaiters from my old boots and putting them on the boots I'm bringing has been my intention all the way. Wearing full gaiters in stead of regular ones gives more warmth. You can see my plan for footwear here.



But nothing ever runs smoothly. Well, the first gaiter did come off quite nicely. When I first put the gaiters on my boots I had to glue them on. This is to prevent them from sliding off the tip of the boot. I first glued them with the kind of glue you fix bicycle wheels with. This didn't prove to be a very good idea. The glue became brittle in the cold and the right gaiter popped up after a while. I can't remember what I glued it with after that but it might have been super glue. Whatever it was it surely worked. It worked very well, as a matter of fact. This evening I spent 45 minutes carving my gaiter off my boot. I did manage to save the gaiter. The photo above shows what the boot ended up looking like.



I haven't glued the gaiters on to my favourite boots yet but this is what it's going to look like when I'm done:

Sunday in the City

Starting out the day with tidying up in the basement. Now everything's neat and organized in boxes reading "ski" or "cycling". I feel like we are good people, doing things we should do. We've even photographed the lot to document our belongings.

Following that, we strolled down in the rain to the new Opera being built here in Oslo. It's a very impressing and beautiful building. I can't wait for it to open so we can go inside and have a look around. The band "Seigmen" are playing there but it is of course sold out. A great band reunioning in the new Opera, now that would be an experience!

To finish a good day off, we had burgers at Harvey's and saw "Sweeney Todd". Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter never disappoints!

Double sick

Picture found here.

Since I've now caught a cold in addition to my red and sore eye, I've spent parts of yesterday and today on the couch watching Futurama. Things could defintly be worse. Things could definetly be better too. I could be skiing this weekend as I had planned. But still, things could be worse.

Kiss my shiny metal ass!

The Irony of Life

Photo found here.

After having visited my physician on Wednesday I felt pretty good. Everything was normal and I felt one step closer to the departure to Nepal in May. The next day I woke with my left eye red and sore. So today I had to spend another half a day, including 1,5 hours in the waiting room to get a prescription for my eye infection. I can't believe I got it the day AFTER having visited the Doctor! Now, if that's not the irony of life, then I don't know.

Searching high and low

The third pharmacy I tried had Diamox in stock. In the end it felt like a hunt! "Does anyone have Diamox to sell me? Any Diamox-pushers around?" Having gotten hold of it now means one more thing to cross out from the list. The Doctor by the way said I was as healthy as can be. He gave me a prescription for Trimetoprim against Urinary Tract Infection, just in case. I also picked up Ciproxin against Severe Stomach and Bowel infections when at the pharmacy. You can also see Paracetamol against headache and Rhinox, for runny noses pictured above. And this is only the start of our first aid kit! Y was in charge of first aid in her group when she attended The Army so I'm leaving what our first aid kit should consist of to her. We're definetly bringing a lot of pills, though!

Medical attention

Photo found here.

Today I'm going to see my Doctor for a full check. Wouldn't want any surprises popping up while away! I'll especially get him to listen to my lungs since I've had a cough for a couple of weeks to make sure it's nothing serious brewing there. And I'm going to the farmacy with our prescriptions to buy Diamox.

Photo found here.

Diamox is used to treat Altitude Sickness and we're bringing it just in case. We are aware that some people take it prophylactically (forebyggjande) but have been recommended by several guides and doctors to use it if we need it. So that's what we're bringing it for. Hopefully we won't need it but it's comforting that we're able to buy some time to descend it one of us should experience acute severe Altitude Sickness. We're not climbing any of the "really high" mountains but it feels good being prepared for any eventuality.

Another great weekend skiing but now...

...back to work!

The weekend was perfect with two long days skiing. It snowed the whole of Saturday and Sunday. We were four of the maybe ten people off piste on Sunday. The resort is very small and the off piste great so there's seldom a long line waiting to take the lift. Most times you can just ski straight onto the lift. The picture above is another one from our Easter trip, taken by Y. I only took one photo the whole weekend and that was with my mobile. And since I'm not very nerdy (I hope) I have no idea of how to get the photo onto my computer. I suspect there was a cable delivered with the mobile phone to start with. But I got it from my colleague who didn't like it so that kind of stuff never made it through. I've never missed it before so it's not that big of a deal.

Phtoto found here.

And now it's back to work!