Riding the FORGOTTEN 100 Year Old Gravel Road Lost in the Norwegian Mountains
Вставка
- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- I've cycled many great roads in Norway but this was perhaps the most epic and challenging to experience. Few people know about this incredible 100-year-old mountain road. This is my story of trying to ride it in July 2022. Let's just say things didn't go to plan.
00:00 - Intro to the Road
02:36 - Day 1- Heading to the mountains
03:51 - Day 2 - Bygdin Lake and the gravel roads, Jotunheimen National Park
06:07 - Day 2 - Start of Tusenmeteren
08:07 -The End, Failure, and the Intermission
08:54 - Going Back
10:25 -Tusenmeterem the Oppsite Way
11:32 - Reaching the 100-year-old Tunnel
12:11 - Light at the end of the Tunnel
For more practical information about this road visit Cycle Norway's Facebook page: / cyclenorwaycom
FOLLOW ME on INSTAGRAM for the latest updates: / cyclenorway
Visit www.cyclenorway.com for more information about cycling in Norway.
#gravelroad #matthewnorway #cyclevlog #jotunheim #tusenmeteren #norway #epicroads
Reminds me of a section in the amazing poem, 'Don't Quit,' which goes. 'Life is queer with its twists and turns, as every one of us sometimes learns, and many a failure turns about, when he might have won had he stuck it out; Don’t give up though the pace seems slow you may succeed with another blow.' Fantastic adventure. Mark. P.S full poem online.
Cool poem. Sums it up!
Looking at your videos, i wanted to bikepack in Norway. In July i finally did a 700km gravel ride through Norway. Make no mistake, your videos are just amazing! ;)
But experiencing it for myself i find that no matter what camera you have, it cannot possibly show a fraction of the beauty i saw there!
Thank you very much for letting me discover this country that i would never have considered a cycling destination before!
Sometimes I look at my film footage and say this doesn't even show 10% of what I experienced. So glad you cycled Norway this year to experience it yourself!
4 days and I arrive from the US. Can’t wait to ride in Norway. Thanks for your videos.
The weather is very settled right now so hope it's sunny in Voss for your rides!
The Norwegian guy from the French foreign Legion was awesome. He had nothing but good to say about the country and one day maybe I can go.
Congratulations on achieving this amazing riding adventure. You’re riding videos are making me wanting to return to Norway with my bike to ride my own adventures in the mountains. Keep making these amazing videos. Cheers
You show of our country in a beautiful way, its very nice watching Norway from your perspective, and your love for Norway
Good one. Commentary and soundtrack is top. Didnt know about this road - perfekt to do on a good day... the drop under the nose ....then you know it was a serious day... Slingsby is a legend that open the eyes of Norwegians to our own mountains....
Fantastic road, thanks for showing it.
hole-e-sheet.....that's stunning!...my bucket list is now comically long 😆
Cheers for sharing. Another one on the bucket list!
Fantastic trip and wonderful documentary. Always impressed by your travels and hard work.
Wow this looks incredible. What a journey and what a road!
Thank you for sharing. One of my to do list.
Brilliant video, not hiding any of the setbacks you had. This is what an cycling adventure is about!
Yes Norway is so beautiful. I cycled the Rallarvegen this summer and was lucky with the weather too. It was fantastic.
So fantastic and inspiring. Thank you so much.
On my list. Epic effort sir. Bravo.
That is an amazing video. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Wow😮 thanks for sharing!
Great video. Norway is truly stunning.
Goosebumps watching this Matt!
Stunning, what a place . Well done👍🇮🇪
Wonderful ! Mountains and weather need patience and a very strong will to succeed, especially in Norway. Your insights and storytelling as well as the views are fantastic.
Incredible. Thank you so much for sharing and taking the time to put this video together. I know it's no easy task and it's very much appreciated. Take care but if you're reading this at home I reckon you're safe to take your helmet off now :)
What an excellent adventure. I'm envious! Brilliant filmaking too, thank you for sharing your journey with us, it's so inspiring.
Fantastic footage and film! Fantastic!!! Hats off to you. And what an epic adventure and historic, insance but impressive road. You have me sold on riding it!! This was soul-stirring!
Wow, lovely.
Breathtaking view.
beautiful video and location! Thank you!
Nice seeing the nature of norway being explored. Ive just rediscovered the beauty of nature in norway myself. When i was young we did alot of camping but it faded. Now im out in the woods around oslo almost every weekend.. enjoy your trips matthew
We love you, brother! For a small nation, this channel is huge and you are a treasure! Happy travels!
One of the best videos on UA-cam. Thank you 🥳
Wow,just wow,what a fantastic adventure ,beautiful,amazing scenery,to say im jealous is an understatement 👍
Excellent video. and incredibly beautiful landscape.
We have been to Norway this year for 4 months and also put up a fight with the weather. So good to see that you never gave up and got your well deserved reward. Yeah Norway, sometimes you hate it and one minute later it makes up for three days of rain with its fantasy world :-)
Wow man that looks beautiful, gone straight onto my wish list! I rode through Bygdin in June, got really lucky with weather and had some incredible views. There's some really great riding there!
Fantastic... On and on... it is spectacular; awesome is your story.
Bravo! Stunning and inspiring
I live in Norway and didnt know about this road! Thanks for the Great vid!
Very interesting mountains....and really amazing gravel roads...
There are many very beautiful scenery....
Really awesome video man. Very well documented. Congrats.
Thanks for watching
Absolutely love it - great video! Thank you for sharing.
Great to hear, thanks 👍
That is an epic video !
Beautiful Video that's shows Norway from a beautiful perspective. Really wonderful to watch this video
These contents can put tears in my eyes
What a great route
pleased to see mother nature finally relented and gave you access to such an amazing place/road.
well deserved.
thank you for sharing, stunning.
Whaaaaa incredible landscapes 🤩
I did the same in Norway once with a m
MTB bike and a Yak trailer. Deep snow from last year on the road….I had to dismantle everything and carry all on my shoulders. Once crossed, just more gravel road, but I had crossed the pass!💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻😃😃😃😃
What a Fearful ADVENTURE thank you soo much,please becareful👋😯
I'd love to ride that road! Norway is a beautiful country. Great video! Great channel!
I'm usually miffed at UA-cam suggestions but thankful that this gem popped up today. 🙂🇨🇦
You did your best, you did it: you made me hungry of a dream that maybe I’ll never realize, a savage wild bikepacking trip, but I saw it in your video. Thanks a lot 🙏
Rode this twice last season. First alone, and then I had to show it to a friend :) Was thinking someone need to make a film about it. Thanks for doing it, and what a great film !
my cycling and Norway algorythms made YT to showme your channel. Love your sense of humor
Wow 😲 🔥👌
Just amazing ! Again. Thanks Matthew.
Glad you enjoyed it!
When you said imagine riding this road on a perfect day? I thought you are riding it on a perfect day. It looks, well, absolutely stunning. To me if it was easy would it be worth the effort? I suspect you will talk and remember the epic journey this road gave you. Congrats this is one on the best gravel videos I've seen. I have a few places on my list of I have to ride their one day. Norway and Iceland are it. Thanks for this video.
Beautiful content. Marvelous post production. Inspiring location. Wonderfulful voiceover. I want to go there myself, and see this in person.... thank you.
Fantastic. Well done 👍
Wow. Misty clouds clinging to mountains IS the most beautiful presentation and presence.
Your best video so far. I am not a cyclist but a lover of Norway and with this you caught the essence of the country!
I promise, I'll never complain about Norwegian weather again... been there this summer for several weeks and had a lot of rain - but I had a camper van. Your determination to keep going even when soaking wet is inspiring!
Well that looks tempting. I love gravel riding.
Lip reading at 8.42 I feel your pain Man. You are a resilient fella. Thanks for sharing your adventures and travails. All the best form New Zealand
I do enjoy your amazing videos from Norway (where I live). And all respect to you for taking on these difficult trips in all kinds of weather. I could never have done that. That is why I every year go to the South West of England to walk the coastal paths in the lovely sunny weather and the lush cliffs and valleys and beaches 😄 Thank you for sharing your experiences. I very much appreciate watching 👍😊
Thank you for your kind words Torunn 😊
Just found your channel, and its bloody fantastic. Keep up the great work.
Just spent July 2022 in Norway hiking, walking etc, would love to go back and do some cycling, so your videos are great.
Living in Australia, we have nothing like Norway in beauty like this. its a long way to travel, but your videos will be an important part in researching my next trip. Keep up the great riding.
@@niktve Yes we do, 3 hrs away. Lived there for 10 yrs, and so I have seen a lot of NZ, and it is the only other country comparable to Norway in many ways.
Brilliant video. Not come across your channel until now, so I look forward to immersing myself in more of your adventures. Chapeau
Thanks Alistair 👍
I follow this channel regularly for wonderful inspiration. Thanks for your effort and sharing 🚴🏋️🏡
Thanks for supporting the channel 👍
Awesome video and trip!
Beautiful country & i love.
Greetings from Timor Island-Indonesia 😇
Thank you, I had no idea this road existed!
Ahh.. yeah. The trains with foot rests. Amazing how much they improve your comfort, especially if you are not tall. Beautiful drone shots, BTW. And the music was suitably Norwegian, too.
This video shows why the work you're doing and Cycle Norway are essential, Visit Norway do a great job for casual tourists visiting the main cities but it needs entrepreneurial spirit and thinking to showcase the best of these hidden gems
Merci pour cette découverte !
I happened upon your channel and was truly inspired by this video. Your courage and determination are admirable!!! In 2 years, I’d like to take my son on this route, as he graduates from uni, here in the USA👍🚴👍🚴👍‼️‼️‼️
Fantastic movie! Drove the normal road last year with a car and even that was incredible. Was wondering at that time why so many Norwegians are going up the mountain on bikes, now I know, thanks to you!
Great landscapes and filming. Bravo from Greece.
Thanks Dimitrios 👍
Balls freezing just watching the rain with ice on the road
man I missed this kind of tutorials lol. Great work here, thanks!!!
Fair play lad, what a video
Wow! Your journeys & footage are stunning. What a great stage & amazing country to explore. I’m lucky that my Wife is Norwegian & have visited some locations but your videos have inspired me to do some exploring. The secret old tunnel road bypass is a gem. Great stuff!
Great to read, safe travels Bill!
This was a great video, introduced me to your channel.
Yeesh. But congratulations on finally putting that epic ride in the bank!
Wow, My best friend, I liked the video very much, thanks you for sharing, stay safe, stay blessed
Great video!!!!
I just came back from a two day hiking trip through Norway (first time I've done this, so that's why my wife and I settled for only two days). We got really lucky with the weather, even though the 2nd day was the roughest and hardest hike I've ever done. Wading through knee deep mud is really something.
But, I would pack my things and go back in an instant if I could. All the pics I took can't really show what it's like to be out on your own, overlooking a huge valley, while the sun peeks out behind a mountain top.
Only thing I would change is to bring some wellies. :)
Thanks for this video, I feel it captures the essence of Norwegian wilderness, and sometimes things just don't turn out the way we want them to. But in the end, it's still worth it.
Epic, you are a strong man
Awesome vid, i hope i can go there one day!
Great video.. Fortsett den gode jobben:)
Takk 👍
Excellent video! 🤗
I cycled this road in early august, and the first thing that came to mind after finishing it, was: I have to do it again.
It’s incredible how they made this road by hand. The road just threads trough the landscape uncompromisingly. Truly stunning.
A shame that hardly anyone knows about it. Thank you for sharing Matthew!
I wish the Norwegian tourism industry would do a better job at promoting a wider range of destinations, instead of just focusing on the same ones all the time, like Trolltunga. It creates a lot of wear and tear on those few destinations.
@@safe-keeper1042 I agree!
I have been so looking forward to this summer's videos that I know you will have been recording. I confess I didn't expect the first one to be so wet! I shall remember that.
I plan to get over there summer of 2024 and cycle Trondheim to Brodo, (and perhaps more) when the latter is the Capital of Culture. Next year is a long promised LEJOG here in the UK in May with my buddy Chris, and when over in Seattle for a family wedding in late summer 2023, perhaps the Pacific Coastal Route down to Mexico. So, summer 2024 will be my first opportunity to ride in Norway.
In this respect then the Norwegian rides feel a long way off, but somehow your vids bring them very close. Still inspiring me Matthew, thank you.
Time flies - 2024 is not that far off! Good luck with your journey down the Pacific Coastal Route - sounds awesome!
I have to give it to this guy, he makes a damn fine and funny video! Hilarious commentary and great shots and good info too.
Glad you enjoyed the work put into the video 🙏
Matthew, you deserve a nobel price of your own!
I had to giggle when you met the first ... patch ... of snow. Sorry for that. Thanks for sharing. There are becoming fewer and fewer quiet areas in this country, sadly, but it is still quite a large country to get lost on a bike.
Congrats on not giving up... but then again, you have enough experience to know how norvegian weather works 😅
I love that Star Trek reference xD
Amazing video
Epic!!!
I used to do a lot of rock climbing but due to covid and having a child, I stopped going as often. I moved away and lost my climbing community in the process, and over the last few years I have become less fit than I used to be. I few months ago I was lent an ebike, for a few weeks, and since then I have been using a cheap hybrid bike to commute to work. I now do 130 miles a week and I have become addicted to it and really feel the pull towards becoming a ‘cyclist’. This video has entrenched this. Honestly, this video was really moving. I got goose bumps. It’s been a revelation and I know that I can take my past love of the mountains and my new love of cycling and bring them together like this. Thank you.
Top job 🍀
Norway is simply incredible. I've been cycling there in many places, but this is a route I really have to do. Thanks for this (new sub here 🙂)
Great to hear 🙏
Velofil I'm waiting new video from you...