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Svolværgeita
Geita or Svolværgeita () is a tall pinnacle at the southwest face of the mountain Fløyfjellet (Nordland), Fløyfjellet on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The high Fløyfjellet is located on the edge of the town of Svolvær in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The first recorded time a climber reached the summit of Svolværgeita was on 1 August 1910 in Norway, 1910 by Ferdinand Schjelderup, Alf Bonnevie Bryn, and Carl Wilhelm Rubenson. Name The official name of the mountain is ''Geita''. The name is the finite form of ''geit'' which means "goat" since the mountain has two "horns". The two horns are called ''Storhorn'' and ''Lillehorn''. By descending from Storhorn, it is common to jump over a wide gap and land safely on Lillehorn, while viewing the town cemetery below. The name is unofficially prefixed with "Svolvær" since it is located in that town. First ascent The ''1910 Route'' was first climbed by Bryn, Schjelderup, and Rubinson. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Bonnevie Bryn
Alf Bonnevie Bryn (26 August 1889 – 12 September 1949) was a Norwegian patent engineer, mountaineer, golf player, novelist and non-fiction writer. Personal life Bryn was born in Oslo, Kristiania, the son of Alfred Jørgen Bryn and a grandson of Jacob Aall Bonnevie. He was married to Sofie Lind Mortensen from 1912 to 1920, to Sigrid Gude from 1921 to 1945, and to Bodil Harriet Martinsen from 1946. He died in Oslo in 1949. Career Bryn finished his examen artium, secondary education in 1906, and then enrolled for engineering studies in Switzerland. He was an eager climber, and was a co-founder of the mountaineering club Norsk Tindeklub in 1908. He made several first ascents in Switzerland, Corsica and Norway, including the first successful ascent of Stetind in 1910 (together with Ferdinand Schjelderup and Carl Wilhelm Rubenson). Among his 1910 climbs were also first ascents of the Lofoten summits Svolværgeita and Trakta, both times accompanied by Schjelderup and Rubenson, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
