{"id":599,"date":"2009-06-27T23:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-27T21:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onmytodd.org\/?p=599"},"modified":"2016-03-03T22:15:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T21:15:18","slug":"tonstad-lysebotn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmytodd.org\/?p=599","title":{"rendered":"Tonstad – Lysebotn"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ride to Lysebotn promised to be an interesting one. The first part goes along valleys and climbs only slightly. On the last 30 km it climbs to 932 m and descends within 8 km to Lysebotn at 0 m. Right before the descent there’s a restaurant with a viewing platform at the edge of the mountain. Riding down to the restaurant, I topped my own speed record: 70 kph with luggage!<\/p>\n

From the restaurant’s car park there’s a path that goes to Kjerag, a 1110m peak, and Kjeragbolten, a big stone hanging between two rocks, almost 1000m above sea level. You can climb onto that stone and enjoy the view down.<\/p>\n

On the way up I met two guys from Sweden and Norway, respectively, and we took pictures of each other on the Kjeragbolten.<\/p>\n

From the restaurant, the road goes down to Lysebotn with 27 hair pin bends and a 180\u00b0 tunnel (500m into the rock, 180\u00b0 turn, 500m out of the rock). ‘t was fun 7.5 kilometers. Total distance: 81km.<\/p>\n