American Reacts to Wild Camping in Norway
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- As an American one of the biggest differences I have noticed is that compared to Norway we really do not hike even close to the same amount. Along with hiking in Norway many people enjoy camping as well as wild camping, which is something I am very interested in learning about today. If you enjoyed the video feel free to leave a comment, like, or subscribe for more!
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As a Norwegian I now realise that 95% of all camping I have done is probably ''wild camping'' to an American, when ''wild camping'' in my mind is more like... Pitching your tent in a snowstorm on your polar expedition.
"No moose in Amerika", Tyler said !! Moose are found in the northern regions of the United States, from Maine to Washington, throughout Canada, and into Alaska !!
Shows how much he knows about the wildlife even in his own country
"Wild camping" is just camping and it's absolutely safe if you just prepare slightly.
"Wild camping" seems like someone invented a word for something rare and special, when it's just normal camping for us Norwegians..:D
I think of it more like a retronym.
Before electric guitars, there were only guitars, but then the old style guitars became acoustic guitars.
First there were just camping, but after organized facilitated campsites became common, you need a term to explain the difference.
I can't tell you how annoyed I am with the "bushcraft" culture going on in the USA. Such useless knowledge for survival you have to look long after. I saw one teaching how to make a freaking spoon out of wood.
Not a single of them teaches about PREPARATION or common hiking sense... lol
Don't get me wrong, you can learn a lot of cool stuff as can you in "speidern" or in the scouts, but most of it will *NEVER* save your life or make your trip better, it has nothing to do with survival and everything to do with redneck makeshift solutions to problems that were never there. You think Scott learnt how to make a timber hut before setting out to the North Pole (instead of learning how and what to pack, how to ski, drive dog sleds, navigating, hunting (with rifles), geological and topological signs and dangers, weather signs, biology, planning?)
The FIRST you should learn is HOW and WHAT to pack and HOW to use a map and compass. Those are the EXTREME BASICS for solo hiking (more than a day trip)
And the doomsday preppers....
I don't know how to describe it. It's like teaching you how to make an Origami cube when the original task was to write a 1 page essay. It makes no sense.
Edit: Also all "building" skills you need during winter is having a bivuac (if in the woods) and/or using your shovel. Or I guess you can pack 40kg of useless crap you will never use for your 2 month trip
Now THAT is dangerous
During summer, just sleep under the sky. Or use a bivuac. Edit: With "Bivouac" I meant Jerven-duk. I don't know how to translate that. It's a light portable fabric that's easy to make into a cover for your sleeping bag, or fold out and use as a roof.
Edit: Also my second biggest pet peeve is calling things a "snow storm" when it's a miserable 15 m/s or something. Storm is 25 m/s. If it snows and it's 25 m/s, it's a "snow storm". Depending on conditions, it will feel like someone using a garden air blower at your face with a pile of sand in between. You will barely be able to walk or ski (or see) and you will most probably lose at least 1 personal belonging.
Having gentle Disney flakes melt on your nose does *NOT* constitute a snow storm. 😅
OK I got it all out :P
The musk we're talking about is the "musk ox", which is basically what you get if you Texas a goat - make it bigger, heavier, faster, armored, angry, and basically a danger to anyone in a quarter mile radius
....yeah....something like that. But I have been visiting them and can say that they are not angry at all....as long as you don't bother them they don't care a shit about you. We were camping on top of a mountain on Dovre, at around 1700 meter a.s , a herd of musk ox showed up and they also camped around 100 m away from us. They lay down and were totally relaxed ....but they always kept an eye on us. This was at winter time. For sure you don't mess with those guys. They are stronger and much faster than you. So the same rule apply there as on Svalbard.....always take with you someone on your trips ....and make sure that they can not run as fast as yourself.
I am in the Norwegian Red Cross Search and Rescue Corps. We deal with a lot of tourists who get stuck on the mountain tops without food or clothes. So the thing about you being your own worst enemy is true.
Theres a video of Bear Grylls trying to survive in the wilderness in Norway. One of the few places he had to evacuate.
i saw that. he almost got hypothermia!
something to mention, you can safely drink fresh water in nature in Norway as long as it goes down a stream
I am all for sending Tyler to Norway this summer
Just getiing outside his house would be good i think. Just to let him see all the hunters and fishers and meat handlers of America. They're such a hunting nation, and loves roughing it in the wild. Ive seen stuff about that for 45+ years. But this one seems to think... Yeah, we don't eat fish, camp or hunt for meat.. What America is that even? Not the America i know that's for sure. They love crabs and and seafood in general if we're talking maine. Or any area near the sea. They go crazy on that stuff. 😎
LOL, the thing about the animals screaming is correct...we have "rådyr" in Norway....during mating season they scream like a child beeing beaten. It's actuallay a really crazy sound.
Most Norwegians grow up doing this. - It's totally safe. I remember hearing wild animals at night, but can't say I ever felt I was in any kind of danger 😆
My father always said it's just the animals singing
i have been chased by moose several times, they are dangerous if you are stupid
The musk ox can be dangerous, but they only live in the Dovre mountains in Southern Norway.
Yeah, keep your distance because those angry goats are big and heavy
The amount of tourists that get in trouble and have to be evacuated during the summer is incredibly frustrating. The advice and rules are made very clear online and by the local tourist information centre, yet they won't listen! Norwegian volunteers "Røde Kors" and "Folkehjelpen" spend huge amounts of time rescuing people because the police don't have the resources to help everyone who get into trouble. Around 130 000 tourists visit Trolltunga every year.
To be scared of people when out in the wild is so bizarre. If someone is willing to walk for hours into the mountains just to steal something from my tent when i go fishing, by all means go ahead 😄
About animals, they mostly notice you long before you notice them, and have run away without you even knowing. The only dangerous situation is to meet a moose with calf og bear with cub, then you must be careful.
I’m not scared going camping in Norway, but I would be scared camping in the USA, they have more dangerous animals like venomous snakes and spiders, mountain lions and a whole lot more bears and wolves. But the worst is dangerous humans🫣
You can’t even walk over people’s land without the risk of being shot😳
The first time i heard a deer screaming it was running towards me, thought bigfoot himself was gonna murder me right there.
Someone I know is married to an American lady, and she invited her parents over to Norway to travel around for 21 days in a motorhome, and the parents really appreciated that, because we Norwegians are mostly pretty well-known around, and often know places that you should and must see when you are visiting Norway. They obviously didn't get to see everything Norway has to offer, but they got to see a lot. Simply because they had my friend with them, who in his job knows a lot of places. They met a young couple from Florida, who were on holiday, and as they said, they were not well enough trained or too poorly equipped for camping in the wilderness, so they had then entered a campsite, and had spoken to several people who rather recommended them to take shorter and guided tours. But next time, and there would be a next time, because they said Norway is absolutely fantastic, they were going to use a motorhome. Somewhat more expensive, but still you can camp for yourself, and you have most facilities with you!
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The tick used to be rare in Norway as we where too far north and they used to be killed by our cold winters.
But thanks to the climate changes our winters are no longer cold enough to reliably kill them off, so they've been spreading in Norway, and lyme disease is becoming more common as a result...
They're especially prevalent in areas with a lot of deer.
What is horrifying is that a lot of doctors flat out refuses to prescribe antibiotics, even with clear "bullseye" rashes. A former coworker of mine had to contact a veterinarian friend to get a course, after having called her GP, the ER, and 3 private doctors. By all means, overuse of antibiotics is a huge issue, but that is NOT the spot to cut corners. (And while I am at it, I assume you have seen the ads, but consider a TBE jab if you camp in relevant areas. De fleste apotek har kampanjer på de nå.)
There is very basic cabins for free to sleep in when you hike. They have few rules. If you are entering one for the first night you are first priority. If you enter for the first night and someone else do it too you can share it. If no one else comes to the Cabin you can stay for a few more nights. Leave a little something for the people who come behind you like a little food or a box of matches or a few band aids. Be confy!
A fox almost scared me to death, walking home one night. It sounded like someone being beaten to death with a bat or something
My grandmother always said one had to climb a tree if you encountered mooses, but me and my cousin (city boys) was petrified when we walked onto a herd chilling in the forrest. Luckily, they all ran of. Calfs and all, we remember it being at least 8, and a HUGE bull. Easily 700 kg, I think a lot more. We where not allowed to roam as much after that.
A lost musk ox somehow found it's way to my grandfathers field, a great distance from where they where put out. It was shot dead and taxidermied, and now stands in a museum. Fascinating animals.
As a true Norman with a pedigree dating back to around 880, campsites have too many people (period). I have met moose many times. The key word is respect. Keep your distance and have an escape plan ready. The problem with moose is that you don't hear them moving in the wild. (I am so fascinated by it). A badger, on the other hand, can be heard from many hundreds of meters away.
I have woken up with moose standing outside the tent door in the morning. Then it was just a matter of lying down and waiting for the shadow to disappear. Fantastic experience. There are also Lynx and Wolverines in Norway. I've never seen a Wolverine, but it sure has seen me.
I live in Sweden but since we share the same peninsula it's pretty much the same here. They keep down the wolf population a bit more over there but other than that there's not that much of a difference.
The most dangerous animal here is the wasp.
We do have one venomous snake but if you get bitten, it's usually no worse than a bee sting. You should always seek treatment though since it can be more dangersous than what you thing.
There are (brown) bears and wolves aroud but relatively low numbers. If you run into one you should try to sneak away and leave it alone but most of the times they notice you before you notice them and just get away. A bear can snap the spine of a fully grown moose with one stroke of its paw.
The elk (moose to North Americans) can be dangerous. Especially cows when they have calves since they will protect tthem, and they do kick very hard. The bulls can be dangerous during when they're in heat since they prety much are showing everyone that gets in their way who's the boss around there.
The tick. Nasty things.
By "musk" I think he meant muskox. Big animale, very few in numbers.
You can take the Suburban rail or use your Bike. And at the end Station Holmenkollen. You are in the endless Wood called Marka. Many fine places to Camp. I live just outside Oslo and I can ride my e-bike for 15 minutes and find my self in the Marka. Its the beginning of the endless Taiga that stretch from Norway and through Sibir in Russia. We have plenty of trees and places to camp and have some fun.
I didn’t even know that “wild camping” was a word… in Sweden we “tältar” multiple times each year and never at a campground… I have traveled around the Globe, alone, twice , as a woman. For example I asked the bus driver to leave me at a very remote and secluded beach in New Zeeland (called Cape Reinga, look it up if you want) and ask they would pick me up again the next Tuesday 😂 and they did!! I didn’t see another person human during that time… I LOVED IT!!!🥰
Yeah people often overestimate their hiking-abilities, dress too lightly, .... The hike to for example Pulpit rock ... is still a hike, and it's something you should prepare for (including checking the weather)
Definitely when it comes to mooses (especially mothers with calfs) you need to educate yourself. Myself I have encountered them many times, but I grew up in the middle of the forest with quite some wildlife around. We had a mother moose and her calfs in our garden a few times, and had to stay away from the windows so she would not see us. The first rule is to keep out of sight if you can..if not, keep as much distance as possible, do not look straight at them or make sudden moves/noises. You have to know what the animals percieve as a potentional threat, what makes them stressed, and avoid this behaviour, incl how you act de-escalating if they already got to close/feel threatened/stressed.
Where I grew up moose was very common, and other less common animals were still more common there than many other places. We learned in kindergarten/ school how to behave if we saw different animals. I remember we practiced on different scenarios in wildlife, including what to do if you meet an animal in a situation they can become aggressive. You have learn about that specific animals behaviour, and how they act in different contexts. Like mooses will show very clear warning behaviour - which means you better f off in a proper way if you don't want to be badly hurt. Ofc it's great if you do not need to use that knowledge. Usually most animals, incl mooses, will shy you in most situations. But it's good to know some rules, it is better to be safe than sorry.
And yes deers and foxes are veeery common many places in Norway. But ofc they usually just run away if they see you and pose no threat to us. But foxes, eagles, snakes etc that are no real danger to us, can be a threat to your pet if they walk freely outside. So look out for your little friend ♥️.
Also yes, foxes can scream in a way that sounds like someone being murdered. Where I grew up we heard that alot. Funny story: there was some ghost hunter tv program, I don't remember if it was a UK or US one, but they went to different countries, amongst them Norway. And in one scene everything gets super dramatic when they hear horrible screaming. Like it was some paranormal devilish thing they just encountered. But it was just foxes screaming as they were in their mating season 😂.
In Scandinavia the animals will stay clear of you unless they for some reason accidentally stumble upon you and get startled, so as long as you make sure to make a bit of sound every now and then you won't risk walking into any wild animals since they'll scram as soon as they catch a whiff of your presence. Also if you see a baby bear or a baby moose, walk away unless you want to get pounded by its mom.
I might be wrong, but I believe the musk that they wrote about is supposed to be the muskox, not the deer.
The rules for accommodation in the outback:
you can camp/sleep in a hammock at least 150 meters from the nearest inhabited house or cabin
you can do this for up to 2 days in the same place. Longer if you are in the high mountains or far from built-up areas.
In much of my life in the US, I have done so called wild camping. I backpack on the Appalachian Trail and when night time approaches I set down my backpack and get out my tent and sleeping bag and set up my camp. It can be almost anywhere but I will also sleep at various shelters as well. There are a lot of Americans that camp out in various ways.
13:30 They are talking about the muskox - not the musk deer. :)
Rallarvegen is the road built to support the construction of the railway between Oslo and Bergen. The railway was constructed by “rallar” people. Hence the name.
Moose is probably the only animal i'd worry about meeting in the woods and wilds of norway, altough we have Bears, Wolfs, Lynx and Wolverines..and on higher elevation and in a small area Musk, (or Moskus , think of it as a bison, just hairier and living in the mountain-ish areas)
The right to roam also apply to private land if it's not cultivated.
or too close to inhabited buildings
Hi Tyler.. 🥰 Yes Norway is great, but there are many beautiful places in America too. I have watched a lot of videos on TH-cam, called Truck house life. 👍 He drives around camping in Amerika, mostly in Alaska. Talk about paradise for snowmobiles, so beautiful there. I never get tired of watching him. ❤️
I also watch a lot of your videos, Its fun to see your interest in Norway.. And you also look cute.. 🥰
Best wishes to you from Norway..and keep up the good work 👍🇧🇻👍
Same in Sweden.🇸🇪 I am almost 50 years and I have used a campground once…. 😂 and I camp every year!! ❤
Theres about 200. 000 moose in north America right now. And you can find them in 19 states of America. Yeah, they have no moose at all... 😂
I guess you have screaming owls in Norway too? They can sound really spooky!
If you are traveling to Norway to free camp, I would contact the Tourist Association. They have extensive knowledge of both fricamping in the mountains and in the forest. They know many great trails that will provide big and small adventures along the way. They also have a large network of cabins around the country that you can take in without it costing much, both in the forest and in the mountains. They will also be able to recommend equipment you MUST bring. When it comes to wildlife, it is true that the elk may be good to stay away from, as long as it has a young one with it. As for the others you can come across, such as Lynx, Wolf, Björn, Wolverine, and Fox, consider it a huge bonus, because most likely you will see them running in the exact opposite direction from where you are! They are more afraid of you than you are of them. But also watch out for Vipers that can lie in the path or on a rock in the sun and sunbathe, they will bite if you get too close, there is also another animal to watch out for, and that is Lemen! They can be extremely angry, and can actually become so angry that they die. So enjoy your trip and LOOK good, and one tip is; Bring a small pair of binoculars.
There was a comment on a Bear Grills episode.....when he was in Norway. When he self stated yhat he crying at the end..."or as we call it in Norway, going camping". :D
The light 24/7 only applies for the northern part of Norway. Down south they have dark nights.
I sawa comment under a Bear Grills video a couple of years ago....when he was struggeling trough a "Norwegian challenge" or what they called it. The comment was simply..."or as we call it in Norway, camping". :D
Just imagine, you're walking peacefully in your forrest and suddenly there's a human tent in your way that wasn't there before. Of course you'll scream!
its safe if you are prepared, i have camped near rallarvegen in end of june, and it was a few degrees below freezing in the morning.
I live in Norway. My cats are indoor/outdoor cats. They get drops for ticks, but they still get ticks crawling on them. But if they bite the cats they die. I have overly sensitive skin. Most of the time it's a pain in my a**, cause i can not have tags in clothes. Some fabrics i can't stand. My sheets have to be tight or else I feel the folds so well. If i lay on one of my hairs i feel it so well i have to remove it. And my skin is painful if i scratch a little or bump into something lightly. But the one positive thing is that when I get ticks on me from the cats, i feel the tick walking on me so well! So they never get to bite me. I hate ticks!
I think the most dangerous thing you could encounter in the wild of Norway is Ticks and Mosquitos, probably.
While you can usually see the Mosquitos no problem, it's difficult to know which ones are carriers of some kind of disease or another.
And Ticks usually end up biting you before you ever know they are on you, and even after biting you, they often go unnoticed, and some of these ticks can also carry diseases you wouldn't want to contract.
13:28 I believe the Musk must be the Muskox
(not musk deer, they live in Central Asia)
The ticks follow the deer. If you stay away from their habitat, you won't have a problem. They usually like tall grass and leafy bushes.
Don't worry too much, we have the TSS (Troll Security Service)
We don't have Bigfoot 😅. Bear is only located on the border to Sweden. Wolf's the same ( mostly) If you are far away from Sweden it's no problem. I guess people near the border know where you find wolf's and 🐻
Bears are only found in these counties, Finnmark, Troms, Møre and Romsdal, Hedmark and Nordland, towards the border with Russia, Sweden and Finland.
I have such find memories from the two or three times the school year started with all of us camping in the mountains of Arctic Norway. The three youngest grades stayed at base camp while all the other kids crossed the mountain plateaus between the base camp in the next (deep) valley over and walked home in three days.
That very first run away from the group for a private moment, getting over the hilltop and suddenly see no signs of human beings ever having been anywhere near there was awe inspiring, even though I knew from experience that reindeer were herded in that area and gathered for branding, neutering and slaughter every year.
After complaining of the weight of the tent I carried, used for 3 girls, it was lovely to drop the backpack and set up camp. We were barely done when I noticed s teacher in an inflatable dinghy rowing on the lake we had set up by. He had carried that heavy load and would continue to do so for two more days, even though this was the only time it could be used! But it was sooooo worth it!
A few hours later, two teachers rowed out to collect the fishing net that had been set, and soon thereafter we could all spear the slippery little trouts on the sticks we whittled, ourselves. I was lucky enough that the man in charge of the entire trip was my dad (vice principal), and he was quite the wilderness expert, so my friends and I got to use his frying pan and generous amount of butter that he had carried for our fish, and the smell and sight of that super fresh fish curling up as it cooked...
Growing up Norwegian is almost synonymous with growing up outdoors, especially in rural areas, and kids tend to get their own knives pretty much as soon as they are able to walk farther than they need to be carried in the mixed ethnic culture where I grew up ( I now know that this is an indigenous tradition rather than a Norwegian one, but kindergarten kids use sharp knives all the time all over the country because we need that experience for later in life).
I am no longer able to wild camp due to mobility and such, but would love to go by dogsled, snowmobile, ATV or something and just drive into the mountains until all alone under the sky for a couple of nights! It is very grounding and fantastic for your mental health to take that time to truly experience your size, place and impact in and on nature!
Who's not heard animals scream at night. I had it in London and i had it here in Denmark. This is not weird, its called nature. Its not quiet. Pheasants are noisy too come to think of it.. You can hear them in parks going crazy..
I hate ticks. Alot of them in my hometown. I have never gotten one myself, but I think it maybe is because I use soap/skin products that somehow scare them off. We often see them on our pets though.
Well, your so pretty i can understand if ticks would want to bite you.. Im down with that too.. 😂
Just want to mention rabbits also can make screaming sounds which is very scary.
I mean, if you see a wolf on your trail, it probably would run away before you would. Same with brown bears. Polar bears, however, would approach you as if you were a big thanksgiving meal - so if you see one, shoot it to death.
There are signs along the main roads where moose is crossing the road. Be aware if the signs - they are everywhere.
Yeah, deer scream in the middle of the night scares the shit out of you.
There's a *lot* of people doing RV camping series from Norway these days, considered doing a reaction series to one of them (if you get their permission?)
I don't know if it's a good idea, but it would certainly give you a better idea about what you can expect if you come here, as I assume you're more likely to do a RV then wild camping?
And finally. The chance of meeting a guy that wants to hurt you whilst out in the nature is so rare and unlikely that you're probably more likely to win 10 million dollars than have that happen in about 4-5 countries here. It's like saying don't go in the pool, a shark might get you. Eh probably not i think 😅
And yet that would be my #1 concern if camping in the wilderness in the U.S. tbh.
@@Carol_65 yes, in they US that could maybe be a thing. But to meet anyone like that in all of Scandinavia is something so unrealistic you might as well say, i hope wr don't meet a werewolf. I cant even find a story of a man doing anything to camping people in all of Scandinavia. Maybe a woman jogging that met some evil weirdo. That has happend in Copenhagen i know, and in town center as well. But to have that happen in a forest is movie stuff. Same with a lot of other things. Like schools having a shooter. That's never happend in at least 4-5 countries that's in Scandinavia or around it. So you have to think about what's realistic too. Like thinking about danger in nature would be weird in Denamrk or Sweden i would say. We have wolves again in Denamrk now. But they are not idiots, they know we're the dangerous species so leave as soon as they hear us. They want nothing to do with us. Ita not like that wave in Alaska or Canada i saw somehting about. They had 3 or more incidents in just a few weeks. And that was joggers being chased and eaten or some logging or mining town that had guys chased and eaten. They all left a pub at night to go home to their base or camp i remember. So wolves got a bad rep about 15-20 years ago. But it didn't become the standard. Wolves attacking is still very unlikely, and safety in numbers is important when camping. But i would say 2 can go camping in Denmark as i used to do with my mum. But can you meet a wolf or two? Sure.. But not 19 like they where when they had that female jogger that im sure was in Canada. She had a couple seeing them chasing her on a parth, and they followed here all over that area. It was such a werid story that it sounded crazy when I heard it. She even climbed up on a roof and came down after they left. But they came back later on and took her. It was so planned and cold blooded it sounded like a movie. I wish I could remember more about that whole thing. But they definitely had a wave of attacks going on. But a pack of 19 wolves that are starving, are gonna be very bold and less shy when it comes to hunting humans. But meeting that many is crazy rare. The norm would be 2 or 3 tops. Or just one on its own.. Not the whole population for the next 600 miles or so. 😎
You skipped past the “toilet” rules! ( 15:43 bottom line)
And the musk probably refers to Myskoxe eller Vincent, a few of them roam the mountains between Norway and Sweden.
The animal on that picture is not our musk. We have the musk ox. Its really cool. Looks pre historic.
By Musk, I'm sure they ment Muskox. As long as you don't go to close and bother them, they're not aggressive.
Wild camping is the only way to camp. I remember the first time I heard a fox scream, it’s pretty terrifying if you don’t know what it is.
The Musk you found, is like som asian deer.. search up Musk Ox.. that is a whole different ball game.. they are real time stone age animals, that live in the mountain area of Dovre. you could make a whole video on Musk Ox and Dovre mountains.
No moose in America. Can someone tell the moose. They don't know that.. 😅
About the right to roam, also remember not to camp on farmers fields. It has to be wild where you put up your tent.
I have faced a couple of bears, and a wolf.They juat shy away....the mooses, not so much.
I'm used to hearing animals around my house, and I still can't get used to the piercing screams of foxes and deer in heat. It doesn't scare me, but it's wildly unpleasant. And LOUD!!!
Our only dangerous animals are bears and wolves (basically) both manageable and. Both (unfortunately) very low in population and scared of humans due to overhunting. And in somewhat restricted areas so many regions have no wolves or bears. And yes. Ticks. Quite a few of them. Was on a field exercise in February where one of the girls in my troop had 49 of them by the end of the week (we count every single one we find, have a full(yes full) body check daily by a "battle buddy" so that it can be reported incase we get any symptoms as the millitary provides healthcare for us and wants to know our risk) so getting ticks might just be the biggest threat
Bears could theoretically be troublesome if there were any.
Wolves are generally too shy.
Beware of Moose lol.
Or even domesticated cows that are loose on the wild summer pastures.
I would feel like it would have been weird to camp with a tent at a campsite. That's a place for camperwaggons and motor homes if you aren't staying in the cabins. Tho I know I once camped with a tent on a campsite with tent. We apparently woke up in the middle of a dam! Wild camping is pretty nice, and the most usual way to camp for me! Both with a tent or a caravan-thingy. But anyone who desires to go camping should know how to dig a poop-pitt!
Animals screaming at night? Don't need to go camping for that, just come to London and leave your window open of a summer night, the foxes will take care of it.
The limit is 150 m - not 300 m, from inhabited buildings.
13:45 By Musk they are most likely referring to the Musk Ox
You should react to a man that try to go in a tright line trho Norway that can give you an idea of what you can see on a hike 😁
dude. polar bears are the only landmammal on earth that concider us food... wrapped in fun colours
14:31 Goddamnit I wanted to post more thoroughly later but I have to comment at least this now (partly because of the horrible literacy, although he's right on the vast majority of points):
Glacier water itself is completely fine, so to say.
Animals that fall into cracks in the ice and die, are not, however.
I've drunk glacial water myself (straight from Smørstabbreen) but I was REALLY thirsty and I'm (was) very acclimatised to Norwegian mountains and generally has an insane immune system...
I can tell you what it taste like though.
It has a blue grey-ish colour and that's exactly what it taste like. Like licking an iron/lead pole. Or a battery.
The "big city" thing is ridicolous. If you're not in a gang, and if you're not the type to lend your cellphone to someone who "needs to call a friend" under a bridge at 04:00 AM, you'll be completely fine. I've lived over 20 years in and near some of the more "dangerous" areas. Use common sense and don't think too much otherwise.
With "Musk" I think he means Musk Ox. Personally didn't know they were common up North... they're called "Moskus" or "Moskusokse" here.
The snake he talks about will sense vibrations and try its best to avoid you. I don't know how widespread it is. I only know of encounters far south. It's not lethal unless you somehow get EXTREMELY unlucky with a lot of circumstances. Also it's not a snake(?) but a Viper.
There's (seasonal) fishing restrictions, there's (seasonal) hunting restrictions, you're expected to keeps dogs in a leash, and you are *NOT* required to pick up your poop like that other post implies LOL
Even HiT won't encourage that (Now a University; people go here to take bachelors and masters in outdoor activities/guiding). What are you wiping your arse with, plastic?
Lay down your corncobs, wipe with regular degradable paper, whip some dirt over it (dig a hole if it's winter) or snow, cover with branches... do it somewhere smart. Not in a freaking path or at the top of some rocks. Use common sense.
Anything else you BRING WITH YOU. The nature *IS NOT A DUMPSTER.*
The rule of thumb is (as it is with self-served and other cabins): "Leave the place better than you found it"
Edit: Still ponds are way worse than glacial water if you spot lemming poo. They tend to congregrate in some areas, look around before filling from still water (and use common sense otherwise). Inherently there's no contaminants in Norwegian waters. But lemmings pooing all over will not be good for areas with scattered smaller ponds.
Find a stream, they're everywhere.
Except winter. That's a whole other level and two in hiking experience (unless it's a day trip only but even then you need to read up after having done summer hikes). You have to boil snow generally during winter, all water will be frozen (and snowed) over.
Edit edit: Also you dehydrate just as much during winter but you won't notice or think about it as much. If your pee is transparent, you've had enough. If it's yellow, you are dehydrated (barring colour contaminants in the initial drinks, and also level of dehydration directly matches the opacity)
Edit edit edit: And you spend more energy (body heat) melting the snow if you eat it than you gain from the water you melt. It's a makeshift solution akin to drinking salt water just maybe not as bad (depends entirely on the situation). Fill your felt flask with snow and have it under your outer layers but outside your inner layers and try make it into slush with excess heat. (This will take a LOOOOONG time though)
If you wonder how the area around Rallarveien looks like, just take a look at the beginning of Star Wars EP 5. (Hoth).
You do realize that most animals are just as afraid of us as we are of them, if not more afraid, they're not gonna attack us just for fun or anything like that. They only attack if they feel threatened or maybe if they are extremely desperate for food for some reason
Yes they "cry", they're keeping me awake right now, and I'm home in my bed...
I met an aggressive moose once, I jumped over a creek/stream and ran away.
I've done some camping in Norway, but never seen a bear. I've seen wolves, badgers, wolverine, foxes and even lynx (which is not common), but they are not aggressive.
"Huggorm" (only venomous snake) can also be found, and they can be hard to spot. They often lie very still basking in the sun, but they usually leave when they sense vibrations in the ground, so I wouldn't worry about it unless you step on one. The bite will hurt you, but it's very rare that people die from bites.
Funny story: when I was a kid (probably around 4-5 years old, my parents took me to pick lingonberries in the forest near our cabin. My mom heard me saying "what is that?", turned around, and saw me pointing at a fully grown "huggorm" with my finger 2 inches from its face. It didn't bite, by immediately left when my mom approached me.
If you pick one up by the tail, it can't bite you, since it has very weak muscles, but the best way to scare them off is to stomp the ground or use a stick. They are a red listed species, so you are not allowed to kill them.
Norge har en fucking wolverine.? Wtf? Are you sure.? Sory but that sounds insane.. 😁
@@ebbhead20 Yup. "Jerv" in Norwegian. I've only seen one once, near Skålsjön south of Mitandersfors when I hiked the Finnskogleden trail. They are very shy, like the lynx, and there's probably less than 200 of them left in Norway.
@@AudunWangen fremragende. Anede ikke de kunne ses her. 😎
It’s popular to grab a hammock and sleep in the forest for the whole family. 👍
IT was much more bears and wolfs 200 yr ago. We have them under control now.
These people are just trying to scare you.
There are bears, and wolves on Norway, but they try to keep a distance to humans.
A famous 'wildlife wanderer' (if I can call him that) Lars Monsen, have wandered across Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Canada, and USA, and have a very few times, been close to bears.
If you let the bear know you are there, then they will in 97% of the cases back off.
The person in the reddit thread talked about a musk. He probably meant the muskox, the bison version of a goat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskox
Moose is the only scary animal when camping.
Be loud and all animals stay clear, which is why no one is especially scared about animals in the wild. Even snakes stomp a bit when u walk and they will stay clear. “Hoggorm” the only venomous snake in norway can kill a dog so it isn’t super scary knowing it can’t usually kill u, just watch out if you bring your dog.
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Mushrooms is no more plants then we are.
They're actually a whole different realm.
i have seen lots of Americans doing wild camping on TH-cam so it is very weird that you said they don't do it
The Muskox:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskox
Wolves , Today, there are only 57-58 all-Norwegian wolves in Norwegian forests. These are mainly found in the counties of Hedmark, Akershus and Østfold.. Due to the extermination of wolves, caused by regulation of the population and inbreeding, it is necessary to import wolves from countries such as Canada, Russia, Finland and Sweden
Ticks - Really not a problem but they are discussing. Avoid places with a lot of vegetation, and vaccinate for TBE if you want to be on the safe side. Vaccinations can be done around bigger airports, bigger supermarkets and hospitals a bit depending on where you live/are. I would guess Oslo airport for example would have drop-in vaccinations.
Mosquitos - Really annoying when you come to places that have a lot of them but not dangerous and do not have any diseases. - A campfire would remove most of them
Bears - really rare, dangerous if they attack but you will not even see them. They are shy and will smell you before you even see them.
Deers - just cute - stand still, let them know you are there by talking and do not provoke.
Wolf - very shy animals that you probably will not see. - If you are attacked just kick them hard or beat them with a stick. But it will not happen.
Snakes - there is only one poison snake (maybe even the only poisoned animal in Scandinavia) the hoggorm (European viper). Just look at a picture of them before you go hiking so you know the difference between a dangerous snake and a friendly snake. And they are protected animals so you should not kill them if you see one (you should not kill any animal if you do not need to, but especially animals that are going extinct).
Moose - They can be very angry if you come to close especially when they have their kids around. If they are at a good distance talk in normal tone so they notice you and can avoid you. If they are close and charging don't run, make yourself as big as possible and scream all you can, like a warrior scream.
Badgers - There are a lot of myths about this animal about how they bit your foot and so on. But just look at them, they are so tiny, they will not do any harm.
Foxes - cute animals that will not do any harm. Just avoid them if they look sick, or avoid them at all times but especially if they do not look healthy.
Mushrooms - There are a few that are poisoned and some mushrooms that are ok looks simular to the poisoned. so better not eat any. And don't eat any red mushrooms with white dots (Rød fluesopp, Red fly agaric) its probably the most known poisoned mushroom. Vikings ate poisoned mushrooms to get high but if you do not know what you are doing it's better to avoid and not destroy your lever.
Berries - I think you can eat them all. With the Scandinavian blueberry tasting the best raw and cloudberry tasing great as a jam on ice cream.
Plants - there is not much to worry about. Some can sting like the brennesle/ stinging nettle. But its not dangerous. You can pick them up by hand or touch them if you do it from under and up. You can also make soup of them.
Water - you can with a high likelihood drink the water from any lake or river. Don't drink water close to farms or from small puddles of water that are standing still, if you want to be on the safe side there are filters you can carry with you or you can boil the water.
My mans over here didnt know the same animals in america also screams. Also "There is no moose in america." And he kept skipping over the snakes only being very dangerous if youre allergic.
Musk refers to Musk ox: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muskox
WILD camping is so funny to me
we call wild camping camping. extreme camping is camping in the australian outback, on the north pole, or in the amazon rainforest. XD
Don't use a camp site. If you're afraid or uncertain of how much to push it, simply park your car, and camp some hundred meters from your car (and remember which direction the road was; not just visibly see it). If anything happens or fog sets in, just go back to your car.
Start small, practice.
Your interest will see you become "one of us" in no time :) Just be patient.
You're not hiking if you can see or hear any cars or asphalt but that's just my opinion.
A portable stove isn't hard to use. Gas ones are the easiest but are noisy and not always efficient. I use multi-fuel burner myself because I like that better. It's also more practical and efficient (and reliable at least in colder weather). But it needs a bit more maintenance (and practice and testing and checking before setting off). Worst case, you always have made sure you can eat food without boiling water if worst comes to worst. You can also use a red spirit setup if you're a pyromaniac.
Edit: Oh yeah and I don't think it's hard to rent cars here. I don't know how expensive it can get. You can do this via -Finn.no- -even- -I- -think?- "nabobil" ("nabo" = neighbour and "bil" = car. I haven't done much research into areas and such though) And if you're a TH-camr I bet someone would be generous to you if you issued an inquiry as so on this channel. It's a good "collateral" either way.
Biking is a great alternative too, and personally I plan to use Kayak at some point.
I’d be most scared of seeing a man in a dress running around trying to kill me 😅 (*horror movie referance).
Honestly I never camp, but the one time ai have done so, I was more scared of the dark and my own imagination, than wild animals. As people said it; We know not to bother the moose. But most animals will stay away from you.
Wild camping falls under the term of “boondocking” in the U.S. I’m going to disagree with Tyler here and say that many people go camping or RVing. It depends on where you live, I guess.
In som places you need to watch out for the brown bears in norway
The only thing I would add in regards to animals is never whistle in areas where there are bears present. Mother bears whistle to their cubs, so you might attract bear cubs and therefore an angry mother. But singing and talking is good if you want to make sure animals leave you alone
The squirrel is probably the most dangerous animal you might find in Norwegian nature. They might eat your nuts. 😅