Norway

Trolltunga

The photograph of Trolltunga is almost always taken from the same daring angle: a narrow tongue of rock projecting above a deep blue lake. What the image leaves out is the journey required to reach it. The formation sits high above Ringedalsvatnet in the Hardangerfjord region, and the approach crosses exposed mountain terrain for many hours. Trolltunga is not a roadside viewpoint but a serious hike whose reward is inseparable from preparation. A landscape shaped…...