23-Aug-2008 -- On our tour of northern Norway, this confluence was a planned obligatory stop on the way to Nordkapp. We arrived in Honningsvåg in the mid-afternoon, after driving over from a stay over in Hammerfest. The weather was reasonable, with some sun and quite a few clouds, but no rain and a fairly strong breeze. We drove up through the residential sections of Honningsvåg to a point fairly high on the hill above town, and started hiking. Following the GPS readings, we headed toward one of the high points surrounding town. We quickly realized that we could have started farther west and saved the pain of going over a high point, only to lose most of the altitude on the other side, but we were already committed to this line. After descending down the back side and angling to the west, we saw herds of reindeer foraging below us. We made our way down into this grassy valley and started back up the rocky hillside on the other side of the valley. Thankfully, we didn't have to hit the summit of this one, and the confluence point was on the rocky steep hillside.

We returned back to town down a draw near a creek rather than going up and over again. Jeff's knee was bothering him some after all the rocky terrain. However, a successful confluence was attained , the first for Jeff and Tony.