t has been 23 years since I lived in Alta, a relatively small city in the northernmost county in Norway, Finnmark. I was there to study and to play handball, so my interests and life back then were completely different from the life I live now. Crossing the Finnmark plateau, Norway’s largest plateau with an area greater than 22,000 square kilometers, hadn’t even crossed my mind. My main goal was to become the best handball player in the world… But my knee necessitated something else. Broken ligaments filled my head with a lot of frustrations. About 22 years ago I changed sports from handball to kiting, and ever since, the Finnmark Plateau has been firmly on my bucket list. I’d done some short trips up there, but not a longer
