From my Nokia N8. I’m @Heidenstrom on Twitter and digital on www.bjornheidenstrom.com

Røde Kors i Norge sin søsterorganisasjon, Syria Røde Halvmåne, yter førstehjelp og driver ambulansetjeneste over hele landet. Ambulanser og frivillige har også blitt angrepet, til tross for mandatet om å yte upartisk hjelp.Antallet frivillige øker for hver dag som går, og i enkelte områder og byer er Syria Røde Halvmåne den eneste organisasjonen som har tilgang og mulighet til å hjelpe.Nå trenger de vår hjelp

les resten via Innsamling: Røde Kors – ambulanse i Syria – Røde Kors i Norge.

Bjørn @Heidenstrom på Twitter og snart på en elv med en digital innsamling som skal finne forsvunnede barn…

The best thing to do after a 4000 KM paddling trip……….:

Just have a laugh and chill down the Telemark channel  in your own pace.

I’v written in stone that I’ll join the 23 KM in september 2012 (look: www.telemarkspadlern.no ). And it cost two Norwegian pints to join (Kr 150,- )

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Nærmer seg første Mars, og kroppen er klar (tror jeg) og hodet er muligens snart i balanse.

Same shit but new wrapping er et brutalt engelsk uttrykk, men det er vel litt av det nye som skjer om 14 dager. Jeg skal langt, det skal svettes, selvmotivers og det skal visjoneres (det er likt som før). Muskler skal tynes og hodet skal føles som det sprenges  (også som før)…

New wrapping:

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Told my lady to take a photo that makes me look good on a nice Norwegian spot….

and she did…. 😉

Its me close to Sjusjøen, and Nevelfjell and Hafjell in the back

Bjorn @Heidenstrom on Twitter

I’m training hard now. I have never paddled over 4000 km standing up before. But then again there is no human who has done that so I can lean on that fact.

It is many things that should go perfect and should be on order before I start….  At the moment there is still adjustments to find and there is still muscles that is not hard and mean enough. There is still some training and pratctise on things that could happen. I know that there always is things that happens. The things you dont think about.

What happened yesterday freaked me out for a second. I did my not-so-macho-more-kind-of-a-lady-scream, I almost pissed in my dry suit, and I almost fell of my board and in to the icy North sea….

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Took the photo on Andøya, when cycling south.

Bjørn @Heidenstrom on Twitter and soon paddling east.

I took the photo on the Lake Malawi in Africa. That lake is flat.

But I’m not paddling there, I’m doing Rhine and trying to find the best start….

The Rhine is not a lake and it’s not flat. It is a river. A strong river with masses of water going down from Swiss and German mountains. To high up and the river can be to strong…..

So, if a bold (and very pretty ) man is starting to paddle on the Rhine, then turning right on the connecting river Main, and then connecting the river Danube….

Then the bold man thinks; -where is the best kind-of-safe-starting point. Not to high because the waterfalls and rocks in the water will harm the paddling board (and the very pretty bold head ) 😉 if he flips in to the water.

Where is the safe place to start? I’d like to go as high up as possible, but can’t go in waterfalls (PS! I’m doing it stand up paddling )

Know anyone who know?

More Rhine:
The Rhine is a river that flows from Grisons in the eastern Swiss Alps to the North Sea coast in the Netherlands and is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at about 1,233 km (766 mi) with an average discharge of more than 2,000 m3/s (71,000 cu ft/s).
The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire and, since those days, the Rhine has been a vital and navigable waterway carrying trade and goods deep inland. It has also served as a defensive feature and has been the basis for regional and international borders. The many castles and prehistoric fortifications along the Rhine testify to its importance as a waterway. River traffic could be stopped at these locations, usually for the purpose of collecting tolls, by the state that controlled that portion of the river.

Rest of the facts here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine

Bjorn @Heidenstrom on Twitter and soon on Rhine

Løper ut for å rigge en ny padletrening og mens du og jeg venter på at sola skal komme – så er det vel greit å dele litt Vinnie….

Stor idrett…:

Bjørn @Heidenstrom på Twitter og på ett padlebrett. Mao: Vinterbjørn i vinterdag somer Vinnifan i hele dag.

PS! Sjekk; www.rodekors.no og vurder om du vil henge med fra Rhinen til Svartehavet på ett brett fra 1 Mars…

30 days to my go go GO! situation…  and I’m looking on the river Rhine and I know there will be hard days on that water, I know there will be hard work to spread the new information about people to help. I know there will be hard work to padle over 4000 Km, and I know ther will be hard times missing the kids and the lady….

But then I’m looking back on the photos from Africa.

I’m not working hard-…..

My photo is from Chogo Refugee camp. 10.000 inside.

Bjorn @Heidenstrom on Twitter and soon on the River Rhine

PS! Have a look on www.rodekors.no