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Kasper Høglund

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Kasper Høglund

Photographer from Norway, living full-time in a Land Rover

30/08/2026

3:21:39 is such a ridiculously long video to publish anywhere online. Everything is supposed to be a reel. A highlights compilation. Easy. But it doesn’t feel right trying to show how a 131 day/2900 km long walk actually feels like compressed into a social media friendly format.

Ever since I finished the hike two weeks ago, I’ve been thinking about what to do with the thousands of clips I made under the hike form April to August. And I landed on cutting a chronological timeline, start to end.

I don’t want to cut the 3.5h in a lot of separate pieces, since the nature of the thru hike I did was to do everything in one go. No burst of the bubble or outside support before the goal is reached.

This is obviously not everyone’s cup of tea, but if you put on a whole pot of tea.. you might appreciate a long format video about someone doing something cold and uncomfortable for 4 months straight.

18/08/2026

After 131 days of walking, I reached the north cape at 71 degrees north. 131 days of waking with a backpack weighing between 15.8kg and 25.8kg depending on the food carried. 50 thousand meters of elevation, and somewhere around 2900 kilometers (even more if I count the hundreds of times I’ve walked off from a camera I had to retrieve). Longest section between stores was about 300 km.

I’ve done more than four million steps. Carried my backpack every single meter. And bitterly said no to every single nice person trying to give me a ride further north.

The 131 days started down south with a wet and cold spring. But I started in April to enjoy summer in the arctic. Little did I know it would be the coldest and wettest summer up north in Norway for decades.

I have only had a few days walking without a jacket. I’ve ruined three pairs of shoes. I’ve eaten about 4500 calories a day, but still lost almost 10 kilos. The last week of the hike I decided to rush to the finish line because the weather was not s**t for a change. And walked 51045 steps a day on average for seven days.

When I reached the very touristy north cape plateau, I got bummed out that you now have to pay 36€ to enter the building to buy a 15€ b**r. But Jorn van Bladel has been an absolute legend and picked me up with a Cola and two gas station hot dogs. Before cooking up a steak with ch*****ne out in the rain not far from the cape.

15/08/2026

Average steps a day the last seven days: 51045. And with that I have now crossed the entire mainland section of the county Finnmark. Ended the day today by walking 7km through the bitter cold under sea tunnel towards the north cape. And from my camp right now I only have 31 kilometers left until the entire hike is finished and done! More than 2800km spread out over 131 days of hiking.

Hotel is booked for the longest b**r shower I’ve ever had.

08/08/2026

Finished the section through northern Finland, and made my way through the Norwegian county Troms. And I’ve now entered the northernmost and final county on the hike, Finnmark. After a “interesting” route change, crossing a hundred km wide tundra without a trail.

The last week has been everything between 15 degrees and sun, and 4 degrees with rain. I’ve also encountered a million mosquitoes, hundreds of reindeer, and a wolverine that came galloping five meters away from the tent.

This was also the first section in a while where I’ve had more than enough food, thanks to the store in Finland and arctic char dinners by yours truly.

Final stretch of the hike coming up!

01/08/2026

Physically the hardest 200 km so far, since I got a fever and hefty headache after getting into the mountains following my last food supply. Got sick in the town, from either supermarket food or during my 3 IPA’s at a bar. And whit a limited amount of food, I couldn’t really lay down in the tent feeling sorry for myself.

So I had to push through out of Sweden, through Norwegian mountains, back into Sweden, and eventually getting into Finland. The northernmost point of Sweden has been crossed, and I won’t be seeing more of our beloved neighbor on this hike.

The last day on this section I was 99% recovered from the illness. And finished the last 45km in heavy rain towards the next food supply. I’m now in Finland, and far enough east to reach another time zone.

Next up is a week through Finland, before I cross the last border on the hike back into great old Norway towards the finish line!

23/07/2026

300km switching between Norway and Sweden. And had the lovely mid July weather with 2 degrees and rain through the highest mountain section.

Stumbled upon two French guys on the first day, and we mostly walked together (apart from when I walked off ahead to catch fish). I’ve been mostly walking alone for 100 days straight. So now that I walked 10 days with two other guys I realized how effortlessly I carry my backpack at a rather quick pace.

Did the last 20 km to the store alone since my backpack had zero food in it. And had to take advantage of the light load to do a fast hike. 5.5kmh down though the national park on the Swedish side (most crowded and unpleasant trail so for on the hike)

02/07/2026

Got into the arctic yesterday, and got welcomed by some great sun an hour before midnight! Had a few days in the mountains leading up to the crossing with temperatures around zero degrees at 1100m. But overall it’s quite warm and comfortable most days now.

I deliberately started this entire hike really early to have “unlimited” time to use doing detours and fishing trips in the arctic as I head towards the north cape. The only factor determining how much time I’ll spend enjoying this is the weather. So time will still tell whether I slow down or not.

27/06/2026

For every day with sun, I have 10 with rain. But I’m now 62 km away from the Arctic Circle. So progress is being made nevertheless.

The upcoming weeks will be the longest parts without places to buy food. The next section after the one I’m in now is 280 km between the stores I’ll be using. But I’ve also shaved off about 3000g of the base weight in my backpack by sending away some winter gear. So carrying the extra food will be fine.

14/06/2026

Finished the last week in Trøndelag county before I walk into northern Norway, and Nordland county. This part of the county is what I have the least experience in, so I didn’t really know what to expect. And I can’t say too much positive about the amount of bogs I’ve fought through. But high on the list of the prettiest places I’ve hiked. Also didn’t meet more than 2 people in the mountains the last 400km, something that made the experience of wild nature following the Swedish border even better.

09/06/2026

Passed the geographical middle of Norway yesterday. Even though it’s not the halfway point of the hike, it’s a nice milestone to go past.

The last 200-300km has mostly been through the wettest and soggiest bog landscape you can imagine. But I’m now getting awfully close to Northern Norway!

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