Ridderspranget

Ridderspranget (Knight's Jump) is a ravine some miles farther on. According to legend, in the 13th century a damsel was in distress. She was supposed to be married off to Ivar, an older man who she did not like. So a knight named Sigvat decided to fetch her and run away with her. He so did, also burning and pillaging Ivar's farm and getting all his men killed in the process.

Ivar came after them, but he and his followers stopped when Sigvat took the damsel under his arm and jumped across the river Sjoa at its narrowest point. What gave them pause was not so much that the jump itself was a great physical feat, but that Sigvat proceeded to shove his trusted squire into the foaming waters, demonstrating that he could hold them off if they were inclined to follow.

The legend, like most stories of its kind is utter bullshit, as the two men didn't even live in the same time. But it's a nice place and a tourist attraction all the same.

At it's narrowest it's maybe 2-3 meters across.


Still, being pushed down here might not end well for the pushee. (Is that even a word?)


View downstream.


View upstream.


We laugh at security measures.