Stavanger, Norway - 4 of 5

We then “literally ran” over to our afternoon tour which was a RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) TOUR of the 26 mile Lysefjorden fjord. Rib tour is a fast speed boat (44 knots/hour). We were entertained by our helmsman, Alex, who has been living in this area his entire life and boating around this fjord since he was 8 years old. He “flew” out of the harbor area with the song Danger Zone blasting (see photos) as we passed beautiful scenery and learned about the area. We then went to Whisky Falls, the Vagabond cave and heard the stories of the outlaws that hid there and the famous Pulpit Rock which goes up (and people climb, not us) 1,982 feet above sea level. The cliff was formed during the Last Glacial Period, approximately 10,000 years ago, when the edges of the glacier reached the cliff. The water from the glacier froze in the crevices of the mountain and eventually broke off large, angular blocks, which were later carried away with the glacier. This is the cause of the angular shape of the plateau. Along the plateau itself there continues to be a deep crack. Due to these cracks, the plateau will at some point fall down, but all the geological investigations have revealed that this will not happen in the foreseeable future (our guide thought it could happen any day), and geologists have confirmed the safety of the plateau.

Beside being in the final scene of the TV program Vikings, in the final fight scene in Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill hang from the face of the cliff at Pulpit Rock (although in the movie it is supposed to be in Indian-administered Kashmir).
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