Galdhøpiggen to Collect Altitude Meters -

He walks three hours to get water for his coffee, and has spent the summer on Galdhøpiggen to collect altitude meters - and money. ALONE: Halvar Haldorsen (17) has been working alone in the small cabin on Galdhøpiggen, 2469 meters above sea level, this summer. While many peers spend the summer on the beach or behind the till, Halvar R. Haldorsen from Leirfjord in Nordland has chosen a slightly different summer job.

He has spent the summer alone, 2,469 meters above sea level, hosted in the kiosk on the roof of Norway, Galdhøpiggen. - It is an incredibly exciting job. It's something completely different from what I've done before, says the 17-year-old.

This is how the road up to the top looks for Halvar. The job is perfect, as he is a biathlete. Here he gets to combine work with bone-chilling altitude training.

I dream of becoming the best. It's as simple as that. Or to reach my maximum potential, he says.

On the busiest days, 400 to 500 people can come to the top, and Halvar finds that it is especially Swedes who make the trip. Haldorsen gets NOK 2,000 a day to run the kiosk alone. One question repeats itself often.

That is if I get up every day, yes. That's the question I get maybe 50 times a day. Halvar Haldorsen (17) in the kiosk.

A tourist took a picture of Haldorsen in the cafe. Running a kiosk on the "Roof of Norway" presents some challenges. The fine summer weather means good conditions for tourists, but it also means that the water reservoir is quickly emptied.

It is a bit of a luxury problem, but we are starting to run out of water because the weather has been so nice. He gets up early in the morning, at 6am, and walks down towards Spiterstulen. He fetches water, so that they can have it for coffee, sausages, cocoa and to wash the floor.

Soft drinks and drinking water in bottles arrive by helicopter. The daily trip he now takes in the heat to fetch water takes around three to four hours and is around ten kilometers round trip. Goods such as soft drinks and sundries arrive by helicopter, but water does not.

Therefore, he has to go up and down to fetch water. The nearest waterholes are frozen in the morning, so he has to walk a long way. Certain trips can also become detours, he explains.

For Haldorsen, the trips to fetch water are positive. - For my part, it is relatively good training. You feel that you are carrying extra weight than usual, but it is manageable.

He notices that his form has improved over the summer. This poll does not show what the population thinks about the question. The result shows what those who have chosen to vote themselves think, and the vote does not have a committee that makes it representative of everyone who lives in the country.

Figures from Statistics Norway show that seven out of ten young people were in work last summer, and the vast majority worked in shops, in nursing homes or as waiters. For Halvar, who lives in the cabin for five days straight, life on the mountain is completely different. - Many people think that you get a bit lonely, but for me there are people here almost all day.

It's almost good when the tourists go home and you can have some alone time. The operation of Juvasshytta is located in the north of Jotunheimen and is the closest cabin to Galdhpiggen. The cabin has a great view towards the Galdhpig massif and Glittertinden, among other things.

There is a daily ferry across Styggebrean to Galdhpiggen in the summer season. The cabin is Norway's second-highest tourist cabin. data-term="Juvasshytta Juvasshytta and the kiosk have been in the same family since 1884. - I think it is our icon up here, in a way.

It is one of the major tourist attractions. So we try to take care of it as best we can, says Anne Wangen."