At Vikersund station after 1 houer of very slow train !



"Lets GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"





And then we are back at where we started !

Today we went out to take a museum train !  It was a great day together with two classmates of Svend Alexander, and Anders father; Tom :-D



"Look at this !"



First a model !



Then the real thing :-D



Ready :-D

This is me at 19 !







And this is me at 23 !

This is my x-wife Nanna with me and my mother !



Making my food for the day !



With my parents !



Baying a new jacket. ( Lene never liked it so it went out a few years ago, he-he...)



Nanna and my mother, when I as always making food ...



Not to bad Mr.Karlsen :-D  Bodyweight was around 120 kg.



Out to take a walk :-D



Togther with my always loving mother....



After the show we could eat some fat food again, right Viggo ???

Be carefull Egil the smal viking is armed with a.........SPOON !

Her er vi helt i starten av turen opp kjøsterudjuvet, bare et laaangt steinkast fra heimen :-D
In the start of todays walk up the mountains !


Og så var stigningene i gang :-D and then the climb has started !



Me, Kjell and Anders !



Og her kommer Jon til slutt for å samle opp baktroppene. Svend Alexander og Robin var nesten oppe alt ved dette tidspunktet tror jeg !



Flott tur opp ! Great walk up to the top !



Så begynnte det å bli tøffere !



Her var det vannskelig å ikke bli våt :-D



Her har vi Anders og Jørgen sønnen til Jon !

Gutta er klare til dyst ! The Boys are ready to be referees at  a event in the deep of the woods of Norway !



Men ingen kan være klare uten mat og drikke. Nikolaj fra Danmark ser i alle fall klar ut ! But first we need food !



SMIL :-D !!!!



De to yngste, men ikke minst erfarene: Ole Øxa & Svend Alexander. Klare til kamp :-D
The 2 youngest at the event ! Ole is one of the strongest men/boy in Norway. At only 20 he is fighting at the top of every event he is in. He even started at Viking Power Challenge this year with only 12 houers notis as a reserve.



Sjefen sjøl er også klar Mr.Johnsen. Det var kjempestemmning hele tiden og alle koste seg stort. Du begynner å kunne dette nå Egil :-D Gleder meg til å se Fitness Messa i begynnelsen av neste år !
And the BOSS and promoter of this event Egil very happy for a great show he put one for the second time ! Well done Egil :-D



BAS klar til dyst !



Ole Martin kjøper trusa av ei dame på noe jeg håper var et utdrikkningslag for 50 kr. he-he.. Sporty gjort Ole.



Ole Martin Hansen the best Strongman from my hometown; Drammen. Bay the underwear of some women !



Svend Alexander hang i 1.02.67 og de siste 10 sekundene i en arm. Svend A hang for 1.02.67 and the last 10 sec by one arm :-D



Og da var Heilt Vilt Strongman over for denne gang ! Og vi fikk Ole Martin på første og gutta fra Kristiansand Nils Kjetil og Sven på 2 og 3 plass.



Then the event is over for this time :-D And here are the top 3. From left Sven and Nils Kjetil from Kristiansand where I used to live, And first Ole Martin from where I live now and I'm born Drammen !

Me and my old friend from Scotland, Stuart Murray !



Svend Alexander is pointing his finger: "I want a job in TV !!!"



Oki, this will do !!!



Big Paul getting wet for the 2'nd time of the day :-)
 And most of the people on the first 5 rows.





Topp 3 ! Mark Westeby, 1 Jimmy Marku, and on 2'nd Glenn " who's the daddy"  Ross !




And Svend Alexander was still rocking :-D

Glenn & Svend Alexander .



The big farmere: Mark Westebye



Me ref. the backlift :-)



Glenn was the only one that did all 5 stones today :-)

Svend Alexander at the topp of the Bus that took us to the event venue.



Me and Fraser !



Svend Alexander with the UK finest :-)



One arm deadlift :-)



Truck push, 3 different trucks to be pushed over 10 meter each. It all looked great to this happend......



One of the men breaks the light glas and cut himself bad with the first truck, but still finished to win the event in his group...


He had to go to hospital, it took them 70 stitches...



It was a long long day, but.......



But we really, really enjoyed it :-)



Ending a great day at the venue with a gigantic fireworke :-)

The Big Svend !



And "Mini Me" are ready to rock ....

Svend Alexander at home ready to go !





Ready 4 UK Strongest Man 2009 :-)

When the party was the most importent part of the event :-)

Weight was about 150 kg.



Doing 5 reps at 360 kg at Jon Pal's old GYm training togther with Hjalti Arnason, on of Jon Pal's best friend and man behind the film about his life :-)

We showed them my beutifull hometown; Drammen :-)









And of course........



Training.... How is this for size difference ?????



And Svend Alexander doing Hercules Hold, me timing. 1,33 min :-)

Tommi on of Norways pro Bodybuilders, Richard Skog Norway Strongest Man, Daniel my "baby Brother" And me !



Silje had already started :-)



My friend Ali Tabra getting ready 4 Norwegian Championship in BB.



Daniel wrestling with "Mini Me" 



Me and the worlds greatest son in front of the "Stortinget" where the norwegian goverment is :-)



Svend Alexander with one of the "to many" living statues :-)

Star wars fighting :-)



Light for mamma .



Then the boys rock the church :-)



Just thanking God for all the incredible people we have around us. Today I've been in meeting with a lawyer, and Svend Alexander could stay with Anders and his father Tom. And Tom sent me this great picture of the day.

Alexander ready to FIRE !



At the top with Søgne in the background, where we lived when I trained to be the World Strongest Man, the bad news is that where I used to have my equipment now is a supermarked.

Tv crew is getting ready !



My polish brother Jark and his wife Dorotha !




I great strongman, and a great friend kevin Nee



Andy working the camra today, also a great friend !



And of course the one and only Collin Bryce, one of my closest friend !



And the winner is....... Jarek my baby brother :-)