Another promising development is the introduction of electric bikes, for longer or steeper journeys.
And so, on a Friday afternoon I grabbed our camera, put on my hiking boots and a pair of old, expendable pants, and made the steep downhill journey through mud, blackberry, sourgrass and a rotting tree stump.
The 50-minute descent via hairpin bends to the little fishing village of Flam at the mouth of a fjord is rightfully famous in Norway as one of the most picturesque (and steepest) railway journeys in the country.
The steep, 20-minute journey on a railway that has been in operation since 1884 provides a perfect opportunity to reflect on the sheer altitude of the crash site, some 425 metres above sea level.
That may sound close, but on Indian roads and steep inclines, the journey takes five bumpy hours.
The final ascent to Angels Landing's 5,785-foot 5,785-foot1.1-mile roundtrip journey) isummitp and narrow.
The road is steep and hard, and the journey often takes a few days.
And so my journey along this steep learning curve continues, and I don't feel I've scratched the surface of what's on offer here.
The number of cars using the bridge, at 9,000 a day, is much lower than expected because tolls are steep (SKr500 for a return journey), and cross-border traffic is building up only slowly.
That fact, well known among all who knew him, only deepens the sorrow of those walking alongside his coffin on its last journey, up a steep path behind his 90-year-old grandmother's house, past the lines of washing and the rainwater pool for watering vegetables.
