Arrived at Kautokeino in the evening. Sun was shining warm. Best start you could wish for. A few kilometers into the trail I made friends with a Dutch guy that I had seen on the bus already and nowもっと詳しく
Arrived at Kautokeino in the evening. Sun was shining warm. Best start you could wish for. A few kilometers into the trail I made friends with a Dutch guy that I had seen on the bus already and nowもっと詳しく
I hike together with Bas from the Netherlands. He’s clearly faster than me and probably is annoyed of the waiting already. Mix of sparse birch forests (cute) and then later kalfäll. Quite some upsもっと詳しく
Wanted to take it slow since everything hurts. Slept 11 hours. Still woke up early. Amazing morning in the sun. Bas says goodbye. I was slowing him down too much and he’s in a hurry. Good for me. Soもっと詳しく
Slept 12 hours. At some point winds must have stopped. It was raining all night. Lots of condensation on my sleeping bag. But rain has mostly stoped now so I start quite early.
Descend intoもっと詳しく
Made my way out of the Reisa valley. It was demanding to say the least. The opposite of what I had expected. It’s an amazing valley with vegetation you just wouldn’t expect up there. And the trailもっと詳しく
Rained all night on and off. Still a lot of fog. My sleeping bag looks a lot better but again got lots of condensation by the foot end and so it’s wet there again. Another *popp* in the morning toldもっと詳しく
Made it all the way to Saarijärvi. Toughest part was the river crossing where the bridge has been destroyed. It’s a long stretch with large boulders submerged under water and slippery like hell.もっと詳しく
Kilpisjärvi, where I want to resupply and take a zero. Bas is waiting to go for lunch (all you can eat pizza buffet!!!) but first I need a place to stay. Easier said than done. All beds and rooms atもっと詳しく
Had a zero yesterday. Now my backpack is heavy again. Not much of a joy. The stretch to the Northern part of Kilpisjärvi is tiresome. Tiresome just like pretty much everything this day. There’s aもっと詳しく
PositivDenken Usually I’m not interested in churches but this one is just too fancy.
旅行者 May the power of the Lord protect you on your pilgrimage! ;-)
PositivDenken 🙈