Day 4,Overnight it had been windy and wet and the forecast we pulled in,gave more of the same for today The Trailstar once again proved its worth as an excellent shelter for these longer trips in wild remote places,a brief gap between showers allowed us to pack our shelters away fairly dry The map showed an old Sami hut (Pielastugan) on the map so we decided to give it a visit,it sat out on a spur of land in Lake Bielajavratja Sadly its not in good condition and was rather mouldy and unloved,but it still mainly dry inside We saw some blue skies and were hopeful of some dryer weather,heavy cold showers joined the wind the mix instead The views out towards the mountain Bierikbakte,sat at over 5000 ft and at the foot of which we ended up camping I had wanted to camp close to the foot of the mountain,but that would have meant crossing the glacier river,first thing in the morning,so we searched this side of the river and found a lovely flat spot,for an early c...
That looked wild Peter. We went up once, many moons back, on New Years Eve in time for midnight. The wind was wild. Our boxer, Benga was hiding behind us outa the wind and, at one point, we had a headtorch blow off Chrissie's (I think) head. Looks like you two had an exciting day. Hope Oscar's in front of the fire now.
ReplyDeleteTa Geoff,yes was nasty for a while,then it warmed some and everything was starting to melt...so cudnt be bothered to stay out and camp..ground wud have been ok if white and frozen ..but melting snow ontop of al the rain weve had just makes for very wet ground
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