Sarek National Park Sept 2024.MLD Trailstar ......Day 2

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Day 2 started dry,there had been some overnight rain,but unfortunately no clear skies.We were away for 8 am with what looked like on the map some wet ground to cover 
 



The ground was exceedingly wet as made our way across the pathless ground,but full of colur,in all the mosses and linchens.All sat under a grey sky.But we did get to spot some herds of  deer as we made our way across too the river,we needed to cross  


This is where i crossed it was very nearly leg deep for the last two steps ! but not too fast or cold,well  not icey cold at least.As soon as id crossed i stripped of my trousers and socks and wrung them out 


Old Sami shelter 







I set off a bit quicker and soon had the heat back in my legs and socks soon started to dry out,above my brother who choose to cross further up stream,too quick looking for my liking 




Once we had warmed up some we stopped for lunch on a higher bump in the land,a few deer looked up and just carried on past temp around 10c 






After lunch we saw that the cloud was breaking up,with glimpses of blue coming through






Over the space of the next hour or so the sky continued to clear and the temp started to climb,we were basically following the Smajlajjahka river SE ish and the ground was easy and mainly dry to walk on  




We caught sight of some of the glaciers around Ahkka in Stora Sjofallets national park, surrounded by the huge mountain peaks 








The views became sharper and bigger as the sun won its battle with the cloud and the sun increased in temperature ,we were soon down too windshirt/shirt and then just our shirts



We passed this old Sami shelter along our path,which had seen better days sadly 






Then the temperature went a bit bonkers ! 





We saw a person in front of us for a while and with the heat of the day we came across this big high dry area so decided to call it a day

Think this peak was called Kantberget,with the beating sun we soon removed our solar panels from our packs and pointed them into the sun,soon using up the charge we had used up out of our batt packs 




Early days on this trip so still a good choice from the pantry of meals i was carrying,Real Turmats pulled Pork is a favorite of mine 





With camp all set up,water collected it was time for a cuppa soup in the unusual warmth of the day,still really warm at 4 pm 









Behind us the tongue of the Oarjep Ruohtesjiegna glacier snaking it way down,to melt and fill the river system,all rivers now heading too and becoming part of the Rappa valley delta 






It was nice when the sun went behind the hills and we went into the shade 








After tea it was nice to lay down and rest,but the cold now suggested the skies had stayed clear.....a few hours later around 10pm i nipped out and fired of a test shot..glad i did as we had some Northern lights 















Thanks for looking,Safe travels Peter





 





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