Wild Camps of 2024..Trailstar/Duomid XL/Scarp1/Xmid2Pro

 As ive done on previous yrs,heres a short write up on 2024,s Wild camps.This years have taken place at home in the Lake District,in Scotland and Northern Sweden

The first took place just off the shoulder of Yoke after walking around the Kentmere Horse shoe walk on the 13th Jan 

Next was a camp on the back shoulder of Esk pike on the 10th of Feb

Followed by a camp on the end Caw on the 8th of March 

My new Xmid2Pro arrived and i took it across the Coniston fells with a camp on Grey Frair summit on the 20th March

5Th of May and a camp on the Calf summit after collecting a few peaks with a fellow wild camper 

The above and 2 below pics were taken on Sand hill as we went out to catch the Aurora display,i got a message come through and another wild camper joined us,the best display i have ever seen in the UK

Scotlands Glenshee Munros on the 25th and 26th of May saw us collecting peaks both sides of the Glenshee pass with a camp on either side to match

Maggie joined me on the 22nd of June for a Camp and we ended up over on Little Hart crag summit 

An unpleasant day on the middle spine of the Lakes saw me and my brother drop down a bit and camp on Rannerside,we were treated to some nice evening light..29th June 

12th and 13th of July and i plotted out a route to the back of the Bridge of Orchy Munros,with my brother.Two pics above on the Top Beinn a Churin

After a windy day we finally camped on the cliffs 2 k North of Beinn Dorains summited,which we summited after we had got pitched up,these two pics  

Another Kenmere round and i camped near Kentmere pike summit on the 18th of August,above sand below pics

Then after months of planning and my brother sorting all the transport there and back a trip into Sarek National park in Northern Sweden,31st August 

First camp just below Vasttopparna at 680 m,having flown in from Ritsem,after all the terrible storms folk had had out here it was good to be on route 

Then after a cool start the next day the weather started to warm up leaving us with a great camp,in a high valley below the Oarjep Ruphtesjiegna glacier, at 900m also treated to some Aurora above camp too

Camp 4 below was camped by the outflow loch/lake  of  Bielajavratja and was my 18th of the year so far 

A bad weather day and wanting to keep on track to camp near Skierffe in a few days,saw us plan out a shorter day and an early camp,this one with the mighty peak of |Bierikjiegna looking down on us

Next day we left the valley we were in traversed around as the rain and wind set in,rather than drop down into the top of the Rappa valley,we sought out some shelter and camped at the pass above it at 970m 

A tough swim/wade/fight took us through the Rappa valley delta in amazing weather,but for me to hot,is was good to finally climb up out of the valley,too cooler air ,plus another showing of the Aurora too

Another hot day saw us finally get to Skierffe and find 2 off the only camp spots,that are hard to find,plus two out of the wind.Also our highest camp on this trip at 1170m 

Our 7th and last night camp(we stayed in a lodge the last night) was an open spot below Tjrak leaving only 3-5 hrs walk to the lodge and boat back out 

Back at home me and Maggie nipped out on the 25th Oct to camp on Harter fell summit,blessed with an great inversion the next day 

My 22nd and final camp of the year was 21st November to bag some Munros for my brother,the plan had been for 2 nights but storms put paid to that,so the final camp was on a col SW of Beinn Sheasgarnaich, part of the Glen Lochay munros 

So all in 22 camps for the year,missing one in December 

1 in the Scarp1 

3 in the Duomid XL

9 in the Xmid2Pro

9 in the Trailstar 

Safe travels and Seasons greetings to all ,Peter   

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

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