Finally i’ve gotten around to booking myself a short hiking trip to Tyresta. It will be a short hiking trip to Tyresta National Park which is just south of Stockholm. It will be solo which I haven’t done for a while. The Tyresta National Park and Nature Reserve extends over almost 5,000 hectares. It has…
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Fjallraven Polar Surströmming Challenge
Fjallraven Polar Surströmming Challenge. The time had come to get this challenge done. I know i said if I won I would do it but as votes have been quite stagnant I needed to do something to try and push the votes up. On another note. This whole application process is hard and takes all…
Continue ReadingNikkaloukta to Abisko June 2019 Day 5.
Nikkaloukta to Abisko June 2019 Day 5. So after polishing of the Rum and a couple a cans of 3.5% beer I slept really well. I woke around 05:30 and opened the tent to the heavy sound of the river behind us and a very windy / grey day.
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Nikkaloukta to Abisko June 2019 Day 4. What a good decision it was to stop earlier the day before and setup just below Tjätkja Stugan. We woke to beautiful weather with a amazing view looking down the valley towards Alesjaure. Breakfast for myself was Easy Eggs and for Jared it was a combination of co-codamol…
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Nikkaloukta to Abisko June 2019 Day 2.
Nikkaloukta to Abisko Trek June 2019 Day 2. I woke around 06:00 the wind had died down in the night and greeted the day with an overcast sky. First thing I thought was i’d have a look at my camera that fell over in the wind the night before.
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Nikkaloukta to Abisko June 2019 Day 1.
Nikkaloukta to Abisko Trek June 2019. We arrived in Kurina on the 16th of June and we where greeted with 22c of sunshine. I originally walked this route in 2017 during the Fjallraven Classic and I wanted to experience the route without the thousands of people on the trail and at a different time of…
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Out on the land by Ray Mears and Lars Fält. It’s that time of the year when the nights draw in and many people turn to the comfort of an armchair and an open fire. Even the most hardy of us who would be out in all weather find ourselves sitting indoors -brushing up on…
Continue ReadingPacking for the Fjallraven Classic Sweden
Packing for the Fjallraven Classic Sweden As stated in my post about when we completed the Fjallraven Classic 2017, gear selection and packing for the fjallraven classic Sweden is something that you will probably do 100 times before leaving for Sweden. Below is some helpful tips, equipment and packing advice. More advice on planning trip…
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Turmat dehydrated food. I came across these whilst taking part in the Fjällräven Classic in Sweden earlier this year. They where supplied by Fjällräven to all hikers and my first thought was the weight of each portion. As they are dehydrated they weigh next to nothing compared to wet MRE meals. I chose a mixture…
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The Fjallraven Classic Sweden 2017 in aid of SARS999.org.uk The Fjallraven Classic Sweden | Initially the plan was to fly to Stockholm and spend a week walking through a nearby National Park. That plan was thwarted once the wife had seen an advert online for the Fjallraven Classic Sweden which follows part of the Kungsleden route….
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