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ATTENTION: THE ROUTE TAKEN WAS IN CONDITION IN THESE DAYS BUT IT GOES THROUGH VERY DANGEROUS AREAS DUE TO SNOW AND ICE CONDITION!!!
It was a dream, and a challenge.
If you look sarek ski crossing or something like that you will see many blog about an "extreme" trip.
I wanted to check it out by myself.
21 April: Aktse - > Sitojaure - > Rinim
I tell only this: the last 20 km were on a iced lake (ice, like a ice skating arena), I could not stand without using the poles and at a certain time I had pain to all my arms. I was thinking to wear crampons but I prefer to stay with ski on lakes, you know... Not so confident yet...
Devastiting. But I arrived in Rinim and put the tent after 30 km.
22 April. Exited, I leave with big hopes but after 10 minutes the pulka has already flipped many times and i am walking on the grass... Going further the situation is always worst. In the tundra there are also rocks, so I remove my skis but it is not enough, I put one bag as backpack with about more then 20 kg but this is not enough as well, pulka is always flipping any small rock, so I have to pull it by hand and not with harness. In this way I keep an eye on it and adjust continuisly the direction.
4 km becomes 7 because I am looking for the best way. But at a certain point finally I can wear skis. I have done 7 km in more then 3 hours.
But now the snow is well frozen, I can walk very well and I follow Basstavagge getting deep into Sarek. The view is amazing.
I feel good to stay away from all these scooters I have been meeting in the last days.
I am moving only with kompass and map, so I check exactly what there is about me, time goes fast while looking around. Everything is so huge, like in the Pyrenees where you could walk in the same valley for 20 km.
Around Biela in this huge flat area I get confused, I can't see anything, only white and I am tired. But the shelter I have seen on the map is few km far... But surprises are still there. An enoumous hole in the snow due to wind work is on my way and I have to climb 50 meters so steep on tundra. I don't even know where I found those energies (well, I know! In the peanut butter!)
Before 18 I arrive. 30 km also today...
Well done Giulia!
23 April. I wake up and the visibility is poor. I follow my azimut 330° for 6 km! Then 310° for other 6 km! And so on... It is more an experience then looking around here. It is also pretty cold and windy.
But after few hours the sky is more clear, I can see Ruohtes and Gisuris with their glaciers and amazing places.
Yes, here it is different from Alps.
30 km also this day and I am close to Ahkkajaure, few km left but for this day is enough. I have crossed Sarek and I have enjoyed it. Maybe a bit too short?!?!