GB Day 18
GB Day 18:
Tuesday 27 July 2021
The sun wasn't any more forgiving this morning - rather the opposite actually. So already before 7 AM we had begun evacuating our tents. All of us except Ismaël, who insisted on trying to get more sleep.
The rest of us hit the road again, and walked the last 6.7 km to Ritsem. Helena's blisters and Kim's eczema seemed slightly better, and the walk was downhill today, which likely helped. Lukas and Kim then got to check in early, bought some ice cream, crisps and beer and then sat outside with Helena and Viktor - and Ismaël, who had now caught up with us. We also met Mats again, who had stayed the night in Ritsem and were now preparing to cross the river to Änonjalme and finish his rest day there.
We then went on to do the regular rest day stuff like showering, washing clothes, getting our depot box, repacking food - and feasting! We've had frozen pizza, cinnamon buns, Ballerina bisquits, ice cream, more ice cream, sweets, beer, soda, juice, cheeze puffs... Yeah, pretty much anything we could get our hands (or mouths!?) on!
Today's:
Favourite: Getting to Ritsem, checking in early and meeting Mats again
Distance: 6.7 km
Start time: 7:37
End time: 9:09
Ascent: 11 m
Descent: 215 m
Ice cream eaten: 2
Totals (from Treriksröset)
Distance: 348.5 km
Ascent: 7734 m
Descent: 7776 m
Tent nights: 14/18
Gröna Bandare spotted: 4
Snickers eaten: 13
Ice cream eaten: 3
Almost in Ritsem!
Obligatory ice cream.
Ritsem!
