GB Day 25

GB Day 25:

Via Njunjes

Tuesday 3 August 2021

We woke up by the lake, quite tired from yesterday's late (and long) walk. Lukas went up to the tables in Tarrekaise to prepare breakfast while Kim took down the tent.

When Kim reached the breakfast table, Ismaël and Johannes had just arrived. We had a long breakfast and ate a lot of snacks before going again.

Between Tarrekaise and Njunjes the terrain was rocky, not so bad, but still probably the worst part through all of Padjelanta.

When we reached Njunjes, the guys went for a swim. They heard from the cabin host that the swim spot would be "the best ever", but when there, they quickly noted that they had swum in better places.

We had lunch, and had some phone coverage, so it was a long break. Kim came up with the idea to have a rest day in Jäckvik instead of Kvikkjokk, and researched that and also managed to book two bed spots at Kyrkans Fjällgård. Just before leaving the Njunjes cabins, we met the hiker that we had walked yo-yo with for several days (but stupidly enough not asked for his name). This was the last time we saw him though.

We continued towards Bobäcken, and it went slow at first even though the path was easy to walk, but then it got better. Some time after leaving Njunjes we passed some beautiful meadows, where there were some houses, with the mountains in the background it all looked really dreamy.

We then continued through bogs, sand, over logs, roots and stones, through both deciduous forests and uoniferous forests.

Finally we found an okay tent spot by the last real big bridge before the boat pickup spot, just where there is a sign that inform you about the boat timetable.

Today's:

Favourite: Today's lunch

Distance: 17.7 km

Start time: 12:22

End time: 20:21

Ascent: 218 m

Descent: 395 m

Snickers eaten: 2

Totals (from Treriksröset)

Distance: 490.8 km

Ascent: 10,938 m

Descent: 11,116 m