NPL Day 6

NPL Day 6: Thursday 22 June 2023

South of Ruoššajávrrit-Olderfjord

This morning the sun woke us again. Kim slept bad, was hungry, tired and had period pains, so she was very irritable this morning.

We packed our stuff and followed a fence that went through a lot of wetlands. After only 3.5 kilometers we stopped at a hut (Stohpojohka) and ate breakfast inside, let our shoes dry a little, and wrote in the "hyttebok".

After this break, Kim felt much better and we could continue at a much happier note. Today was really windy, but it was nice because then we didn't sweat so much.

Today's walk was fast and easy. We followed ATV tracks all day, and they were mostly good and not so wet. At 1 PM we already had only 4 km to the road, so we stopped and rested, lying down on our EVA pads for some time. To the side of us was a rusty car just sitting there among the bushes. Wonder how it got there?

When we reached the road we also took a short break, before stuffing headphones in our ears and just marched on the last 8 km. Not really taking any breaks, just pushing.

Finally in Olderfjord we walked straight in to the reception of the camping/tourist center and bought ice cream and soda. After that we went straight to the restaurant in the building just beside and had dinner 😂😍

During dinner we decided to sleep inside already tonight instead of tomorrow night, so we can continue walking already tomorrow afternoon!

After checking in to one of the budget cabins, we took a shower and washed our clothes that took way too long because the machine was occupied until late in the evening...

Today's:

Distance: 23,22 km

Start time: 08:51

End time: 16:48

Ascent: 383 m

Descent: 668 m

Tent nights: 6/7