Day 5. 30.01.13
Gråhøgdbu-Jammerdalsbu 18km in 7h10min
"NO
HORIZON"
All white, no distinction where sky meets snow, therefore
hard to keep balance too. Deep, thick snow through birch forest, legs got a
proper workout today. Also saw some more reindeer.
Thought about future trips & work today. Decided that
dreaming big is no crime. So, if next trip with pulk&tent is successful, I
will allow myself to dream about a certain trip deep deep down south.... As far
south as you can go.
Need to find a name for the dog on my skies. No great ideas
so far. Sheep is no help either in that respect..
P.S. Trail on map is inaccurate. Need to update @
Kartdugnad.
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| Jammerdalsbu around sunset |
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| Jammerdalsbu |
Day 6. 31-01-2013
Jammerdalsbu – Vetåbua 17km
in 5h55min
BRUN
LAPSKAUS
sun and clear skies: finally seeing where we are going!
Plenty to see too: many animal tracks of which a large part had been reindeer.
Obviously hopping from one grazing place to another: " look guys, there's
more moss over here!" Also saw two different prints following the same
track: what looked like a more cat-like print (fjellrev?) and a hare-track
which seemed to be in a great hurry...
Michiel came with all sorts of cool plans today what he
could do together with his little nephew Oscar when they come over in march:
stuff like campfires, baking pinnebrød and sausages. Sleighing, ...
Lunch consisted of one of the best inventions in the DNT
storage rooms: Bixit! Chocolate-covered oatmeal cookies: Omnomnom! After
that came the prospect of baking pancakes at Vetåbua as an appetizer. That
thought certainly helped us through the last 5km.
To our great disappointment after arrival... There were no
pancakes! So what to do?!
BUT... Finally my eye rested on a can of...: Brun lapskaus!
Michiel nearly was convinced that DNT didn't have these, but here was the proof
sitting in the storage. So now a few hours later that proof is now sitting in
my stomach:-)
Now planning and looking at the map for the last few days.
Especially getting out of the "jungle" and back to "civilization"
could be slightly longer than expected. Maybe we are not supposed to leave?
Another to-do on the tour list is now Femundsmarka. Read
about it and seems like another different but very cool place to go to. Much
more wooded area (secretly want to play " Johnny the woodchopper").
So every trip i itself is also again great training for the next one(s).
Keep ploddig!
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| lunch at Saubua |
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| Shaf feels right at home |
Day 7. 01-02-2013
Vetåbua-Djupslia 16km
in 6h
SNOWBATH
Plodding to no avail; snow track disappeared with the first
sight of civilization: a “pistebully” cutting tracks! This created an epic
moment during lunch: M was drinking tea and ventilating his somewhat sweaty
legs with his pants down. So when the snow machine appeared round the corner I
was handed the teacup while shouting "pull up honey, pull up!"
However, the "fun" only lasted about 3-4km until
track to Djupslia bent off and plodding started all over again. Most
mind-numbing km's of last week (B). Again NO Pannekaker in stock :-( but the
hut was "warmed" by cabin guard leaving just as we came.
A sauna invites to a proper cool down; so clothes off and
snow bathing. "Fy Fan!" That was COLD! But felt good after. Now
enjoying good company of 2 Brits going in the opposite direction to Høvringen.
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| sunrise |
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| last self-made tracks |
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| bye-bye self-made tracks |
Day 8. 02-02-2013
Djupslia – Nordseter 30km
in 6h?
NO PANNEKAKER
A day which was characterized by the jungle of cut tracks
and people on them. On recommendation of our Scottish fellow-cabin inhabitants
from the day before, we headed first for Pellestova for some waffles and a cup
of tea. It became coffee and an
Elgburger instead. Finally some crispy food instead of all kinds of food that
is best eaten with a spoon. After Pellestova decided against descending down to
Lillehammer and went for Nordseter instead. A shower! Nice.
But again, a day in the end without Pancakes. Ever since we
left Jammerdalsbu we have been thinking and fantasizing about the pannekaker
the whole day. But apparently there are some differences in standard stock in
storage rooms between DNT Oslo huts and the ones from Lillehammer
Turistforeningen (LOT). Possibly they do not like pancakes so much in that
town?
Day 9. 03-02-2013
Nordseter - Lillehammer 17km
in 3h?
Descend down to Lillehammer. We have done it!
COLD going down when humidity in air increased: so add layer
after layer of clothing, trying to get some blood flowing in my fingers.
Has been a brilliant trip and this one is really just the
beginning…
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| Lillehammer in the background. Nearly there... |
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