In just six weeks I turn
60, can't say I'm all that happy about this, still the more birthdays
you have the longer you live.
I've been thinking how to mark this
momentous occasion. So far my plans are concentrated around going
back to Sweden and skiing the Kungsleden Trail. From Hemavan at the
southern end all the way up to Abisko in the north, a distance of
about 450km. In the north and at the southern end there are huts
quite close together so it's possible to ski for hut to hut. However
the bit in the middle doesn't have huts, this is quite a pain as to
ski the whole route I'll have to carry a tent, stove, sleeping bag
etc. all the way. In all I think I'll need to camp twice and spend a
further two nights in Prism huts (small unheated wooden sheds). Quite
a lot of weight for such little use. Of course having the tent gives
me the freedom to stop when and where I like, as the huts are quite
expensive. But, sleeping out when the temperatures go down to the
-20ยบ'sC
and the snow could be several meters deep shouldn't be taken lightly.
Getting there is another problem, there's an airport only 60km from Hemavan, but it's in Norway. For some reason there doesn't seem to be a bus service going across the border, or at least one online. November isn't a good to go ski touring so the plan is to take march off work and go for it then.
