I’ve been alone for two days now. Martins has successfully returned to Latvia and is preparing for getting back on track with his everyday life, but I continue laying my tracks in the Nordic snow. Yesterday the morning came with a
The time is 19:30 and we have fixed up our camp, but we still have no fire. Martins is attending to that right now. Perhaps the lack of a pile of wood combusting in a rapid manner is the reason
Last night I got cold feet - literally. The rest of my body was protected by all available clothing in many layers, but the feet got a bit iced. It’s reasonable to assume that the broken zipper on entrance of
The time is 20:00, and the thermometer shows -12 degrees. But for how long? An hour ago the temperature reading was -8 degrees. So we are experiencing a 4 degree drop in an hour, and there are still approximately 10
It’s a good thing that we spent last night in the accommodations of the alpine-skiing club KORE, because during the night the temperature dropped to a freezing -26 degrees Celsius. I guess there’s no need to say that we would
This evening we reached Suomu ski-resort, where thanks to Laima Kaufiņa we met the members of the alpine-skiing club KORE. At this point there are approx. 100 Latvians in Suomu, because the Latvian and Baltic Alpine-Skiing Championship is taking place
Though I like to say, that the past doesn’t exist, the first part of the day went by remembering the sauna and admiring Heikki’s skillful hands. He is a retired hunter, but his hands are quick with plane, chisel and
It’s 16:40 and we have reached a town called Hirvasvaara. Last night the snowing stopped only around 2:00 making it a 12 hour long snowfall. We have nothing against the snow per se, but its nasty habit of melting in a
As planned we get on our way reasonably early - at 9:00. The temperature is -2 degrees Celsius and the weather is fine. And the route is fine as well - we cross a marsh, a frozen lake and follow
Our first nigh in the Finnish wilderness was quite comfy. The only problem is the late and slow start of the day. We got up quite late, because last night we went to sleep only after midnight, and the lack