A big bang wake us in the middle of the night. The sound bounce between the
mountains. Fading away. Erosion has taken one more small piece of rock
from Pierikvaratj. Many million years from now, will these mountains no
longer exist. Perhaps new ones has been created. Will there be any human
beings lying in a tent and listen to a falling piece of rock? When we wake
up in the morning do Pierikvaratj look the same.
We make our breakfast and at the same time looking towards Vuoinestjåkkå.
From this side is it steep, but it is easy to walk up on it the slope from
Kukkesvagge. This is our plan for today, unless the weather decide something
else. We head for Vuoinesvaratj, the small hill before Kukkesvagge. From
Vuoinesvaratj is Lietjit-jaure seen, the mountains on the other side creates
curtains in the hazy atmosphere. In Kukkesvagge is it rain curtains. Vuoinestjåkkå
has to wait. We enter Kukkesvagge and the rain.
This is the northern border of Sarek, a broad and open valley. The Sarek mountains
have gentle slope on the south side, in the north is the steep but less
alpine Skanatjåkkå dimly seen. We choose to walk fairly high
up on the slope of the Sarek mountains. We can now only guess that the
mountains are there, hidden behind clouds as they are. One must cross several
brooks from the glaciers, some can be problematic to cross. Today is Lulep
Sarekjåkåtj ill-tempered. We find a place where large stones
almost form a bridge. Here we easily jump to the opposite side.
Wind, rain, and cold. The coffee break at Sarekjauratj cheer up. A day
like this do one look down. Slåtterblomman ("hay-making flower")
tells us that it is time for hay-making. The yellow gullbräckan replace
the sun. Litchens dress the stones. The day is ending, we put up our tent
at a small brook. It clear up. Close to use, show the glacier Suottasjekna
up. We didn't know we were that close to it. The clouds, mountains, ice,
and sun paints a fantastic painting in front of us. A short snowfall makes
the painting complete. That's made our day.
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