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Sleeping, awake, sleep, awake. The wind wake me several times during the night. The
wind lull in the morning, but is still strong. It has stopped raining,
the brook is easy to cross. We walk on the slope beneath Niento with a
strong contrary wind. On the ground are stones scattered around. At the
brook Alep Nientjåkåtj do we pass a minor area with low growing
osier . The mountains are very shy today, since the clouds cover them almost
completely. But occasionally do they during a few minutes lift the
cloud curtain so that they can see where we go. We take lunch at
the bridge over the river Kukkesvakkjåkkå. Here we find three
hidden empty fuel bottles, and one pair of briefs. Those that hide the
bottles must have been tired, plastic bottles are not that heavy. The briefs
are more difficult to explain.
The river is here rather difficult to ford, and without the bridge would one
have to walk further up in the valley to ford it. Without crossing the
bridge do we enter Kukkesvagge, i.e. we walk on the north side. The idea
is to get a good view of the peaks in the Sarek massif in the south. The
north side is more like a smooth wall, and less alpine in its character.
The clouds climb further down on the mountain sides, and there is a drizzle.
The terrain is easy, there are a few places with swamp or stones. Some
kilometers after the bridge is a large wetland around the river. We follow
the border of it. As we pass the glacier Årjep Sarekjekna do the
clouds open up, and they let us see more of the mountains. At Tjeurajåkåtj
do we find a good camping site on a meadow. The mountains remove some moreof
the curtain, Äpar is almost in sunshine. The day has been cold, as
it clear up does it becomes colder.
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