Swedish Lapland 2007

[Fenlander]

Just returned from a 2 week trip to Swedish Lapland with Frogfish.

Here are a few pictures.....

On top of a mountain at-15 with a considerable wind chill

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Having a warm brew

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Creating shelter from the wind

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Our main method of transport

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Jokkmokk Saami market 2007

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Inside a Saami kota

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A traditional Saami meal of bread, butter lingon berries and Reindeer bllod pudding stuffed with pieces of fat

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Nils-Henrik Tejlus and Rune Stokke (both of whom feature in "Eld" the Saami book of fire) demonstrating how they use the long log fire called "Nuorssjo".

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The view inside my snow hole

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Frogfish demonstrating how to make fire from green birch

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Myself and Frogfish ice fishing

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Warming by a fire outside the shelter we built last september

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Frogfish stitching my finger after an accident while making a knife

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I bought 2 blades from Leif Carlsson http://www.leifsknivar.com/ at Jokkmokk, and using curley birch and moose antler, completed one knife.

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A view from the dog slege

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Finally, we undertook some experiments into complete submersion at -30 degrees for an article we are writing.

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and here's frogfish after completeing his part of the experiment

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[BushTucker]

Oh you looky b******d, would love to do that, pm me info if you have any.

[tanto]

Looks like you had a great time!

[dommyracer]

NIce one kev. Not sure I fancy the swimming though.

Are those mukluks on your feet?

[Simon E]

Great pictures M8, how about a little more info on the Sami log fire if you can.

[Fenlander]

NIce one kev. Not sure I fancy the swimming though.

Are those mukluks on your feet?

Yes of course they are!.......where else would I be wearing them :lmao:

Seriously, they are Canadian army mukluks and well worth every penny. I bought them from Crown Surplus, based in Canada.

[jasons]

nice pictures kev would love join you next time you go ;)

[BorderReiver]

Great pictures.Thank you. :D

That was a fair sized dog team that you had;much more fun than those noisy machines isn't it? ;)

When you tried to kill yourselves with hypothermia,were you still out in the wild,or were you near buildings? :eek:

[hammock monkey]

awesome trip..respect!

[andyn]

AHHH its a Yeti!!! Hope you managed to escape him.

;)

That looks like a amazing trip! Thanks for sharing!

[Fenlander]

Great pictures.Thank you. :D

That was a fair sized dog team that you had;much more fun than those noisy machines isn't it? ;)

When you tried to kill yourselves with hypothermia,were you still out in the wild,or were you near buildings? :eek:

We were several kilometers from habitation, but had a vehicle parked close by just in case ;)

[fred gordon]

Looks like you had a great time in a beautiful part of the world. Thanks for sharing. :)

[AndyW]

Looks so good out there.

Can see me having to sort a trip out soon!

[familne]

Fantastic pictures! Brightened up a dull morning!

I'm very envious :D

[Big Bad Stu]

The pictures made me smile on a day when (after a cold) breathing is hard work!

Stewey. :D

[Chopper]

You certainly had a great trip, the snow reminds me of here last week. :rolleyes:

My five year old daughter thought that the last pic was Harry from Bigfoot and the Hendersons. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[leon-b]

looks like you had great fun mate, that finger looks painfull though
leon

[TobyH]

I'm reasonably new to this sort of thing, but that looks like a fantastic trip. The problem I have at the moment is working out exactly how you organise that sort of trip. I'm never sure where I can go to practice my newly learned skills, and I can't even think about how you go about doing something like that abroad.

So, is it just a matter of turning up somewhere you like the look of and running off into the woilderness with free abandon, or (as I think might be the case) is there far more planning!

I'd be interested in finding out about people/companies that do this sort of thing abroad too...

Apologies if this is a bit of a hijack! :o

[Fenlander]

I'm reasonably new to this sort of thing, but that looks like a fantastic trip. The problem I have at the moment is working out exactly how you organise that sort of trip. I'm never sure where I can go to practice my newly learned skills, and I can't even think about how you go about doing something like that abroad.

So, is it just a matter of turning up somewhere you like the look of and running off into the woilderness with free abandon, or (as I think might be the case) is there far more planning!

I'd be interested in finding out about people/companies that do this sort of thing abroad too...

Apologies if this is a bit of a hijack! :o

Hi Toby,

I have a couple of friends there and can base myself with them. I would post this as a new thread in the forum because I think it will generate a lot more help and advise ;)

[TobyH]

Thanks, will do!

[tomtom]

I missed this thread first time round, abserloutly fantastic pictures Fenlander, thanks for showing them to us. It looks like you had a great trip, I hope the fingues is well on the way to healing up by now!
:)
Tom

[Fenlander]

I'm reasonably new to this sort of thing, but that looks like a fantastic trip. The problem I have at the moment is working out exactly how you organise that sort of trip. I'm never sure where I can go to practice my newly learned skills, and I can't even think about how you go about doing something like that abroad.

So, is it just a matter of turning up somewhere you like the look of and running off into the woilderness with free abandon, or (as I think might be the case) is there far more planning!

I'd be interested in finding out about people/companies that do this sort of thing abroad too...

Apologies if this is a bit of a hijack! :o

You might like to try here mate :)

http://www.solberget.de/wilderness_retreat.html

[Biddlesby]

Hey looks like you had great fun! So how do you make fire from green birch? Have you got a picture of the log fire in action? And did you brave your shelter without a sleeping bag :).

[Fenlander]

So how do you make fire from green birch? Have you got a picture of the log fire in action? And did you brave your shelter without a sleeping bag :).

I've written an article for one of the bushcraft mag's about the fires, so you'll have to wait for it to be published :p

[KAE1]

Fantastic, thats the real deal.Did you see plenty of examples of long bladed leukus in use? Are they as versatile as theyre made out to be?

[Fenlander]

Here's another site you might be interested in....

http://www.kirunadogcamp.com/index.html

[Abbe Osram]

Hi Fenlander,
just found your pictures from your wintertrip. Great stuff mate! I bet you and Frogfish had a great time. Looks like you guys are well prepared for Lappland winter time now. Are you going to stay in the cabin this winter too?

cheers
Abbe