Heading west again

Lovely waking up to this view

The ridge where I camped.

Coffee down at the beach.

Musli and coconut cream.

Barefoot in the sand. 

Gjerdvika.

Camp Gjerdvika 

Cooling my only beer.

This is where I came down from.

My home for the night.

Lots of firewood here.

Well since thursday was a day off, I also took friday off to go for an adventure. My original plan was that I had a boat ride from Moskenes ferry harbour out to Hell. But as I got on the bus wednesday after work, the skipper said there was a lot of wind...and wondered if I had a plan B? Which of course I had since normally things don't go as planned. So I got off the buss in Å and hiked to the end of the lake as far as I could get into the valley. It took me two hours to the couloir and then it took me 2 hours up to 520 m since the snow was deep here and it was steep and a bit slippery. I put on my crampons halfway up when the snow got harder. Then I left my heavy backpack and went up a small peak 626 m at summit. Then I went down and got my backpack,  heading over to the nearby ridge which was a lot more suitable for camping. The next morning I woke up to an amazing view and the weather was amazing. Since I was closer than I ever been to Gjerdtinden I had to explore how far I could go without any risk without any rope. There was a lot of snow left at the top of the steep couloir but I was quite close so I had a good look and will be back another day. Then I was out of water and headed down the valley where I soon found some. I continued down to Gjerdvika. This amazing place! And I have it all to myself. This day it was hot so I had to take off some clothes. It's so wonderful to walk barefoot in the sand. But first I needed coffee and something to eat. Then I just walked around on this lovely beach and also had a swim in the ocean to cool myself. Then I set camp and made dinner next to the campfire. Life is good.