A calendar without Torsten Boberg is not a calendar. So today we honor the role model of Swedish outdoor.

From the book Beyond the paths (bortom sigarna) I will give a part. The first winter ascending of Kebnekaise. The sun would be the master, and at the thermometer we could se the quicksilver pillar raised during the day. Standing close to the top shelter we went to the South peak of Kebnekaise.  Looking toward the sky,, in the east and south the sky still is clear, but north west something is going on that does not escape attention. where the white cold clouds approach in an endless line. And if listen carefully you can hear a hiss in the air. Here it is still calm, but the nice weather will soon end. We isn’t got a minute to loose.  The distance between the peaks is approximal 800m the ridge passage normally will take us an hour. At twelve a clock we were standing at the north peak. The ascend was fully done. The grey haze had moved closer. Of a sudden we was interrupt in our dreaming of a small detail. A protective paper from the camera film has been laying on the snow. A wind caches the paper which goes up with the wind. Our eyes tunes toward north, and we can se the ”smoke” over the peaks. Kebnekaise has started to breath. Now it is the wind shelter we must heading for before the storm will catch us.  The only way is the ridge. The snow ridge shall not be forced, all care must be taken even on the way back. The wind blows and strikes in our clothes, already the cloud sea starting to cover the sun…

The thing that is interesting about Torsten Boberg is that the trails we hike today, such as the Jamtlandstriangle for example has been done/planned from him. So give him a memory next time you going toward Sylarna.

See ya tomorrow…