Toskaljärvi swims

Hiking 10-15 km per day... being bitten by mosquitos day and night... it was clear that a swim would be not only refreshing but required. The only downside was that it was pretty cold, the river (partially flowing from an underground river, possibly a cave) was only 9 degrees. The lake was like a hot tub, though, at 14 degrees :-)

Such as wonderful swims, such an incredibly beautiful place to swim at.

I took at least a bath (standing in the river and splashing water on my) or a swim every day, in fact. Since I was short on carrying too many supplies for this 6-day trip, my backpack weighing only 17 kilos with all the equipment, it also offered me a chance to wash my clothes every day, so that day after they might be dry and fresh to be worn again.

We were at Toskaljärvi, far out beyond civilization, it would be a 40km hike here from the nearest road. Although we did take a helicopter ride for our first leg, then hiked 10km to Toskaljärvi.

Here are the coordinates for Toskaljärvi itself: N 69.196475 E 21.442531.

And the river swimming place is at: N 69.199993 E 21.441703. This river unfortunately has no name.

River swimming place. It is shallow though, so you can lie down, or splash yourself...

On the last nights we also enjoyed some shots of Whiskey (Latitude 55) that Duncan had brought. Very nice!

The author, in the mosquito land after the fresh swim:

Last year we visited a nearby lake, Njiellalanjávri. See the swimming article for that.

For more sauna and swimming stories, check out planetswimmer.com and saunablogger.cool websites! And of course the Planetcaver, and Planetskier blogs for other stories in Blogspot and TGR! The photos and text (c) 2024 by Jari Arkko. All rights reserved.