"riverman" wrote in message
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"Jarmo Hurri" wrote in message
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I'm in, yes indeed.

Seeing all the follow-ups with speculations about the exact timetable
of the clave made me a bit unsure of whether the date is already
fixed. Is the main event August 2-10 for sure?

The reason I'm asking this is that the beginning of August is
typically also the time when our group is fishing for salmon in
northern Finland and Norway. They might be flexible, though, so I will
let me know my timetable once it's fixed. (The clave has the highest
priority for me.)



Hmmm, since my schedule seems to be a pivotal point to this entire clave
(too cool, thanks guys), maybe there's a way to get several things
accomplished here. Jarmo; when are the dates of your salmon trip, and are
you available to do both? I would be very amenable to proposing having the
Lapland Clave earlier (like the last week in July) so that you and Vaughan
could come along, if I could join up with you on the Salmon trip clave...
Would something like having the Lapp clave on July 26-Aug 1, then driving
north together for the Salmon trip work? I'd be way into doing both, if it
worked out.

--riverman


You guys.......

There's one more issue here. The cabin, as most of the Saami cabins in the
mountain area, is not normally available to rent.
It took quite a lot of persuasion and no small amount of work in locating
the owners and getting them to agree to rent it to me. Fred was mighty
surprised at the fact that I did get to rent it.
The Swedish government does not allow anyone but the original inhabitants of
this area, the Saami, to build anything within the area.
This means that cabins like this one is normally impossible to get a hold
of.
Also, while the last week in July would mean even brighter summer nights,
the fishing is normally better in August. As you could see last year the
fishing got better and better during our stay. That high up in the mountain
it isn't normally as warm water as what you experienced last year and as
such that won't affect fishing all that much.
If possible, try to stick to these dates. Although I myself will probably be
staying longer in order to fish with the late arriving Vaughan.
We have to arrange for the dates when you want to be picked up by the
helicopter. It will possibly take us three and three or four and four
depending on how many we will be. So if three of us want to get home a day
or two early we have to tell the pilot about this before flying out. The
mobile phone coverage is under all criticism in this area, but once in a
while you can climb a mountain and send an SMS message.

/Roger