Lapland clave 2004

Oh joys of being an organiser with over enthusiatic participants - he says
for having tried himself!

Flexible for dates when the group decides. However will need to understand
when the helo flies in and out, even if there are two rotations. Taking more
than 6 working days holidays will be hard.
Another option that has always appealed to me would be to paddle back by
canoe in that case to Adolfstrom. Sorry Roger if I am throwing another
spanner in the works: do not know whether feasible with rapids, duration and
logistics with canoes but the thought crossed my mind. Please let me have
your thoughts. Anyone else interested?
I would had that I do not want to see a helo rotation for a group collapse
because of my fancy idea. I am prepared to contribute for a return flight as
required.

All fun, he?
Regards
Jerome
Roger Ohlund wrote in message
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"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