kitzblitz' long and hard ride

Still ready.

After a surprisingly comfortable train trip up sharing a "room" with Magnus and Dag that are also riding Sverigetempot, we're now in Katterjåkk in the very north of Sweden.

Dizzily spectacular arctic scenery between Katterjåkk and Riksgränsen.

Although we ate pretty much the whole 19 hour trip, our stomaches must be stretching and we decided to continue immediately with a huge lunch of raggmunkar in Ebbe's Kök which were awesome. Everybody went to assemble and fiddle with their bikes and I found a short gap to ride past Riksgränsen and to the boarder of Norway where the start will be.

Getting a breath of fresh air.

I watched the 9 am start today and will probably ride to the late one as well, because I'm itching to get away and it's nice to get out on the bike. And exciting to watch the other starts! After all the excited chatter the last day or so it would be nice to meet up with some of these friends again somewhere on the road through Sweden.

The bike and I feel as ready as we can be. All the packing has been done, I've chosen clothes and checked the weather and, well, just feel more and more ready.

The first starters of Sverigetempot 2014 crossing the Norwegian boarder = starting line.

...and climbing the first hill.

Ready to roll. And probably rock.

And, best of all, Per Eric has hacked a homepage on which all riders can easily be followed whenever they report there positions. It's extremely simple and elegant: tracking us during Sverigetempot 

Could be fun to follow!

Now for some more food, a bit of rest, maybe out and enjoy the area a bit and then meet up and try and be friendly with a new group of riders tonight. Because we will probably have to put up with eachother for many, many kilometers...

/Toni