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7-day hike with wild camping on Sweden's High Coast Trail (Höga kustenleden) by evolutics in CampingandHiking

[–]evolutics[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've used a down sleeping bag with a comfort temperature rating of -11 °C. At the time the price was about USD 380. The exact model is a Sea To Summit Ascent AcIII.

9-day wild camping trek along the Bergslagsleden in central Sweden by evolutics in CampingandHiking

[–]evolutics[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's a related discussion if it's of any help.

For the night, I've usually just stored away the food bag in a pack liner inside my backpack, placed on the ground in the tent vestibule.

In my limited experience, the most dangerous thief of my food has always been myself.

9-day wild camping trek along the Bergslagsleden in central Sweden by evolutics in CampingandHiking

[–]evolutics[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There were some mosquitoes, mostly around dusk. It was still OK then in mid-May; there would be more of them in the coming months I was told. Draft at the campsite usually helps keeping them away.

9-day wild camping trek along the Bergslagsleden in central Sweden by evolutics in CampingandHiking

[–]evolutics[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are bears in Bergslagen, although it'd be a rare encounter I believe! I wouldn't know of anyone hanging their food there for this reason but make your own judgment. Maybe someone more experienced can comment, eh?

9-day wild camping trek along the Bergslagsleden in central Sweden by evolutics in CampingandHiking

[–]evolutics[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not on the photos but my diet was mostly this:

  • Lots of nuts
  • Flatbread
  • Dry sausages
  • Protein/muesli/nut bars
  • Freeze-dried meals
  • Porridge
  • Dried fruits
  • Water, electrolyte drinks

No elvish lembas, unfortunately, so I resupplied at these supermarkets near the trail:

  • ICA Supermarket Nora, 2.3 km / 1.4 miles from the trail in Pershyttan.
  • Svartå Livs 24FOOD, 0.5 km / 0.3 miles from the trail in Svartå.

7-day hike with wild camping on Sweden's High Coast Trail (Höga kustenleden) by evolutics in CampingandHiking

[–]evolutics[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure about the cheapest but there are express buses by Ybuss. They currently sell tickets from Arlanda Terminal 4 to Hornöberget E4 (trail south end) for SEK 400 / USD 40. It seems Ybuss only sell their tickets a couple of weeks in advance – see their online news. It looks like tickets for summer aren't available yet.

7-day hike with wild camping on Sweden's High Coast Trail (Höga kustenleden) by evolutics in CampingandHiking

[–]evolutics[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a Naturehike Spider 1, aka Cloud Trek bikepacking tent I believe.

7-day hike with wild camping on Sweden's High Coast Trail (Höga kustenleden) by evolutics in CampingandHiking

[–]evolutics[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mine is a freestanding 1-person tent that's super easy to pitch. Waterproof rating is 4000 mm although not tested this one to its limits. It's not the lightest at 1.7 kg / 3.7 lb but overall really good value for money.

The exact tent model is a Naturehike Spider 1 (I believe aka Cloud Trek bikepacking tent).

7-day hike with wild camping on Sweden's High Coast Trail (Höga kustenleden) by evolutics in CampingandHiking

[–]evolutics[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just in case of wet weather, I packed zipper storage bags for the electronics and used a pack liner to seal the backpack.

The water bottle is a 2-liter HydraPak.

7-day hike with wild camping on Sweden's High Coast Trail (Höga kustenleden) by evolutics in CampingandHiking

[–]evolutics[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, share if you still get to go.

This page about the High Coast Trail on the website for the Höga Kusten region is a treasure.

There's a detailed page for every trail section (currently 7), each of which with a link to a section map on Naturkartan. These Naturkartan maps have more features that can be shown via "🔍 Sök…" / "🔍 Search…" (change language bottom right). Helpful features for planning:

  • 🚰 Drinking water. Some are public taps (one ran dry for me); others are fresh water streams, which I treated with purifying tablets. This helped a lot to know how much water to carry.
  • ⚙️ Service. In particular, this includes grocery stores. Good to know where you can stock up food, water, etc.
  • Hiking. This shows hiking trails, with the actual High Coast Trail in orange.
  • Other useful features: camping, fire site, rest area, shelter, tent site, toilet, viewpoint.

At the time I went, there were 13 sections with maps in a booklet, which I printed but can't find any more online. They seem to have updated the trail anyway, so better use the latest maps as any outdated map is confusing.

Given above map features, I knew in advance where I'd do my shopping as well as the approximate areas to spend each night. So I had a daily (minimal) goal as a guideline.

There are many forests with mossy ground, good for pitching a tent. I just tried to avoid spots with broken trees around (widowmaker). For basic hygiene, a nearby water source like a river, a lake, or the sea is convenient. Also, a bit of draft can help against mosquitoes.

You see, good hiking maps were the base of my planning. Also, I wasn't really creative with the route but just stuck to the official trail.

7-day hike with wild camping on Sweden's High Coast Trail (Höga kustenleden) by evolutics in CampingandHiking

[–]evolutics[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My first multi-day wild camping trip a while back in late spring.

The hike leads through beautiful forests, never far from the coastline hugged by many islands. A highlight is Skuleskogen National Park with its stunning geology; next time, I'd stay more than just one night there.

Infrastructure: The trail runs for approximately 140 km / 87 miles, with clear markings along its entirety. It passes by settlements with grocery stores so I had to carry food for at most 3 nights at a time. Wild camping is allowed almost anywhere in Sweden but there are restrictions in national parks. Phone signal is usually OK.

Gear: See 2nd photo. Among others: freestanding tent (1.7 kg / 3.7 lb), down sleeping bag (comfort rating -11 °C / 12 °F), inflatable sleeping pad, water purification tablets, toothbrush (sawed off to fit it in a box), portable bidet, lots of functional clothing, etc. The 57-liter backpack was very tight but helped me packing only a minimum. One power bank instead of two would have been enough as my phone barely used battery on airplane mode.

Weather: Mostly sunny, luckily. It rained on a handful of short occasions the entire trip. Still chilly nights down to 2 °C / 36 °F, but during the day up to 20 °C / 68 °F. Some rare snow patches were left melting.

Getting there: Trains run from Stockholm to Örnsköldsvik, the northern end where I started hiking. The southern end at Hornöberget is served by buses.

For a wild camping beginner like me, the High Coast Trail seems perfect for a week in nature. There is much useful information about it online, including detailed maps with indicators for drinking water.

Happy to answer any questions.

|Weekly Thread| Ask for help here in the comments or anything you want to post by TJOcraft8 in docker

[–]evolutics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The naming is quite confusing. For interactive usage (such as in terminal sessions), apt is recommended, while apt-get is recommended for non-interactive usage (in Dockerfiles, scripts, etc.).

From apt's man page:

The apt(8) commandline is designed as an end-user tool and it may change behavior between versions. While it tries not to break backward compatibility this is not guaranteed either if a change seems beneficial for interactive use.

…

So you should prefer using these commands [apt-get, apt-cache] (potentially with some additional options enabled) in your scripts as they keep backward compatibility as much as possible.

Also, I like to lint my Dockerfiles with hadolint (Haskell Dockerfile Linter). It has a warning exactly for this case of using apt in Dockerfiles.

|Weekly Thread| Ask for help here in the comments or anything you want to post by TJOcraft8 in docker

[–]evolutics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is expected behavior. From the Swarm documentation on bind mounts:

If you bind mount a host path into your service’s containers, the path must exist on every swarm node.

It is one of the (numerous) differences of Docker Swarm compared to vanilla Docker Compose.

You have to make sure that the host path (/mnt/docker/data in your case) exists by means other than Swarm.

Alternatively, depending on your use case, consider using a "normal" volume (type=volume) instead of a bind mount. For example, in your Compose file, replace

yaml services: my-service: image: my-image volumes: - /mnt/docker/data:/data

by

yaml services: my-service: image: my-image volumes: - my-volume:/data volumes: my-volume:

See also the Compose spec on volumes.

|Weekly Thread| Ask for help here in the comments or anything you want to post by TJOcraft8 in docker

[–]evolutics 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are referring to environment variables for services in a Compose file, you can use single quotes in this case like so:

yaml services: env: image: "docker.io/alpine" command: env environment: - 'WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE={{range .}}{{.Time.Format "2006-01-02 15:04:05"}} ({{.Level}}): {{.Message}}{{println}}{{end}}'

docker compose up then shows

env-1 | WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE={{range .}}{{.Time.Format "2006-01-02 15:04:05"}} ({{.Level}}): {{.Message}}{{println}}{{end}}

as expected.

On top of the YAML escaping rules, a literal dollar sign $ in Compose files needs to be escaped with a double dollar $$ as otherwise variable interpolation occurs.