Hiking Sweden EP 3: Hässleholm and Finjasjön

In the northern part of Skåne lies the small city of Hässleholm. To its south is Finjasjön, a large lake that is popular to walk around. On this 2-day, 26km hike I travelled south from Hässleholm along the skåneleden to Björkviken, Göingaåsen and Hovdala.
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[@griechland]

Nice video! I live in Hässleholm and hike a lot in this area. The structure you found at 5:00 is an old cold-war nuclear bunker carved out straight into the bedrock.

[@redarrow3722]

Nice!

[@Flummish777]

Comfy video

[@petras8385]

wow nice view at the camp site!

[@paulthehiker2445]

Yeah, it was really spectacular to be able to look out so far :)

[@leifandersson8754]

Thanks for great videos. Would be interesting to know what kind of gear and stuff that you bring with you and think are required for let’s say a three day hike on Skåneleden?

[@paulthehiker2445]

Hey, thanks for the reply! Here's a list of what I usually take for that long. There's really not a difference in kit between 1 day and 5 days (except food). After about 5 days you need to start thinking about a second set of clothes:, and that probably also means a bigger pack.
- Osprey Talon 33L pack
- Bofus Duos tent + Seat to Summit tent stakes
- Black Diamond Trail Ergo trekking poles
- Breheimen Down sleeping bag

[@leifandersson8754]

Thanks for the list. Impressive to be able to use only a 33 L backpack. Feel that I would need something between a 48-58 L backpack for my gear and the additional stuff required.

[@paulthehiker2445]

You do have to compress everything a lot, and use all three outside pockets. I've not used the 33L bag with the thermalite mattress. That's quite big, so it might be a struggle. You do save with the tent though as it only weighs about 0.5kg and uses the trekking poles as tent poles, so no need to take tent poles.

[@leifandersson8754]

But if I am not mistaken you used a different tent and backpack in this video. Looked like MSR Elixir 2 which I also got.

[@paulthehiker2445]

@@leifandersson8754 The backpack in this one is the Talon, but you're right that the tent is an MSR Elixir 2. I switched to the Duos on the next trip, if i remember correctly. There are some pics of it here: facebook.com/PhyrefliHiker/posts/149785903390606 As the Duos is about 2.4kg lighter in total, it makes it much easier to carry ;)