--- title: "Day 4" summary: Day 4 - Onwards to the Tjätka Pass showTableOfContents: true series: - kungsleden25 series_order: 6 date: 2025-06-25T13:17:00.000Z draft: true heroStyle: background --- ## Morning After a somewhat restless night if sleep I got up at 7 had breakfast and prepared to leave the hut in slightly damp boots at 8. It was when getting finally ready that I noticed I had squished a mouse in my boot. It must have snuck in while the boots were drying in front of the fireplace overnight and then kept a still instead of fleeing when I put the sole back in. Resulting in a very squished mouse after my morning run to the toilet. So I disassembled my boot again cleaned and disinfected boot, sole, sock and foot and waited for it to dry a bit again before starting towards the next hut. ## Starting out I started my descent from Alesjaure quite refreshed and we'll, filled up my water reserves from a stream I came across and started walking. Relatively soon I arrived at a river crossing and - having learned my lesson from yesterday I took off my boots and ## Attrition by snow ## River 2 ## The ascend to Tjiatka