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Eduardo Medina såg en utter för första gången och lyckades filma den. Eduardo såguttern 300 meter norrut Västmanlands mittpunkt i måndags 2015-08-03.

autumn 2014 activities report

Hi
During the last two months we have had an active club with 5 events.
72 people from almost 14 countries joined us and celebrated the beautiful autumn in Sweden.
We were on Mälaren in kayaks and Canoes twice,

on the ropes and zipline (Björnö höghödsbana) once,

went around Björnö

and picked mushrroms and learned about them in the woods around Erikslund.

On Friday we will do our last planned activity for this season which is the 25 km walk from Skultuna Church back to Västerås on a trekking path called Bruksleden.
Thank you all for your smiles, good moods and participation.
See you soon for winder and spring activities.
Cheers
MDH Hiking Club

New Start in 2014

Hi all,
It feels like the requirements for a new start of th eHiking Club are in place.
We have already four events posted on our FaceBook group and tomorrow in Kåren during the mingel dinner, we will be informing about hiking club, its history, its equipments and the coming plans.
Welcome to join us.
Best Regards
MDH Hiking Club (Constance, Shahab and Mahgol)

Hunting in Sweden

Hi dear nature lovers!
Today by chance I met a friend of a friend who is a hunter!
I asked him if he can give us a half day introduction about hunting in Sweden.
just wanted to know how many of you are intrested. He did not promis any thing but if you guys are intrested then I will try to find some other resources to get such an event going.
Please let us know what you think.
Mahgol
MDH Hiking Club

Rookie Hike 2013-02-02

Hi everybody! Old and new Members!

Happy New Semester!

On Saturday the 2nd we will go to Björnö, an island near Västerås. There we will go for a walk, ice skate and go sledging. We will have a small bbq as well -Yes we BBQ in winter too!- before taking shelter at the café there.
The aim of this activity will be to present you the Hiking Club and how you can get involve, at the same time we will show you that weather is not a hinder to enjoy the outdoor life in Sweden! And of course it is an opportunity to meet others!

How to get there?
It is possible to walk there or bike but then you should leave quite early.
Bus number 15 in the direction of 'öster mälarstrand' goes there. you should get out at 'stadsträdgården' From there it is a short walk to Björnö.
Here is the timetable:
http://vl.se/Global/Lanstrafiken/Vastmanland/Dokument/Vintertidtabell%202012_2013/15.2.pdf
We will meet at 10:20 at the train station so you can get your bus ticket. (you're more than welcome to buy it before)

What to bring?
WARM clothes! If you got ski pants and jackets, that's great!
Think like an onion! Put layers on!
Don't forget your hat and gloves. And warm socks!!
Bring a snack and water.
Bring a pair of ice skates!
You can buy cheap ones at the 2nd hand shops in town like myrorna! They cost around 75 crowns.
It is possible to rent some at Team Sportia. They are located in Igor, the shopping center on Vasagatan.

What NOT to bring?
We will take care of the BBQ. So you don't need to bring anything. :) Please send me a pm if you are vegetarian or don't eat pork so I get an idea of how much food I'll need to buy.
We will bring the sledges as well.

Alla helgons dag (All Saints Day) Saturday Nov 3

Hi all
This is not something which you want to miss!
On Saturday evening there willbe at least one cancle or somekind of light on almost all graves in Sweden. Amazing view in the grave yards.
I think we start our trip from school (point A). walk to the church near (point B) then we walk back to the city go by the grave yard near school and river and then finish our trip in the grave yard near point C.
It says 8 km but count on 10 km. 3 hours. because we would stay in each and every point to OBSERVE and take pictures.
We can start at 15:00 to make sure we get the chance to see the moon which is appear 71% on Saturday and see the lights in the dark.
warm clothes and good humor and some snacks. Candles if you want to contribute would be very proper.
Please read about ot ask about the traditions in Sweden how to act in a grave yard so that we do not do anything insulting. There will be a lot of local people in each grave yard.
looking forward to see you.
MDH Hking CLUB (Mahgol)

Detective administrative fun work

We want a list of all our activities from 2007 till now with date and route; with the name of people who have taken part in it and their nationalities. If there is a group picture from the activity it should also be attached.

(there is a good example of it in our blogspot which is called "history")

This will be a work you do once and you keep doing till you leave Sweden. so you should continue recording the upcoming activities as well.

And this work will not be for free. It does not mean you get paid in cash but somehow we will show you our appriciation.

And this appriciation will be discussed from the begining so that you don't get too suprized or disappointed at the end!

Apply for the work by sending a comment to this post with your telephone number and I will get back to you.


BR
Mahgol

(Of course you can be a group of people who like to do it together)

report and announcement

Hi,
I am also starting to be a Facebook person which I don't like!
I forgot to update our blog though we had an event published on our Facebook group.
We went Canoeing last week. I could not go but those who went say that they enjoyed it.
This week we'll walk from Skultuna church to Västerås on Bruksleden.
Saturday 2012-10-06
We take the bus 46 at 9:10 from Central Station in Västerås and expect  the trip tp be around 20 kms and takes at least 6 hours.
it will be wet on the way and there is a risk that we get lost for a while since there were so few marks last time we checked the trek.
Don't forget your good humor, snack, food and water.
Welcome to join.
Call us if there were any questions.

Mushroom Picking Rule (by Roine)

This nice guys sometimes grows together with…

DELICIOUS !

Trattkantarell Cantharéllus tubaeformis

…this poisonous guys

DEADLY !

Toppig Giftspindling Cortinárius rubéllus
If you eat this guy you will not have any symptoms (intense thirst, tiredness, pain in the kidneys, first increasing urine production – then decreasing) until about one or two weeks later! And then it´s probably to late for treatment. The poison orellanin have destroyed cells in your kidneys. You may trick the death by dialysis for the rest of your life. Or by a kidney transplantation.

So!

Look at EVERY mushroom you pick. Are you not 100% sure what it is?... Leave it!

Rule: Do NOT pick Brown mushrooms with Brown lamellae (skivor)!

Roine Andersson / Naturskyddsföreningen Västerås
www.naturskyddsforeningen.se/kretsar-lan/vastmanland/vastmanlands-lansforbund

With Special Thanks to Roine Andersson

Trattkantarell

Cantharéllus tubaeformis

“Funnelkantarell”. From latin cantharum, cup and tubaeformis, “like a trumpet”.
Also called “chicken leg mushroom” in English.
Västmanlands landskapssvamp!
The mushroom of the province Västmanland!

SOUP! Trattkantarellsoppa! (for about 4 persons)
1 liter with fresh ”trattisar”
1 onion
butter
3 table spoons wheat-flour
1,2 liter water
2 stock cubes (buljongtärningar)
2 dl créme fraiche
1 table spoon tomato purée
salt
pepper
1 table spoon pressed lemon (citron)
chive (finskuren gräslök). Only if you have.

TO DO
-Chop the” trattisar” in “lagom” big pieces.
-Fry them in butter, with the onion, for 10 minutes in a pot with place for the soup.
-Wheat-flour over it and a little water (1-2 dl) and stir to a smouth consistency.
-The rest of water in, together with the stock cubes.
-Boil softly for 20 minutes.
-Beat the crème fraiche and purée into the soup.
-Fullfill the taste with salt and pepper. And lemon (or Madeira if you can)
-Sprinkle, sprinkle little chive (perhaps) and…
Voilá!
Yum yum

Based on the original recipe in “the best cookery-book”... Nya Annas mat by Anna Bergström

With huge thanks to MDH Hiking Club Members

for a wonderful perambulation in a Swedish rainforest 22 Sept 2012.


Roine Andersson / Naturskyddsföreningen Västerås

www.naturskyddsforeningen.se/kretsar-lan/vastmanland/vastmanlands-lansforbund

final info about 2012-Sep-22 (Mushroom, Apple, Hallstahammar)

Hi Happy People!


Here comes the final information about our complex event tomorrow!

1- Those four lucky people go to Kåren at 9:30 and meet Roine there. His number is: 073 039 67 97

He waits for you guys there. Please send him a text or call him if you don't want to go or will be late or you simply cannot find him.

You guys drive to Hallstahammar and meet us there. (either at the bus terminal to walk with us to the garden or you drive directly there and wait for us at the farm. You can decide about that with Roine)

2- The other group including the poor organizers, come to main station in Västerås before 9:15 and buy our tickets from the office in the station building or the SJ machines that are available also in the station building. I don't think we can buy our tickets on the bus and I am not sure about it but let's do not risk our trip. You can also go to the page: www.sj.se and buy your ticket online then you don't need to come sooner but latest 9:29 so that you get on the bus at least! It is recommended that we buy our return tickets at the same time so that we don't need to worry about it on the way back. There is normally a discount for students or young people. Ask for it before you pay.

3- it is around 3 km walk from bus station in Hallstahammar to the Apple Garden. There we will meet Jackie who is one of the oldest Club members and he will guide us to the garden.

4- It is going to be rainy (90%), good shoes, good clothes is highly recommended! Welcome to Sweden!

5- We take the bus at 16:00 back towards Västerås which will also be a 30 minute trip.

6- Have you got your own car? feel free to drive to Hallstahammar yourself. You can absolutely use Roine as a road guide and drive after him at 9:30. It will not harm to take some other people in the car with you! ;)

7- Do you want to buy Mushroom soup and homemade bread or ecological fruit? Bring cash otherwise bring your own snack and food.

8- And at last but not least a small reminder as mentioned in the introduction meeting: We do our best and we do it because we want to and not because we have to! Do not expect too much. The budget for the whole year for the hiking club is 3000 SEk and we rather use it for material which will stay in the club so that more people will use. Neither of us gets paid so please lower your expectations.

Ecological apple farming and mushroom picking

On Saturday 2012-09-22 we will be visiting an ecological Apple Farm in Hallstahammar.

They have open house as it is called in Swedish. We will be guided through the gardens and we can ask questions about ecological agriculture and buy fresh apples (bring cash with yourselves).

You may want to read more about the project in the following link:

http://www.biodynamiskaprodukter.se/

After that, we will be heading in forest (around Hallstahammar) and Roine who is intrested in Mushrooms and mushroom picking will be with us, explaining which kinds of mushrooms are edible, where can you find them and how should you pick them and maybe some good recepies. ;)

Hiking Club will provide you with some mushroom knives and some paper bags to put the mushrooms you pick in it. Feel free ofcourse to bring your own bags (not plastic ones) and knives.

The plan is to meet infront of the Kåren at 9:30 and be back in Västerås latest 16:00 to be able to participate in the Västerås Culture Night (http://www.vasteraskulturnatt.se/).

We need to drive to Hallstahammar which is 20 minutes from Västerås. Right now we have two cars and 4 places are already occupied. Please let us know if you are definately coming so that we keep a place for you.

Booking can happen by sending a message including your name to the number: 070 74 17 386.

If we receive more than 6 more registrations we will be asking kåren for their car or might ask students with car to drive us there and get paid for their fuel.

We have made arrangements so that they have the presentations in English for us both in the apple garden and for the mushrooms.

Bring some snack, water and something to grill with yourselves for lunch. Desposable Grills will be provided by the club.

We got informed taht at the ecological garden they will be selling soups and home baked bread. Lets bring some cash and buy our lunch there. It will be a kind of support to them also.

Picture from Milo's Janus Outlook

Rocklunda 20120915 (21 Km)

Hi to you all who came and did not come!
It was a fun day. Starting with a walk in the area of Rocklunda. Picking up some mushrooms, some berries and meeting some nice, happy Swedes.
Then we had BBQ at the back yard of Kåren and enjoyed the sun which was so warm that some of us tried Swiming in the big lake which is called Mälaren.
Thank you all for the great day.

MDH Hking Club Intro 2012

Hello guys!


Happy New study year! 2012-2013 :)

Those of you who are interested in Camping, Hiking, Trekking, Canoeing and ice skating, book next Wednesday (2012-09-12) on your calendars.

We meet at 1730 in Kåren outside the Pub and talk abou the oncoming activities.

Please don't forget your good humor, ideas and questions.

Best Regards

MDH Hiking Club

Report on HT2011 so far

Ok I should say Hi!

And then I wanted to say that so far this semester has been a good semester with this exception taht we have not been on Bruksleden yet and there is a reason behind it!

Shahab and I went for a hike between Skultuna and Västerås the week before the semester starts and it turned out like this:

There were no good signs available for they had cut the trees with the signs and there was water all around and though it was in August we got wet in our feet and got lost and decided to walk back to Västerås on a big road beside all the transportation cars in Asphalt which was not pleasant at all.

But what we did was learning the new comers some routs that they can make daily shorts trips on them by their own in case we can not make any plans and as a result we had one trip to Björno, one trip to Lövuden, one to Skerike and one to Rocklunda. All the trips were between 15 to 20 Kms.

I had been trying to get some one from Västerås city who is responsible for the hiking trek and my attempts resulted in the emails which I put in a separate page like the history thingy that we have.

But what the lady says is that they are still working on it and it might take some time before they can say the trek is in a good shape.

But I promise to find some other fun routs and at least one overnighting trip!

I will be back with more good news

Mahgol

Hiking to Björnö September 10th

Length of the trip: 18 km

From 8 am to 3 pm

Lets start our trip from the main entrance of MDH.
We walk on the orange dotted rout towards the Bear Island (Björnö) and on the way we would make a stop to do shopping for the BBQ at Lidl. It takes us two hours to reach the island. As we get there we make a short pause and walk the 10 km loop during which we will have our lunch. First I wanted to walk the whole group back to the city but many people said it is too much and I decided to catch the bus which goes at 14:45 and will be back in the city center at 15:03.
Comfortable shoes, good humor and happy faces are obligatory.
check the weather and if you thought you might need your jacket take it with you.
Any questions? call me 070 74 17 386 or send an email to mdhhikingclub@gmail.com
See you there
Mahgol

p.s. don't forget to be prepared for your bus ticket from Björnö to the central station. it costs 22 SEK if you pay by card but you can buy it cheaper in the press shops and the main station. The bus in Västerås and most other cities in Sweden is cash free.

Report of the Kebnekaise by Boyan Sheytanov

                                              It starts with an awfully long train trip. The train is 2 hours late, but SJ have buses prepared for everyone. Nikkaluokta greets a full bus of over 40 people with sun and clear sky. Autumn colors are already prevailing - yellow, orange, red, occasional green. The winding trail offers beautiful views of hills showing above the birch trees. The still waters of lakes small and big mirror everything to make it twice as colorful. People pass by me and I pass by others. We walk together with some for a while, and then with others. A stop at LapDänalds, where a lot of people take the boat to save 1 hour of walking. I decide to save 250 SEK. After 5 hours in a steady pace, I am at the mountain station. Time for dinner and shortly after that - bed, as a long day awaits.  5 in the morning and I am up. Quick preparation of the backpack and we're off at 5:30 - a group of about 20 Swedes and 1 Bulgarian. The first sunlight shines over the hills. Higher peaks are still in clouds, shy to show themselves to us. The trail starts flat and it's breakfast time right before the steep slopes begin. As we make our way up, clouds scatter and we get a really wonderful view of Duolbagorni. The trail turns into a path across stones and creeks. An occasional mist engulfs what's ahead, but after that sun prevails again. The best weather we can get here, the Swedes explain. Up and down across boulders and pebbles, here we are at the wind shelter below the top. It's lunch time, and soon we are off for the south peak. At this height, it's clouds and wind. Suddenly, a snow pile appears right in front of us - the south peak. A steep climb, but we're there. There's really not enough room for everyone up there and the wind is strong enough that after a photo or two, you are back down on the rocks. The way down is kind of tedious - stone after stone, you make your careful steps. Weather is going worse and no sun shines through the clouds. At 17:30 we are back at the station. There's nothing better than a beer in a sauna after such a long walk.  The next day the weather is bad (clouds and rain), but I decide to go to Tarfalastugan, as it would be rather boring to spend the whole day in the station. It starts well down the valley of the river, but as the trail goes higher and into the clouds, you can barely see everything. There's no one around but the rocks and they tend to look really creepy in fog. Twice I get back to check if I am on the right way, with the help of the map. Two Swedes accompany me for a while, but afraid of getting lost, head back to the mountain station. Almost on the verge of getting back, the buildings of the hut appear as a mirage in front of me. It's warm inside, but after a chat with the hut warden I need to head back. Wind is blowing against me, making me all wet. I get a faster pace and not long after I'm back down in the valley, where it's drier and not so depressing. Back in the hut, there's nothing better that a sauna with a beer after such a wet walk.  Like it or not, it's time to get back to Nikkaluokta. With a slow pace and a lot of stops for photos, I walk down the trail, stopping for a reindeer hamburger. It's cloudy, but the rain waited for me to reach Nikkaluokta before pouring itself over. It's time for another long train trip. Overwhelmed with everything I've seen, I fall asleep, dreaming of stones and creeks, valleys and peaks, birches and lakes, and a white reindeer.

If you want to see some pictures from my trip you are welcome to simply click on the link bellow:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.111785412259075.14227.100002828507977&l=54a36a1405&type=1

Report of the last semester and the summer

Dear new and old friends!

it looks like it has been a long while since we updated the hiking club's blog. We can simply accuse Facebook for this as well! :)

All the recent activities are recorded on the facebook group.

I think I should start from the bouldering on 19th September 2010:

It was a climbing event which Mansour had planned. There were a couple of climbers who showed up but because of the bad luck it had been raining and the rocks were slippery so it was impossible to climb and do any kind of bouldering.

The next event was the trip to Norway 24 to 26 September 2010:

We were 8 people and two cars. The MDH Hiking Club supported us with cooking stove, car expenses and tents and sleeping bags. It was such a nice trip with super nice company.

We were a multinational group as always:

Nick from USA, Pawel from Czech Republic, Walter from USA, Mahgol from Iran, Jackie from Sweden, Arno from Germany, Bruno from Croatia and Constance from France. We made it to Lysefjord, Ljerag and trolltunga. Mahgol and Constance got some problem with their ankles and knee and could not follow to the the rest of the trip rather than trolltunga. (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161069003905616)

The next trip was a 14 km hiking to Hallstahammar on November 7th:

They were just three people, Constance, Peter and Koen.

They said that it was so cold and tough. But our heroes did it!

In that time of the year, it is a lot of snow and the sun sets at around 3 PM but they made it.

(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130435080345715)

Then our hiking club faced a long depression period because of many reasons but on

Maj 13th 2011 we got contacted by svartådalen organization which takes care of a hiking trail close to västerås and we decided to help them as we did in year 2010.

We were a group of 5 people: Shahab Fekri, Mahgol Amin, Hossein Nourozian, Neda Kazemie and Eric Söderberg who drove up to the trail and marked it and cut some extra branches and got some lessons about Swedish forest.

(http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=204499576251537)

And then when it became warmer it was time for a more serious trip and we decided to go to Kebnekaise which is Sweden's highest peak. 9th to 16th of August 2011 was the set date and we were a group of 4 people. Shahab, Mahgol, Melika and Björn. We partly took the train and partly plain and got ourselves to the Kebnekaise fjälstation and made day trips in the Kebnekaise area.

Now you can say that the blog is updated.

The next post which will come very soon will be mostly about the upcoming events for the Autumn semester 2011-2012

Until then stay happy and blessed.

Cheers

MDH Hiking Club

Friday May 13th

We will go to renew the marks on the hiking path near Västerås.

If you are interested call me to make arrangements about the tools and the car which should pick you up.

Any further information can also be obtained by simply calling 070 74 17 386, Mahgol

I have a Comviq kompis so it does not cost much

report on the 37th trip by Walter Abbott

Saturday September 11 marked the first excursion of the hiking club. A group of 11 brave souls set off on a trek that they will surely all remember for a very long time.

We headed north along the bike path that is right by the school, headed past ABB stadium and then again continue

d our northward progress. Our hike lead us through a very neat little Colonyplot and we got to see many beautiful sights that are

hidden in the remote swedish country side. The Hike lasted from about 10am to 6pm and we covered a distance of approximately 23km. Rain was forecast for the whole day, but we got very lucky and it only rained just a little mist for a while. After a long day of lively conversation and lovely scenery we finished our journey at a church, where we caught a bus back to Vasteras. The journey was a great success and the next trip will be one that you certainly don't want to miss.