Hello. Did not get eaten by bears.

I made the 35km hike on day 1. The terrain was about 1/5 dirt road, 3/5 hard wilderness and 1/5 "F**k my life". Was on-time to make it in 9 hours till about the 25km mark when the terrain turned rather interesting. For example, there's is now a hill out there that I will forever know as Mt. D**kmore. It's in the last 7km of the trail, in very rought wilderness, and its about 75-80 degree climb of maybe 30-40m of cliff using natural crevices and tree roots. Normal in Finland as we make certain assumptions about the skills of hikers and safety measures like handrails and steps are for wimps but it was a bit dicey climb seeing as I had done 25+km at breakneck speed with a 20kg pack, 3kg chestrig and about 1kg of assorted crap in my pockets. It was a nice view and all, but having the main trail go through there without a warning of what lies ahead was kind of a d**k move on the planners part. Thus it earned its name. I arrived at my destination about 1.5 hours behind my projected schedule, exhausted but coherent and functional and setting up camp was no problem.
Day 2 I took pictures. Unfortunately I also climbed the tallest hill around for the job and while I got good pictures I made a misjudgement in choosing my path down. It was rough, steep and not meant to someone carrying a full pack and it twisted my legs a couple of times in ways they are not meant to twist. The result was that within an hour my right knee had developed an inflamed tendon that felt like a hot needle every time I went down hill. I had to shorten my photography session and as the leg didn't get any better after hours of rest I decided to cancel repeat 35km hike back the next day and call for a pickup.
The inflammation is almost gone now (hooray for sauna and modern medicinal ointments). Going to let it (and the rest of my overtaxed legs) rest for the weekend.
Pictures here:
http://s842.photobuc...5?sort=3&page=1A sample. Welcome to the heartlands: