Saturday 30 August 2014

110km 77hrs 49 mins

we made it!
and I'm struggling to find the words to describe it.
Amazing, hard, emotionally mentally physically draining, so I'm just going to put some pictures up, and maybe when the words come I will tell you all about it.
I will say that I am proud of my self, and I have a new sense of what is 'hard'.
Thank you Jane for sharing this journey with me :)

go pro

go pro

go pro

go pro

go pro

go pro - ROCKS!

lingon

keb in the background hiding in the clouds

team good to go











the hardest 10.5 km of my life


too scared to take off the tape




I took the tape off

Friday 1 August 2014

110 km in the arctic circle

Next Friday I will set off on what will be my first big adventure of the year and quite frankly possible the hardest thing I have done in my life so far.
I have entered into the Fjäll Räven Classic.
http://www.fjallraven.com/classic

it is 110km or 11 swedish miles up in the north of Sweden.
I have done this walk before with Sofi when I first moved here, but this time it will be a little different,
I am aiming to complete the walk in 4 days, 
I find myself doing the maths of the walk and it works out that if we walk for 12 hours a day we should make it in time to get our flight home.
I am surprised at my complete lack of fear going into this walk. 
in my mind it seems like a big thing, when you say it out loud it seems like a thing that I should be scared that I cannot complete, instead I am inspired and excited.
in the helicopter from Kebnekaise to Nikkaloukta
I look forward to this challenge, I look forward to being physically exhausted, to finding out if my body can do this or if I am going to have to be helicoptered out.
(on my last trip we caught the helicopter from Kebnekaise Fjäll Station to Nikkaloukta. It was an awesome end to a fantastic trip.)
Right now with the trip 7 days away, I am fidgeting in my chair thinking about what I am about to go through.

It Shouldn't be that hard right, I mean just keep putting one foot in front of the other.
We shall see.
this time next week I may feel very different, but right now in this moment all I can say is Bring it on!
Tjäkta Passet
so stay tuned folks, Ill get back to you in a couple of weeks with news of the trip and photos of how awesome it was.