The sky changes color every day.
The landscape changes form and expression.
My feelings during the days follow the same flow as nature.
The colors. The moods. The ups and downs.

Here comes some updates from my expedition:

Day 1
The first six hours of hiking felt like pure joy. The sun was shining, my steps were steady, and I was soaking it all in. But then...my shoulder started acting up. An hour later, I twisted my foot.
A hike that was supposed to take around nine hours ended up taking twelve. I was completely drained when I finally reached the cabin. Overwhelmed, honestly. Moved by the fact that I had made it. Moved by the golden sunset lighting up the sky.
I talked to some lovely hikers from Norway and the Netherlands, pitched my tent, and fell asleep in seconds.

Day 2
I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to walk at all, but decided to give it a try. Slowly, carefully, it worked. I ended up hiking alongside a German girl, and it helped to shift the focus from the pain in my body.
And the nature that day… absolutely wild!!! Like something out of a movie. A scene from Lord of the Rings.

Day 3
Thought it would be a shorter day. Nope. Another twelve hours on my feet. And just when I believed I had arrived...I had 2.5 hours left. Took the wrong cabin 😆
A mental challenge of its own when your body is so done it just wants to collapse.

Day 4
Flat terrain and rain. Not exactly inspiring...but something shifted.
My brain began to slow down. Stopped solving. Stopped planning.
It started to go quiet.
And that felt… wonderful.
I arrived a bit earlier, chatted with a group of German girls in their twenties, pitched my tent on a small hill, cooked dinner, and enjoyed a quiet coffee in the evening mist.

Tomorrow is rest day.
Time to dry things out.
Let the feet breathe.
Before the trail calls again.

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My adventure has begun, with the kajaktrip to the Labyrinth on Stenkär. Me, as a sucker for symbolism and deeper meanings, wanted to start here; one of many theories about these labyrinths that are found all over the Scandinavian coastlines, is that Viking used them as a place of ceremony and prayer for prosperous travel before and after they went on a journey. The origin of this Labyrinth phenomenon comes from ancient greek mythology, where the hero Theseus found his way out of the Labyrinth, after having beaten the Minotaurus, a monster that for nine years was supposed to eat seven boys and seven girls from Athens every year as a punishment from King Minos. But Theseus beat the Minotaurus after the 2nd year. How this became a Viking ceremony, there are several theories but I like the one where it symbolises ’safe journey’. The Island Stenkär was completely empty when I arrived after 3hours of kajaking with both waves and wind from the back (😍), so it was a very intriguing moment to sit quietly at the Labyrinth… As if I was guarded… Found four locals who stay on the island all summer and, as the evasod rule on lonely kajaking, I was offered a meal (fish ofcourse…😊). After I took a sauna and evening dip. Waking up at my camping place was lovely, and after again some meditation time at the Labyrinth I left Stenkär before the weather would turn on me (again backwaves and -wind, could it be that this Labyrinth works??). Anyway, the first stage of my journey is done, even better than I expected! On to the next, Eliasgrottan… ’Feeling young, feeling strong…’ adventureacademynordic
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