Many days/night spend in a tent on a glacier, cold and snowy just waiting for better weather for fast climb to a peak, often even with a light AMS and just dried food. Do you recognize the feeling?:-). So why just try to go away from the extreme for a while…

Today’s blog will be about tenting, and how to go from to feel reluctance to perhaps even long for it. But first as l ways say -this is my thought and suggestions, you don’t need to do it. In the mountains we can stay in mountain station/lodges or in cabins/huts or we can tent. All different types got there advantage as well as drawback. To be honest the cabin/hut is really  nice, you got the comfort and you still very close to the environment. But ok, why tenting then? For the first, now you will be in the environment. You probably will follow the natures pulse, and live with the light. So ok, now we got a good reason so now what? Let’s try to see how we can get it comfortable. I will not lift up the choice of tent that you can read all about int the blog of 21th December 2023. But first of all will be to choose a good sleeping pad. Now it is time so spend some money. Choosing the right sleeping pad will be one of the most crucial thing for comfort in the tent. Here we got a system to help us out the R-Value. The higher value = warmer pad. R-value 2-3,9 (cool conditions) 4-5,4 (cold conditions) 5,5+ (extreme). So choose a good sleeping pad, spring/summer/autumn I use a air pad and winter time I supplement with a closed cell foam pad. If you slide on the pad, use a couple of rubber fix strings on the top of the pad. Now you choose a good sleeping bag, and we’ve come a long way with the basics. A small thing, but not to forget will be a pillow. Now we have got a real good start for sleeping good with comfort. Now we will add some cozy things. Boil water and pour it in a bottle and you can put it into the sleeping bag. But before you go into the sleeping bag, make sure you 1. Do some exercise a couple of push-ups or burpees. 2. Pee. 3. Put some nice candy or snacks you really like, never go to sleep with empty stomach. 4. Check your feet. 5. Put the breakfast easy to get so you can grab it when you wake, and fill up the thermos. Now the breakfast will be easy to fix. Now it is just to slip down into your sleeping bag, but first a biscuit with a nice good cheese, now it is cozy…  I also bring a Primus lantern for nice and cozy heat and light. In the morning I can use for get rid of the condensation, a Wettex towel is also very good to have for that reason. Another thing that can be used for more comfortable can be a “bear-seat”. Now you get a nice place to sit, and a good support for your back. Enjoy and sleep well…

When it comes to the review I can inform you that the Silva Strive mountain pack 17+3L is fantastic for trail/sky running. The volume give you a lot of opportunities for packing, and no worries all will get in place. This will be a NNNNN the reason: Price-Volume and the fit. A thought trough design make this to my first choice of running back pack so far…

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I’m living a two world life. One with a 100% normal work at the office and one with a lot of the rest of time in the outdoor. From my point of view I think it is the perfect life, the very best out of two worlds. The outdoor activity  can then remain a hobby and not just a job, meaning it will give a lot of energy instead of take. The last weekend it was a tour toward Jämtlands fjällen and the Enafors/Storulvån area. With a peak tour towards Getryggen at Friday, Storsnasen Saturday and Västerfjället in Bydalen on  Sunday. The tour towards Getryggen was fantastic, almost no others on the mountain, and with the sun sparkling in the eyes. The tremendous view of the landscape of Jämtland  spread out in the front of our eyes…The peak of Storsnasen would prove to become a challenge. The reason therefore was both the wing and the snow. The rotten snow become hard to walk on, an d close to the peak the gusts of wind was closed to 30m/s. The peak of Västerfjällen was a really nice trip and all was satisficed when we summing up the weekend. Worth mention is also the stay at Enaforsholm Mountain lodge, it is incomparable one of the best stay in the Swedish mountains..

The trail running season is upcoming, and there will be a couple of tours the summer. I will test some trail products and first out will be a pair of shoes, the Inov-8 trail talon, a shoe that looks and feel nice. With a good grip and also a bit more build up for the feet then normally of a trail shoe it will become interesting to review. Silva has always come up with some nice gear and now I will review a back pack.  Running in the mountains means you need to bring some stuff, so you really need some space for gear. The Silva strive mountain pack 17+3L looks perfect due to size. You can bring some clothes to change with and also a sleeping bag etc. This will become interesting to see how it will feels on the back. So now you got some feedback for gear to look out for…

The next upcoming planned tour….

Rimstigen – Aurland (youtube.com)

Capleton – Dubplate – Little Lion Sound – Rockstone / Raggy Road (youtube.com)

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 Our life consists of a variety of things that we do habitually. In a study, it was concluded that everyone in a test group wanted to exercise more and feel better, but only 25% out of them made the change. The other wanted to do it as well, but did not. How is it that? The reason is that we have a hard time seeing the little things and behaviors that we do in a day. We need to take time to think to reflect.

Our brain is a bit like a cloudy bottle, and we want and are trained to make quick decisions, that result in short term happiness. If the bottle is allowed to stand for a while, the contents will stay clear. It’s the same with our brain. We need to take the time to sit still for 30-60 minutes and ”just” without noise, and think…So it’s just as easy to break a good habit as it is to create a bad one. Lets do a thought experiment -afterword’s a workout session, have you ever regret it? Regretted that you decided to work out? Now we come to the conclusion that we can build god habits, but it is more difficult than bad ones -why?

Because we need 1. Motivation and we also need 2. Discipline. And when it comes to this two there will be a divide. You will not always have the motivation – let’s take the workout session as example again, if you not are motivated -it can result in that you don’t do it. But when you got the self-discipline you will be doing it anyway…

The interesting thing if using the self-discipline you will be rewarded immediately. How you may ask -because you do what you have set to do. And a fact that we can recognize is that everything is hard until it gets easy. So if you keep doing tough and challenging tasks it will become easier. Overcoming obstacle also will give you some good advantage. When we do hard work or hard and tough exercise your brain will release endorphins, this will make you happy to practice self-discipline, to take control of yourself and do the right thing. You will feel good in the moment, and the effect in the future can be tremendously.

Now I might get you hooked on the way of live with self-discipline. But why it is so hard to get it? I think it is because you don’t have seen the good result, and that makes it difficult. So here is a plan for starting the way forward, first of all; create a habit takes 21 days, so for changing your life to something better something different all you need will be: yea the self-discipline. Well, its sounds easy so how to? Here I will give some help on the way forward, but why don’t start with the 30-60 minutes of just quite still thinking. This might sort out just your way ahead. Always remember your mind steer your body, so it all starts with your mind. Always do a day plan, when you have the habit of planning your day, you will for sure achieve your wishes for your life.  Distinguish between what you want to do and what you need/should do, Do the hard, tedious tasks first…

Myles Smith – Solo (Lyrics) (youtube.com)

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