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I sometimes wonder what the hell I'm doing here in Finland, but then I have these deep experiences. Most of the time I roam the city but just the possibility of being able to go out in the forest and being in nature makes up for all the hardship.

No pics but let me sum up how cool it was. ...last nights stay in the forest. Snow, silence, aloneness, birds, fog, fire, food, coldness, warmth, darkness, light, candlelight, rain[!], a phone-call with a girl in one of the most crowded place on earth [Manhattan NYC; note the contrast], chopping firewood, waking up "what the f*#k was that noise?!", dealing with fears, a snow-cover pine-top, a cliff looming up through the mist, snow on top of a snack turned into a snowball, ...

Even being alone in the forest I realized how dependent we humans are on each other. The ground is still cover with a thick layer of snow, impossible to get through without snowshoes. But a few weeks ago two women walked along the track with snowshoes, which they wrote in the guest-book of the shelter, and made the snow on the track just hard enough for me to walk there.

I followed some other people's track which let me to a small lake. When I crossed it I found myself totally surrounded by white light. Snow beneath my feet and fog all around. That was such a beautiful experience. I wasn't really sure if the ice would hold which made it even more intense. Surrender...


ありがとうございました
Arigatou gozaimashita