I came home from Nepal at the end of October filled with an emotional cocktail of exhaustion, confusion and relief. I spent the first few weeks at home in Sweden together with my family, my immediate HACE symptoms quickly went away and I was even able to start training a little bit: some trail running, strength training and indoor climbing.
Read MoreIt was the October 24th. Not even two weeks ago as I’m writing this. It feels like another lifetime. I was in Nepal to climb Himlung Himal 7126 m, and although I knew already beforehand that things rarely go as planned on expeditions, I was of course hoping that I would finally get to stand on the summit of my first 7000 m peak.
Read MoreEver since moving to Chamonix three years ago I’ve been gazing up at the summit of Mont Blanc, clearly visible from the valley, wondering if I could do it in one day. It’s a pretty big undertaking with 30 km distance and almost 4000 m of continuous elevation gain (and loss).
Read MoreWhen my friend @unsettledfeet asked us if we wanted to go to Saas-Fee and climb the Nadelgrat traverse, @jostkobusch and I were quick to say yes. We did, however, underestimate the effort of climbing four “easy” 4000ers in one day…
Read MoreOne of my best memories from this summer is from heading over to Switzerland with @jostkobusch in August to climb the North face of Piz Badile. It was a beautiful little get-away sleeping under the stars, climbing this 900 m vertical wall with incredible views across the Swiss Alps, and arriving at the summit late in the evening — meaning we had to spend the night in the emergency bivouac hut at the summit with two very friendly Italian guys.
Read MoreIt was November the 18th 2019 and there was no reception, I hadn’t communicated with the outside world for two weeks, and whichever direction I looked the high Himalayan peaks were rising to the skies. It was perfect. A day I will remember for the rest of my life.
Read MoreGoing for an adventure, running for hours at a time, or climbing in high altitude — it’s not always a dreamy walk in the park. Actually, a lot of the time it’s really tough. The legs are screaming and the mind is telling you to quit. In the past years I’ve figured out a strategy that works for me, which (almost) always gets me through those moments of struggle.
Read MoreI think I knew already back in March, as I was sitting by the airport gate in Stockholm, that it was somehow the start of a new chapter in my life. I arrived in Germany literally just before all the craziness with corona started. My boyfriend Jost had arrived from Nepal the night before. Perfect timing. I had only planned to stay for one month, but I ended up staying three.
Read MoreIn the blink of an eye so many emotions pass through me at once: exhaustion, hope, excitement, fear. I feel a fear of dying. Or perhaps – I feel vulnerable, like my life is hanging on a thin thread. At once there is life and there is death, co-existing so close to one another. They are not two separate things. They are two sides of one coin.
Read MoreNo matter how much I talk about it, how many words I choose to write down, it will never be enough to convey everything that I have experienced amongst the snow-covered mountain tops in the Himalayas. There are so many things to process. So many experiences, views, lessons learned.
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