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Photo: Susanna Oksanen<\/p><\/div>\n

I had my first experience of hiking in the Boy Scouts when I was under ten years of age. Since then, being outdoors has become a lifestyle and even a career. I have spent over two thousand nights in the wild. In the early 2010s, I took courses in adventure education. It brought together many of the things I love and inspired me to be more active in many of my old hobbies.<\/p>\n

Nature photography has been my longest-standing hobby, which I started as a child. The subjects and techniques of photography have varied over the years, but the fine editing of the images in the darkroom or on the computer has always played an important role in my photography. Important subjects have included the last relatively natural areas of Southwest Finland: swamps and archipelago. At the turn of the millennium, I travelled extensively in Finland and a little abroad, following in the footsteps of I. K. Inha, the landscape photographer of the late 1800s. After that, my large-format camera was replaced by a digital camera and panoramic landscapes became the main focus of my photography.<\/p>\n

I have been kayaking for a long time. In the 2010s I got more passionate about it and trained as a sea kayak guide. After that, the kayaking season has become the whole open water season and I have also started to participate in whitewater kayaking and canoeing for fun.<\/p>\n

On the demanding expeditions in the Arctic, my goal has been to challenge myself. On the other hand, I have tried to make these challenges as enjoyable as possible through training and good preparation. Building on this, I have aimed to extend my comfort zone to further north, colder and longer expeditions.<\/p>\n

My work has provided a good opportunity for me to try out different ultra-light hiking techniques and equipment on hikes that are relatively easy for me. I got into lightweight hiking when I wanted to see how little you can actually manage in the wilderness. Although lightweight hiking may seem ascetic to an outsider, the comfort of a lighter backpack has always felt much greater than any possible asceticism it brings to camp life.<\/p>\n

At forty, at the latest, you should start an intensive fitness programme. I lost 20 kilos and took up orienteering. Orienteering is an excellent sport to start with because it is meaningful, even if you can only run short distances at first. It is easy to gradually increase the amount of running you do, and running in the terrain does not expose you to stress injuries as easily as running on harder surfaces. Orienteering has also served as a gateway to other running activities.<\/p>\n

I was introduced to climbing through adventure education. I always thought that a fear of heights would prevent me from climbing, but I have learned to live with it and now it hardly affects my activities. Was it ever a real phobia? Climbing has given me access to places I could only dream of before. Of course, my climbing grade is still quite modest and probably won’t get much higher, but it’s still fun.<\/p>\n

A lot of water has flowed down the Aura River since I started this blog. My original idea was to write about my thoughts on hiking, hiking gear, photography, and outdoor activities. I tried to broaden the perspective to a more diverse approach to hiking than was common at the time.<\/p>\n

– Kari<\/p>\n

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Purple Sandpipers with me in February. Photo: Esko Sorakunnas<\/p><\/div>\n

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