In 2020 a new pandemic ( Covid-19 ) is swiping across the globe and there seems to be at least two strategies to face it: Staying safe and in self-isolation, in sterile surroundings - And staying sane by connecting to nature
A short 2 min. video, while I walk over a highway and talk about why I believe in trains
Making sure quitting is not an option...
The feeling of not making any progress
Even after a few minutes in heavy traffic many drivers show signs of road rage. Something that also increase their risk of heart attacks, accidents and stress - Compare that to walking a few minutes in nature and the exact opposite is more likely to happen
The fossil remains of a group of small human like apes have been found in Germany, and according to experts their bone-structures look like they might have been walking on two legs like us
After six months of hiking the Appalachian trail in 2019, the Marlone family ( USA) finished at Mount Kathadin wearing all smiles
Researching how hikers work together with scientists to cover unknown and difficult terrain
Expectations comes in many forms - some of them are our own, in our backpack - other expectations are from those around us
What we focus on seems to me to define us more than we realize, no matter if we walk away from it or towards it.
Thoughts on innovation, hiking and being first movers
Habits are a bit like places... or maybe we can also see them as trails? Notes on habits, recovery and paths
One of the strongest lines of defense against rising sea levels and climate change can be coastal trails on dykes
We humans put a great pressure on Earth, if we had to carry all our stuff, our impact on the planet would most likely be much smaller
Umbrella vs boots - seeing what we lack The double envy paradox Text and illustration by Frits Ahlefeldt Often the grass can look greener on the other side, as we focus on what we lack instead of what we have. The good thing is that by talking together we can get the other side of... Continue Reading →
Getting enough to drink and eat on a hike is one of the things that is often not considered important for inexperienced hikers
Soon most of us will become irrelevant, as technology can do more and more of our work, cheaper and better than us - without asking questions
Always learned there is no such thing as a free lunch - but on a hike a cold winter day I realized there might be one exception to this rule - Nature
Today most of us are keeping thoughts and nature at a digital distance. Walking a few hours first can help us get back to nature
Logbook 1. January 2019 - daring into a new year of hiking
Thoughts on digital platforms vs Communities
Being back out on the trails can be the best way to recover from days with too long to do lists
Logbook note: How to think is one of the classic questions in philosophy - And most of the great thinkers were not in doubt - thinking is better on foot
Strange how walking can be the solution and how a higher speed can make the distance you have to travel so much longer
Can technology save the logic of the industrial era - and do we really want to save it?
Some conflicts are all about perspective - drawing on thrive and hiking
Logbook update 8 Nov. 2018 - Hiking and thoughts on how to deal with Homesickness
Illustration of hope landing on your knee, when lost in the middle of nowhere
Thoughts and sketch of how technology might become part of hiking tomorrow - and the challenges about that
Logbook 26. Oct. 2018 - just a sketch of a gap
