By: Paul, 1969
Expedition: Go with the Flow
Location: Abisko, Sweden

What more could you want as an adventurer…. To wake up on your birthday in a tent, somewhere between Abisko and Kiruna, twenty degrees below and there is singing for you. Perhaps this was my best birthday ever.

I was looking for adventure, arctic adventure and after one phone call with Henk Jan the decision was made for me.

THIS is what I was looking for and needed. I did not yet have the skills to go on this adventure alone and was able to rely completely on Henk-Jan’s knowledge in Lapland.

I usually have a reasonable idea of the adventures I take on but with this one I was completely wrong. And that is what made this expedition so special. With like-minded people, people with the same mindset, I was given a great adventure, an adventure I once dreamed of.

Back to myself, where giving up and persevering, romance and sorrow, laughter and tears, willpower and doubt were sometimes opposed.

I wasn’t doing it alone and realized that I really needed my teammates….from dry pants to a pat on the back, a hand on a steep climb or a cup of steaming tea when you were just going through it.

Thank you Henk Jan for this beautiful gift!