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“Nousen vuorille avoimin silmin, solat nöyrästi ylitän, kiittäen purosta vettä juon.

Kunnioittaen erämaahan näkymättömät jälkeni jätän ja sydämeni.”

- Katriina Ahonen -

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You know the feeling when you can already see the next pass you're going to climb and before that you go aaaaaalll the way down to the valley. And then repeat 😅

Throwback to the thigh burning trails of Ecrins national park in France 🏔
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Halloween Hike offered more than 12 hours of darkness and a beautiful sunny autumn day. 100 kms didn't come easy, but the company of the super twins @outdoor_kati_tn and @jaana_kt sure helped a lot 🤩

This was the last adventure before shoulder surg

Vaivaako vuorikaipuu? Kuuletko Himalajan kutsun? Siihen kannattaa ehdottomasti vastata lähtemällä ensi keväänä mukaani vaeltamaan Manaslu Circuit, joka kiertää maailman 8. korkeimman vuoren 🗻

Matka vie sinut

10 day wilderness first responder course by NOLS in Kobarid Slovenia was an amazing experience! It was not easy, we had long days and so much to learn. But we all passed the exams and again the people I was lucky to get to know made the whole course

Before my race ended in Fiesch after 275 kms this was the feeling (even with the cough) I had all the way! I had great time and really enjoyed this challenging adventure in the mountains. I was lucky not to have any problems with my feet, stomach or

Sunsets along the race were so beautiful! It also ment lower temperature which was nice after long hot days and it gave me more energy to keep going.

The athmosphere changes completely when it gets dark in the mountains. The surroundings disappear

Unfortunately my Swiss Peaks 660 adventure ended today in Fiesch because of undiagnosed lung infection (most likely bronchitis) that caused a lot of coughing and breathing problems during last 3 days.

Despite the problems I managed to explore the S

Just a few minutes before the start I was like a kid on a first day at school.
How will it be? Will I love it or hate it? Will the other kids be nice? Will I find new friends? How's the food going to be?

Answers to these questions are slowly formin

Today was the last of the six tests for the running research that started in february. No more running with the mask, next week it'll be all about fresh mountain air in Switzerland! I'm ready! 🏃&zwj;♀️&zwj;➡️

Some stats from my Hexatrek section hike:
🔹️ 21 full hiking days
🔹️ 3 neros (less than 10 kms)
🔹️ 5 rest days (=rainy days)
🔹️ 607 kms
🔹️ 36 000 meters climbed
🔹️ 3178 m highest point Mont Thabor
🔹️ 0 blisters
🔹️ 2 national parks
🔹️ Bro

There was still time for a very different kind of adventure before returning home!
After exploring on the top of the mountains, I got to see how they look inside. It was a little bit scary in the beginning, but so much fun climbing up and down insid

It was good to finish my Hexatrek hike to Tour des Ecrins, the national park was very beautiful and the trail surprisingly challenging 🏔
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#hexatrek #france #alps #adventure #adventurewomen #hiking #outdoorlife #outdoors #traillife #vaellu

Clouds kept changing the scenery when I climbed Mont Thabor (3178m), the highest point of my hike 🏔
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#hexatrek #france #alps #hiking #outdoorlife #outdoors #mountains #mountainlove #adventure #montthabor #vaellus #alpit #alpeilla #tra

Next I hiked through Vanoise national park, which had beautiful wide open spaces, amazing wild flowers, many marmots and chamois.

In Vanoise you are only allowed to pitch your tent at certain bivouac sites. I was very happy to camp at the refuges a

After leaving the Mont Blanc area behind there were suddenly very few people on the trail. I could still find some snow, early in the morning it would have been very slippery without microspikes 🏔
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#hexatrek #france #hiking #mountains #

I didn't plan on hiking the Tour de Mont Blanc, but isn't that what life is about, taking chances when they are offered to you?!? 🤩

It was a beautiful hike and very much recommended to anyone who loves mountains (and good coffee & pastries)! 🏔

Tour de Mont Blanc in Switzerland was beautiful and included a lot of melted cheese. We had to take cover from the rain in a rental apartment, in one of the cute old villages full of traditional "raccard" houses.
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First 2 photos by @jus

Going with the flow and hopping from Hexatrek to Tour de Mont Blanc proved to be the right decision! Yesterday in France, today in Italy, tomorrow Switzerland 🤩
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#tourdemontblanc #tmb #hiking #mountanlove #mountains #france #italy #alps #

You know the feeling when you can already see the next pass you're going to climb and before that you go aaaaaalll the way down to the valley. And then repeat 😅

Throwback to the thigh burning trails of Ecrins national park in France 🏔
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.
.
.
.
.

Halloween Hike offered more than 12 hours of darkness and a beautiful sunny autumn day. 100 kms didn't come easy, but the company of the super twins @outdoor_kati_tn and @jaana_kt sure helped a lot 🤩

This was the last adventure before shoulder surg

Vaivaako vuorikaipuu? Kuuletko Himalajan kutsun? Siihen kannattaa ehdottomasti vastata lähtemällä ensi keväänä mukaani vaeltamaan Manaslu Circuit, joka kiertää maailman 8. korkeimman vuoren 🗻

Matka vie sinut

10 day wilderness first responder course by NOLS in Kobarid Slovenia was an amazing experience! It was not easy, we had long days and so much to learn. But we all passed the exams and again the people I was lucky to get to know made the whole course

Before my race ended in Fiesch after 275 kms this was the feeling (even with the cough) I had all the way! I had great time and really enjoyed this challenging adventure in the mountains. I was lucky not to have any problems with my feet, stomach or

Sunsets along the race were so beautiful! It also ment lower temperature which was nice after long hot days and it gave me more energy to keep going.

The athmosphere changes completely when it gets dark in the mountains. The surroundings disappear

Unfortunately my Swiss Peaks 660 adventure ended today in Fiesch because of undiagnosed lung infection (most likely bronchitis) that caused a lot of coughing and breathing problems during last 3 days.

Despite the problems I managed to explore the S

Today was the last of the six tests for the running research that started in february. No more running with the mask, next week it'll be all about fresh mountain air in Switzerland! I'm ready! 🏃&zwj;♀️&zwj;➡️

Some stats from my Hexatrek section hike:
🔹️ 21 full hiking days
🔹️ 3 neros (less than 10 kms)
🔹️ 5 rest days (=rainy days)
🔹️ 607 kms
🔹️ 36 000 meters climbed
🔹️ 3178 m highest point Mont Thabor
🔹️ 0 blisters
🔹️ 2 national parks
🔹️ Bro

It was good to finish my Hexatrek hike to Tour des Ecrins, the national park was very beautiful and the trail surprisingly challenging 🏔
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#hexatrek #france #alps #adventure #adventurewomen #hiking #outdoorlife #outdoors #traillife #vaellu

Clouds kept changing the scenery when I climbed Mont Thabor (3178m), the highest point of my hike 🏔
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#hexatrek #france #alps #hiking #outdoorlife #outdoors #mountains #mountainlove #adventure #montthabor #vaellus #alpit #alpeilla #tra

Next I hiked through Vanoise national park, which had beautiful wide open spaces, amazing wild flowers, many marmots and chamois.

In Vanoise you are only allowed to pitch your tent at certain bivouac sites. I was very happy to camp at the refuges a

I didn't plan on hiking the Tour de Mont Blanc, but isn't that what life is about, taking chances when they are offered to you?!? 🤩

It was a beautiful hike and very much recommended to anyone who loves mountains (and good coffee & pastries)! 🏔

Tour de Mont Blanc in Switzerland was beautiful and included a lot of melted cheese. We had to take cover from the rain in a rental apartment, in one of the cute old villages full of traditional "raccard" houses.
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First 2 photos by @jus

Going with the flow and hopping from Hexatrek to Tour de Mont Blanc proved to be the right decision! Yesterday in France, today in Italy, tomorrow Switzerland 🤩
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#tourdemontblanc #tmb #hiking #mountanlove #mountains #france #italy #alps #