{"id":7777,"date":"2016-09-10T21:58:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T20:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/?p=7777"},"modified":"2016-09-16T21:09:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T20:09:16","slug":"daily_666_-_hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/2016\/09\/10\/daily_666_-_hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily: 666 – hike"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLast weekend’s hike was unsatisfying. New attempt today.<\/p>\n

I had planned to go out on my own and try out the first two sections of S\u00f6rmlandsleden. But earlier this week I stumbled upon an outdoors-themed meetup at meetup.com, and they just happened to have a hike today, and it happened to be in a place that I was interested in, so I joined the group instead.<\/p>\n

We walked from Flemingsberg to H\u00e4ggsta cliffs and to Flottsbro hill. H\u00e4ggsta is a tall cliff popular with climbers, with beautiful views over Albysj\u00f6n. Flottsbro is the tallest ski slope in Stockholm, all of 103 metres!<\/p>\n

70+ people had signed up but only 36 turned up, which was a good thing. I thought 36 was a large crowd – I cannot even imagine walking with 70 people.<\/p>\n

Walking with a large group like this was a new thing for me. It had its benefits: someone else did the planning, found a nice destination, looked up the best way to get there. But on the whole I prefer to walk on my own. It’s like with the donkey in Mercantour: this was a perfectly nice group of perfectly nice people, and I totally understand that some might like to have that kind of company while walking, but for me it was a distraction rather than a benefit. There were people wherever I looked, instead of forest. All this talking all the time. And having to walk at other people’s pace, not being able to stop for 10 minutes when I want to take photos rather than just a snapshot or two.<\/p>\n

What it comes down to is this: some people go on forest walks to meet people. I go on forest walks to get away from people. <\/p>\n


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