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23 posts
26 October 2025
HHiking

How the Drakensberg and the Drakensberg Grand Traverse made me tap out.

  • byPolle
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  • 16 minute read
Drakensberg Grand Traverse (Midjourney interpretation)
I just couldn’t breathe. Four steps, five steps, time to breathe. Four steps. Breathe. An urge to lie…
16 July 2023
MMontenegro

Solo hiking Peaks of the Balkans through Albania, Kosovo, and Montenegro

  • byPolle
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Enjoying Peaks of the Balkans near Valbone Pass
“Europe’s last true wilderness”, as BBC called it in an article. The Peaks of the Balkans trail in…
28 December 2019
SStories

I almost died. This is what I learned.

  • byPolle
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  • 5 minute read
Hospital bed, generated by Midjourney.
“Ok, now it’s enough, we’re going to the hospital”. My wife had been putting up with me complaining…
10 November 2019
HHiking trail reviews

Kumano Kodo Nakahechi route

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Nakahechi magical forest
Five steps. Ok, maybe ten. The number of steps I need to leave everything behind and fully immerse…
04 November 2019
JJapan

My Japan trip to Osaka, Kumano Kodo and Koyasan

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Yunomine onsen
I love the Kumano Kodo in Japan. There, I said it. From all the trails I ever did,…
04 November 2019
HHiking

Kilimanjaro Lemosho trail – my story

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  • 13 minute read
View from Stella Point
It is 05h30 in the morning on a Monday and I am crying, patting a wooden sign. The…
24 October 2019
SSafety

It’s all fun and games until somebody dies

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Stella point on Mt Kilimanjaro
Earlier this week, I reached the summit of Uhuru Peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. A beautiful moment and certainly…
22 January 2019
SStories

Karu tuleb, karu läheb

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Last night, I ended up in a bar in Athens after speaking at a conference with a Swede,…
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