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Minna Kauppi - In the lap of mother nature

In the lap of mother nature

Half asleep after Jukola, we took our stuff and headed towards Rokua national park in Northern Finland. We had rented this old ski cottage on top of Pookivaara where we spent six days enjoying an ascetic life of athlete.The luxuryous cottage offered us a pleasant stay without electricity and showers.…
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On top of that we had to climb about two kilometers up and down the big hills with all our equipment. The main point was to make a lot of basic training and nice o-trainings in somewhat WOC-relevant terrains. On the other hand, it was really fun to live just like ”in good old times”. Pasi took care of the mens job made the wood and carried water from the cave as I was cooking and boiling some water. It was a real pleasure to be able to shower one self with the warm water on our yard as the…

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