Page 124 - Sky runner

THE NATURAL MOVEMENT
One of the best things I I I I know is to to travel by my own means My very first longer transport run I I I did while I I I still was a a a a a a a a a passionate climber I I I worked in in in in a a a a a a a a a a a mountain lodge in in in in Saltoluokta in in in in a a a a a a a a a a landscape without roads about 100 km km from Jokkmokk Sweden The world heritage sites Laponia and Sarek with their tall vast summits were my neighbours Maybe it it it it was was the the lack of activity on my my days off or maybe it it it was was because I always had the the approach“Whywalkwhenyoucanrun?” But one day I just packed a a a a a a a a a a a a a back pack pack with some some extra clothes a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a credit card and and some some energy and and and then I ran over a a a a a a a a a a a a a a beautiful open plateau between Saltoluokta and and and Sitojaure with tun- dra and and thin stubborn mountain mountain birches to to to the the next mountain mountain hut hut As I I arrived at the the hut hut I I I left my pack and went up to to Skierfe a a a a a a a a a dis- tinctive summit close by The day after I I I ran ran to to the the entrance of the the Rapa valley before I I turned back to to to Saltoluokta to to to work again I I remember feeling so so rich That I I could do something that beautiful all alone in in in in the mountains: move lightly and quickly through a a a a a a a a large part of my surroundings Although I had never done it it before it it felt so natural natural like a a a a a a a a a a a a natural natural part of life It’s a a a a a a a a a a a a fantastic feeling to to to to move this way from a a a a a a a a a a to to to to to to b to to to to to to work to to to to to to school or or or or or to to to to to the the grocery store It feels like the the human body is is created for this kind of transport We have been running since ancient times maybe that that is one of the abilities that that has has taken us to to where we are today? We could chase animals to to fatigue and find new foods by transporting ourselves over vast areas And today even if we do not depend on running in in in in the same way I believe that that run- ning ning is an an an important part inside of us us and that that it’s good for us us us to to let it it thrive We are born to to run each and everyone of of us us us Running is the body’s natural way way of of transporting us us us more quickly We just need to find our our own own way way based on our our own requirements