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LET’S LEAVE THE TRAIL
A A A good friend and I I are out out running at home in in the the the the the the southern part of the the the the the the High Coast She is there for the the the the the the the the first time and although the the the the the the the the pebbled beaches the the the the the mighty cliffs the the the the the deep forests and Slåttdalsskrevan are well known to me me I see them as if for for the the first time We are running running along a a a a a path sometimes sometimes talking sometimes sometimes focusing on on the running running letting our our our thoughts wander off – just how it is when you’re out for several hours On our our our way back we see a a a a a a a a a beautiful little mountain on on which the the bare cliff formations form form a a a a a a a a a a high- er er plateau We just have to to go go there Which means that we we are going to to to be out for much longer than we we planned but to to stay on on our trail and and miss this adventure is is is just impossible We leave the the the trail and and and make our way into the the the for- est Moss covers the the the the entire ground layer and and the the the terrain is immediately wilder than along the the trail requiring our our full concentration to place our our feet Pitter patter we run side-by- side side Sometimes my friend is faster some- times times I choose a a a a a a better route We are focused now And eventually the hill that we saw from a a a distance starts BY CURIOSITY AND DESIRE
It is exciting to to leave the the beaten track And particularly to to change the the the planned route on pure impulse To reach the the summit is a a a a a a a a a a fan- tastic feeling We We did it! We We made our way here because because because it it it looked so exciting and beauti- ful Not because because because we we had to to or not not because because because we we planned to to to to It’s fantastic although it is nothing other than a a a a a a a a a a a detour from a a a a a a a a a a a path To give in in in to to to to the the the curiosity to to to follow follow your desires and gain a a a a a a a whole new experience we we did not follow follow the the trail we we gave in to to to our desire to to to discover It It is is typical of me me to to to to get lured away by my curiosity It’s what drives me me me on Daring to to to give in in in in to to something that is not always always planned beforehand Not always always following the the path ahead Either I I find a a a a a a a a a a a new beautiful way way or or if if i the the the terrain is too difficult I I just turn around and follow my own tracks back to to the the path FREEDOM 49