On our hike yesterday, @jostkobusch and I discussed the challenges that we as humans encounter on different levels in the pyramid Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. My worries in life primarily center around the search for meaning. That’s the highest level of the pyramid, when all other needs have been satisfied.
Read moreInto the light
blinded by a darkness of distractions and noise
always striving, hoping for something beyond.
longing to scale down,
shed the layers
desperate —
for silence.
I live to live
I live to live,
To feel the wind in my hair
Rosy cheeks from frozen air
A heart that’s beating faster
Reminding me that I live.
Let's talk periods / The female endurance athlete
A couple of years ago I lost my period. It didn’t return until 4 years later, earlier this spring. I didn’t see how serious it was back then. I thought about how nice it was not to have to deal with it — the hormones playing games on me, and having to plan my life around my period. It was convenient.
Read moreLife and death
I see death as an inevitable part of life. Without death there can be no life, and the other way around. They are two sides of the same coin. But when it happens, unexpected and while the person is still so young, death is difficult to grasp.
Read morePiz Badile North Face
One of my best memories from this summer is from heading over to Switzerland with @jostkobusch in August to climb the North face of Piz Badile. It was a beautiful little get-away sleeping under the stars, climbing this 900 m vertical wall with incredible views across the Swiss Alps, and arriving at the summit late in the evening — meaning we had to spend the night in the emergency bivouac hut at the summit with two very friendly Italian guys.
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