HeyJaredThe Open-Air Life
Inspiring you to connect with nature in everyday life through the Nordic philosophy of friluftsliv.
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What happened when I took my teenagers on a Type 2 fun vacation in the Arctic (opens the original)
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Last month, my daughters and I took the train to the northern tip of Sweden to go hiking in Abisko National Park. I’d been dreaming of this trip for years. The girls? Not so much. As they’re now 15 and 18 years old, we mostly have different agendas – and different ideas of what constitutes an enjoyable vacation. Theirs usually don’t involve going to the Arctic wilderness, hiking for hours in semi-stormy conditions, and sleeping in dorms in mountain huts sans running water, electricity and cell p
Nature Nuggets - August (opens the original)
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I just saw the first ad for back-to-school shopping and felt a familiar twinge of sadness. Summers are always short in Sweden and even more so up north, in the Swedish highlands, where I typically spend most of the season. With a couple of guided hiking trips now in the books, it seems like a lifetime ago that I was on some sort of schedule, but here we are, with office commutes, PTA meetings and volleyball practices breathing down my neck. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="http
From burnout to bliss in the Swedish highlands (opens the original)
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Last year, as the world seemed to spiral and AI started taking over a good chunk of my writing business, I felt stuck, marinated in a low-grade sense of doom. So, when Davina, one of my long-time followers, got in touch and asked if I knew of anybody who organizes hiking trips in Sweden, it seemed like a sign from the universe. No, I didn’t know of anybody that does that. But wait, I could do it! I told her to give me two weeks to put together an itinerary. (I do have a history of making side hu
Nature Nuggets - July (opens the original)
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It’s summer, which means Sweden has collectively pressed the ‘pause’ button. Out of office replies are activated, camper vans are beelining toward the ocean and newly-picked strawberries are enjoyed on a daily basis. I’m in the Swedish highlands myself, preparing for the first group of women to join me for an adventure where we’ll hike miles into roadless land and summit Sweden’s highest peak south of the Arctic Circle, the Helags mountain. More on that later. But for now, here are my Nature Nug
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