Good morning! Today, Tuesday 28 of April we are taking Expedition Arcada to the Forum shopping centre in central Helsinki! Turn your eyes upwards at the corner of Mannerheimintie/Simonkatu and see adventurer Pata Degerman prepare for his and student Max Edin’s night hanging from Forum’s wall! Pata and Max will be sleeping in a portaledge tent, a similar bed we will use in France up on the mountain wall. So…
Långfredag, ledigt från skolan och där står vi ute på parkeringsplatsen i Noux, färdiga för vår lilla utflykt till naturen. Fem timmar senare ligger jag på marken med benet i vädret och biter tänderna ihop. Vad hände? Jo, efter några timmars vandring och en skön matpaus har vi gått ännu djupare in i skogen för att leka lite. Iden är att slippa över ett rep före andra teamet, utan verbal…
On April 6th three members of our expedition flew to Geneva and drove down to La Grave, in order to visit the expedition camping site and the Via Ferrata beforehand. This was a very exciting trip to say the least, as our task was to organise a meeting with the local mayor and owner of the camping site, as well as try out our technical equipment and find out what…
When someone asks me what’s my task in the expedition and my answer is that I’m writing the book, peoples eyes grow huge. ”Wow, that’s a big responsibility!” And yes, I agree. It’s not like writing essays in high school. It’s a process of putting all experiences and information about the expedition I get from interviews and social media into one book, at the same time as I’m doing my…
Six weeks ago, the training team, consisting of Lisa and Matias, finally got started. Our task before the expedition is to improve the physical health of the participants on the expedition. Therefore we started off by doing physical tests which you can read about in an earlier blog post. Now here we are, 6 weeks later, both highly active and highly motivated. Going on an expedition together demands great teamwork…
Vi deltog till Toyota Kiipeilyareenas säkringskurs på Salmisaari. Där hade vi en 3h intensivkurs över hur man bl.a. använder en ATC och grigri , samt hur man knyter en dubbel åtta. Kursen gav oss färdigheter att säkra varandra säkert. Som mål har vi inom vår klättringsgrupp att klättra 3000m före vi ger oss iväg till Frankrike. Detta klarar vi endast av att uppnå med aktivt tränande. Vi brukar klättra vid…
Yesterday we had an exciting morning with Ted Urho from Yle-Radio Vega. A small group of members from the expedition and Pata came early to Arcada to be interviewed by Ted, who did a live broadcast for the morningshow ”Morgonöppet”. When Ted arrived we had not much time left before we would go live. We decided to put Ted up on the Via Ferrata so he could do the interview…
How do you get 55 persons to co-operate and fully trust one another in the time of three months? And what should be done in order to achieve such things? But more importantly, why are we doing this for the project? There are several answers to the later question. Firstly, we see this project as a unique and thrilling experience to end our Bachelors-degree studies with. Secondly, we are writing…
Yesterday was a big day for Expedition Arcada. It was our first press release. Summing up the day in words is more difficult than I suspected; my head is still twirling from an intensive day of talking about the expedition, meeting new people and the nerves that preceded a press meet. Oh, and making 200 sandwiches. But let’s start from the beginning of the day when my alarm went of…
Now we’ve finally met mr Anderson! – I do crazy things! Aron says. He is an elite athlete, an adventurer and he loves to challenge himself. At the age of nine Aron lost most function in his legs due to cancer, since then he’s relied on his wheelchair. But that hasn’t stopped him! Since he was a kid sport has been an important part of his life, and after defeating…