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During this trip we learned the basics of cross country skiing. Something I have never done before! The only thing I once did was downhill skiing, but also a long long time ago. I was really excited about this trip!<\/p>\n

preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"The week before the trip we got our cross country skis and waxed them properly. We\u00a0had to scrape the old wax of the skis and then put new wax on them, by melting the wax on the skis with an iron and then we had to iron the wax in the skis. After that we had to scrape everything that was not penetrated in the skis off. The last scraping was a lot of work, because there was so much wax that we had to scrape off. It kept coming and coming!<\/p>\n

Monday:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We all left together at the university with a bus and drove to Evje, an one hour\u00a0drive\u00a0north. In Evje we stayed at Trollaktiv<\/a>. We settled in the rooms, mostly divided in our tent\u00a0groups\/university housing groups. I shared a\u00a0room\u00a0\"\"with Elena. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0After that we\u00a0went for the first time cross country skiing and learned the basics, like walking with you skis, going up, going down, make turns and so on. It was weird to walk with such a long skis on my feet and very different from downhill skiing. We were also divided in two groups, because we are otherwise with too many people. I was in the group with Tim as an instructor. He works at Trollaktiv. In the evening we learned about waxing and which wax we have to use with which temperature. During our whole trip we could use the same wax, because of the same temperature, so that was simple. The waxing we had to do every evening, which was fun to do all together with some music. It was very cozy!<\/p>\n

Tuesday:<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the day we went cross country skiing, where we did a ski tour and learned some new techniques during the day. This day was really hard for me. I didn’t got a good hang of the techniques for making a ski tour, so I always ended up at the end of the group,\"\" because I fell a lot and couldn’t make a lot of speed. We were also a lot of times off piste in the deep snow. This made me feel frustated and angry at myself. I didn’t want that the group had to wait for me and I felt that I was the worst person in the group. In the middle of the day I felt bad and hurted my knee. This made that my techniques became even worse then before. We did an adventurous way uphill, where I struggled a lot. When I finally made it to the top of the hill with some help from other students I was exhausted. Tim came to check how we were, because we were a lot behind the group.\"\" He told us that there was another hill and I told him honestly that my knee really made all the climbing difficult and that I was in pain. He made the decision to go back down, more to the starting place, where we could pratice a little bit technique and I could rest,\u00a0when I needed so that I didn\u2019t overload myself. He asked if this was okay for me and for the group. I was grateful that we went back down and was also grateful for my group. At this moment I\u2019m also proud of myself that I could say that, but in that moment I really felt like a failure and still wanted to let the others and Tim see that I could practice some technique with them. Someone from the group came to me and said it was okay \"\"to rest now and that I didn\u2019t need to prove anything. That made me rest more and made me feel better. I’m really glad of the group we had, because people tried to motivate me and support me during my struggle. In the evening we had a short lesson about gear for in your daybackpack and the first aid kit and repair kit. This was useful to know for the rest of the days. When I went to bed I just accepted that today wasn’t my day and went to sleep, hoping that tomorrow was going to be a better day.<\/p>\n

Wednesday:<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the day we went cross country skiing, where we did a ski tour and learned some new techniques during the day. Before the day started we had a short lesson about map \"\"reading, what we also practiced during the day. I was proud of myself that I could always say where we are after some thinking by paying attention to our route and the surroundings. In the beginning of the day I really focused on my technique. This time it was also easier to do that, because we stayed more on the tracks. After some time I got more the hang of it and I also could keep more up with the group. I used less energy and I fell less. My knees were also protected with socks around them, so I wouldn’t hurt them so badly anymore. It also helped me to start skiing in the beginning or the middle of the group and not the end. I was glad that it went better today. I also now could\"\" more\u00a0enjoy the nature and the people around me. There were some beautiful views and it was fun to get to know some people, where I didn’t really had a connection with before.\u00a0In the evening we went skijumping and sliding. I went sliding down the small and big hill. That was fun, I was going so fast! Some others also skijumped, what was really cool to see. Two boys from our class even went from a higher jump, wow!<\/p>\n

Thursday:<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the day we went cross country skiing, where we did a ski tour and learned some new techniques during the day. Before the day started we had a short information \"\"moment about Trollaktiv and what they do. We also got the possibility to do an intership there in the summer. Also this day was a good day, where I got better and better in most of the basic techniques of cross country skiing (classis, diagonal stride, kick-double-pole, side step, herringbone, snowplough, parallel turn and telemark turn). Even if we were most of the day in the deep snow. In the evening we had a ‘Celidh’, a fun night where every nationality did a typical song or game from their country. We had some dances, an old tv show and an acrobatic stunt. It was a really fun evening!<\/p>\n

Friday:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"The last day we did something different. We made with\u00a0everyone together a playground\u00a0in the snow, with\u00a0some hills, pits and jumps with our shovels. After a\"\" short technique course we went to play on our selfmade playground with a rotation system. At the end of the day we\u00a0did a race down the hill and after that we went back home together with the bus. It was a fun but exhausting week!<\/p>\n

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