As you know, we’re a proud sponsor of Mountainfilm, a four-day, six-senses experience of art, adventure, culture and the environment that happens on Memorial Day weekend in gorgeous Telluride, Colorado.
The amazing Baffin Babes are featured at this year’s Mountainfilm. In case you’ve never heard of them, the Baffin Babes are four Scandinavian women who skied 1,200 kilometers across Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Their adventure faced them with everything from 40 below weather to hanging with polar bears. Read on for an excerpt from their exclusive interview with Mountainfilm:
-It says on the sponsor section of your website that you had 21 kg [about 46 pounds] of chocolate with you on your expedition. Is that true? What else did you eat?
I think it was almost 32 kg of chocolate, too little if you ask Vera and Kristin who are true chocolate lovers! We had built up a fat reserve before, but of course still needed lost of calories out there each day. In the morning we had 4 dl of oatmeal for each person, added oil and nuts, that’s a huge portion! During the day we had a 100 grams of chocolate, 100 grams of nuts, 2 protein power bars, and 2 liters of warm liquid, which we portioned out during the day. For dinner we had a double portion of freeze dried food and added oil, to get enough calories. But you always wish you had more food!
-After such an expedition, “normal” life must be quite different. How do you stay active and adventurous?
Coming back to civilization after 3 months out was a real shock, I stepped out of the bus at the central station and needed to pee, for a short second I was on my way to just drag my pants down, then I realized I was in town. So I looked for a toilet, but there you had to pay and I had no money, so I went to the cash machine and couldn’t remember the pin numbers for my Visa card and my cell phone. On the way to my apartment I jumped on the wrong tram 4 times before I found my way and it felt like everything moved so fast while I were moving in slow motion, and once at the door to my apartment I hadn’t got any keys to get in! But being outdoors and active is a normal way of living for me. I set up my life in order to have as much time as possible to be outdoors and do what a love. In summer I live up north in Norway to be able to go climbing, kayaking, and then in winter I move to the mountains to be able to go skiing everyday. I think the trick is not to get locked up with too much work, and set times. And adventures don’t need to be long expeditions, you can have lots of adventures in your everyday life.
Regarding everyday adventure, these are some women after our own hearts. To learn more about the awesome Baffin Babes, check out their website.
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