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There is my
first fish from Lake Inari.

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I am excited to see
what kind of fish this is.

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It was char, Foss.

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Finland is
a paradise for canoers.

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"The thousand lakes" has
 more than 60,000 lakes.

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Inari is the third largest.

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I'll paddle a week to Lake Inari,
and on to Vatsari.

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It's
exciting wilderness for Norwegians.

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From there I'll go over the Norwegian border,
to Munk down river and into the Arctic Ocean.

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Now let's enjoy ourselves.
30 days to the end, Foss.

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Here we camp.
Does it pass?

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30 meters long
and between 5 and 20 meters wide.

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It's nice to camp on an island.

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I can forget Foss
without worrying that he's gone.

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He doesn't like to swim.
But I carry the canoe well on land.

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The road's 20 km up the waterway.
The canoe won't operate that way.

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In a canoe I can
take with me a lot of luxury.

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Such as a gas burner.
And I have the big model.

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Then Foss and I can spread out.
One appreciates having plenty of space.

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Also I have this.
A habit I brought with me.

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It's a bit unusual to carry 
around, especially for a 45-year-old.

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But it's great luxury
to only be able to ...

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... stretch out on a child mattress.
There are issues, there!

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There you go.

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This can be the first kilogram 
over the border on this trip.

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Wonderful!
It's not a kilo, but ... 700.

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Wonderful trout!

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There's some fight left in it.

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Now it's starting to run down.

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Look at this beautiful trout!
It's dinner today, Foss.

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It weighs 1.2 kg.

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Now I stand facing a classic choice
canoers face on the Great Lakes.

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I'm going over there. 
It's a mile of open water.

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I can hit waves that have been
moving from the south for seven miles.

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The waves can be large even if
I don't see foam tops from here.

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I can get them from the side, and
they can ripple into the boat.

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One may want
to wait until evening.

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Then, waves are smaller as a rule.

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But you can also put on the skirt.

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This prevents the waves
and the water lapping into the canoe.

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We are now across.
There's even a sandy beach.

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I think there's a campground here.

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There, we slipped nicely and neatly
into calmer waters.

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The week on Lake Inari has
been excellent.

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Not least, we finish with
water that's completely calm.

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Beautiful paddle over. But there's something
that lures behind the hill down there.

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It's only a few kilometers away.
There ends Lake Inari in the north.

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I''ll go
into the Vatsari wilderness area.

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Finns refer to it as the most
inaccessible wilderness of Finland.

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Such things are tempting for me.
I have to go in there.

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With the canoe and the dog and everything.
In a countercurrent to begin with.

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The alternative is to carry,
but it's usually five twists.

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This goes much faster.
It does not require more energy -

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- if you do it steadily
  and are careful where you go.

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Now only small
currents again, so we are up there.

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There's a nice size to it.
It smells of kilogram fish.

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The question: just what kind?

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These are pike.

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Another, much larger pike
follows the one on the hook.

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We'll release it into the water
hoping that we get something else.

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Trout and char, they'll work.
Parr's good, too.

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We have begun to be picky.

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Oh, good boy!
The first time you've crossed alone.

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It's quite important
that he dares to do it.

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Oh, good boy!

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You were so good, Foss.
It turned out well, there.

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When the dog can cross the river,
I can stop worrying about it -

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- when there are many narrow passages
  with drawing the canoe and paddling.

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Then it's better that
the dog runs along the shore.

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We will wade up here too.

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But sometimes I fish the pools
before stomping around in them, -

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- and it pays off now. This is a
  wonderful trout we must get on board.

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No, it escaped!

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You went out there and swim back now?

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Clearly a  Canada-dog, this.

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It was great to paddle on Lake Inari,
but once I am here, -

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- comes the real wilderness feeling.

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Waves alone, no marked trails,
no roads, no cars, no people.

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Only the dog, the canoe and I
and a river we fish for dinner in.

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Like this.
There are lots of them.

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No!

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Is it gone now?

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I had just turned up the tent.

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Here's something I'm glad I have now,
though I'm an old bonfirer, -

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- and that's the gas appliance.

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The terrain of scree
is typical of Vatsari.

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The area is 1550 square kilometers.

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This is bigger
than Børgefjell National Park.

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Boulders make it difficult
to travel here on foot.

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It's considerably easier with the canoe,
although I have to leave it downstream.

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If one is walking, one must
have strong ankles and sturdy footwear.

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You must be accustomed to wild life.

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I have come far up the river,
it's easy to see.

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The main river's
one and a half feet wide.

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Then it becomes a lot of scree,
a disappearing stream.

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It gets narrower and narrower.

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Here we must begin to bear.

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One should inspect the canoe sometimes
to see if there's a hole somewhere.

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Here are a few leaks
which must be sealed.

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(learn to pack a canoe at nrk.no/monsen)

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Wonderful!
Now I come to Surnujärvi.

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I've had the greatest fishing trip.

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I have taken enough.
I need to paddle to shore.

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It vanished.
Like smoke.

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It was huge, I mean.

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I just saw a giant swirl -

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- then it spun with its tail
  and said goodbye.

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It may have been
between three and five kilograms.

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Yes, yes.
That's it.

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Just grit your teeth.

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I've got dinner today,
but I was sad.

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Now we spent an hour
for one kilometer as the crow flies.

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Huge are the fish in the lake.

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Have not had coffee before a fish bites.
Yesterday it was completely dead.

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Typical char behavior.
It seemed totally totally dead.

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Oi, it's trout.
Wonderful trout.

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Oi, oi, oi, for a nice fish!

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It jumped when it saw you, Foss.

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Have you ever seen!
And so beautiful.

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It's the most picturesque trout
I've ever had.

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One and a half kilo, at least.
Managed to shoulder a nice fish!

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Look at it, then!

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It's 1.7kg. A late Saturday night
might sneak it over 2 also.

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It's useless to fish and just 
stand there, really use the rod.

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When it's so quiet on the water,
this is a good solution.

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A float with a hole clean through.
No lead, only worms.

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When the fish snatches a worm,
there's no resistance.

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The leader runs through the float.
Had it been solid lead shot here, -

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- the big fish will 
  become suspicious.

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Where you can experience things this big
in a small pond?

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It takes me five minutes
to walk around it.

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There are signs
of pristine wilderness.

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That's where a few people
and fish can live in peace.

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That's where it's full.
It's a beautiful delicacy, -

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- if only there were toast.

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A wonderful diversion. There are
different delicacies than mackerel in tomato.

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Pleasant visit in the morning,
litttle løvskrika.

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It has a nose for food.

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Especially for grayling
I've seen it eat.

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Fly away with a belly full.

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Fish waste can be spread in the trees
and bushes around the camp.

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It's good food sense.

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Go ahead, it's to you.
Now you need to eat.

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An angry mink.

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It has no retreat
and feels trapped.

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It's angry, so we have to watch it.
The biting's guaranteed.

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We'll let him alone, Foss.

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Oh, good boy!

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I have carried the canoe
down to Porojaure.

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I'm on the river
which is 'Munk' river on the Norwegian side.

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'Uutuanjoki' in Finnish.
Here we begin to get more water.

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It's not entirely pure in style,
but we come down.

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About five days til this trip's over.

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And the whole project is over.

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I try not to think about it,
but enjoy the moment while I have it.

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I have already
taken a kilo pike.

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Got Foss' name on that one,
and "Lars" on this.

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Now you must try to approach your country.

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It still has power.

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This I will have up.

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Come on, then!
Shall we try?

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Won't you do it?

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There's space here.
Come on.

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I have driven it for ten minutes.

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Dinner!
Beautiful fish, etc.

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Good boy!

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Gone well, but home's the best.
It's wonderful to be in Norway again.

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Now it's autumn again. I've
been through the four seasons.

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From the autumn of last year, with the first
snow, and ever shorter days, -

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- I knew I would
  be on tour throughout the winter.

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Then came spring.
I was there when the ice broke up.

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I was there
when the birds began to chirp.

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It gives pleasure to see the changing face
of nature through all the seasons.

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I am enormously grateful
to have experienced all this.

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Not least that I have
experienced it at home in Scandinavia.

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One need not go to Alaska or 
Canada to experience pristine wilderness.

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One gets the feeling
of being completely alone in solitude -

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- and the silence of the woods
  and the mountains we have here at home.

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It's about going after the dream
and taking that step fully.

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All the trips I have undertaken,
make it very clear.

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One must decide
and make it known in good time.

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Most people are prevented
by job and family.

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The civilized carousel
we know all too well.

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But announce it two years in advance to
family, employer and yourself.

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Start planning.

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Say that in August in two years
are you on an expedition in the wild.

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I get paid for our toil!

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We show off the trophy.

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Can I hold it?   -Okay, thanks! Bye!

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It was a wolf!

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Got fired by Santa Claus?

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Any good children here?  -Yes, one...

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The cold has settled like a lid over the landscape.

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Hip, hurray in the mountains!

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Thank you for showing up.

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