Thoughts on movement

This ability level chart, where I currently feel like I’m at level 4 surely is motivating… I’ll explain.

 

This is me autumn 2017, hunting pidgeons (basically checking out the premises before taking my son there the day after):

That guy has a lot of habits. I still have a few of them, but I’m working on breaking free. I want to break free. I don’t want to be that guy, with a cigarette in his mouth (check, 128 days without smoking today!), who surely is eating and drinking too much bad stuff. I don’t want to be that guy, who can’t run 1K straight without walking.

So, the ability chart is one of my ways of measuring going forward. I’m going to improve my CON / STA, and I’m going to move away from that 4!

Take a stand

I’m so sick of giving in. So sick of believing that “I’m just indulging myself”, or “rewarding myself”, or saying to myself that “what I’m doing isn’t helping anyway”.

I’m tired of all the desires, all the influence from the SO which makes me crave things that aren’t good for me. I’m angry at the culture we’ve developed, were the SO is using food to kill us,  and media, drugs and alcohol is seducing us while they do so.

The SO and their desire for power and money is evil incarnated, and I’m taking a stand against everything they stand for. No longer will I allow them to destroy me and those around me with their poison, and no longer will I allow them to control my mind and body!

Enoughness

I’m good enough. I have done a lot of mistakes in the past, having a tendency to make bad decisions – sometimes it feels like I have an urge to do what’s bad for me instead of what’s good. But I have also done some good things in my life, even though I sometimes feel like I have simultaneously tried to ruin the good things in my life – as some unconscious part of my mind is telling me I don’t deserve any good.

I do deserve good. I do deserve to have the good things in my life. I do deserve to be happy and to spread my goodness to strengthen all relationships, also the existing ones which I currently struggle with. I have to accept that others have their own issues and problems, and that I can’t fix everything, and it doesn’t have to frustrate me so much and make me angry. I’m good enough, and all I have to do is to be there for them as much as I can, and to show my support. They deserve it, and I deserve to feel good about myself even if I can’t fix everything in this world. I’m good enough as I am, right now.

Hero’s Quest: Visit Østmarka’s hilltops Svartåsen og Tronfjellet

Description

To begin the questline for the Epic Quest of visiting all hilltops in Østmarka, you should start with Svartåsen and Tronfjellet right here in Lørenskog. This area should be familiar to you, so you can consentrate on your navigation skills (map and compass) while ascending, even though your not trained for such climbing yet.

Svartåsen

Svartåsen is ranked as the 10th highest hill in Østmarka, but it is the highest hill in Lørenskog, with an impressive altitude of 361m.

Prominence: 102m

This 12m tall firewatch tower was built in 1901. It was in use until 1932, when a new 8m tall tower replaced it. The tower had a telephone line, which was sensational at the time. Unfortunately, no remains exist of the tower(s) today.

Tronfjellet

Tronfjellet is close to Svartåsen, and is ranked as the 11th highest hill in Østmarka, and second highest in Lørenskog. Tronfjellet has an altitude of 359,9m (sooo close to being number one!)

Prominence: 168,9m (but will visit at same time as Svartåsen.

Loot

As you return to your starting point, you receive a Potion of Energy.

Exp

STR, DEX, CON, WIS improvement

Navigation, Hiking, Cooking

Trip description

Starting point

Svartåsen:
Koordinater for GPS-brukere UTM sone 32 V
GPS-koordinater ved parkering E 0610498 N 6641006

Løypebeskrivelse: Fra sørenden av parkeringsplassen fører blå- og rødmerket sti inn i liten dal og over bakketopp. Følg merkingen fram til stikryss med sti ned til Losby. Fra krysset fortsetter vi rett fram langs blå- og rødmerket sti og begynner nå stigningen opp Liadalen. Et par steder avviker blå og rød merking, da følges blå merking. Vi følger stien til det flater ut. Like før det begynner å gå nedover igjen tas til venstre inn på merking med Ti på Topp-skiver. Her er ikke tydelig sti, derfor viktig å følge merkingen. Turkassen er plassert på et sted det er bra utsikt nordover, men det anbefales også å ta en liten avstikker til selve toppen hvor det er litt utsikt mot sør. Avstikkeren til toppen er også merket. For å muliggjøre en rundtur er det merket fra toppen og ned til vi treffer på sti som følges og tar til venstre i første kryss. Vi følger stien forbi et oppdemt tjern, og når vi kommer til vei tar vi til venstre mot parkeringsplassen, og kommer da til det krysset som er nevnt i begynnelsen av beskrivelsen, eller vi kan ta en avstikker til høyre mot Losby hvor det er kafé.

End point

Svartåsen:
GPS-koordinater ved turkasse E 0609951 N 6639934
GPS-koordinater ved toppen E 0610092 N 6639825

Waypoints / points of interest

Geocache Svartåsen

Geocache Tronfjell

Geocache Lombardiet

References

http://www.kjentmannsmerket.org/Svartasen.htm

https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svart%C3%A5sen_(L%C3%B8renskog)

http://www.godtur.no/godtur/nyartikkel/dbarticle_preview.aspx?id=5735

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Hero’s Quest: Ascend the mountain Store Sølnkletten

Description

In the southern part of the mountain range Rondane lies an infamous montain named Store Sølnkletten (Big Silverblob). To climb the mountain, you’ll have to cross a desolate area, inhabited only by dangerous mosquitoes and killer sheep. The surroundings are beautiful, but your trip to the mountain will be hard, as you’ll have to survive on whatever you can carry with you in a small backpack.

As you come to the foot of the mountain, you will have to make camp and settle for a night under the stars. No man can get to the mountain and climb it in one day, so you will have to tend your sore feet and fill your stomach while you watch the fire burning and listen to the silence of the mountains.

As soon as the sun rises above the horizon, you will have to get ready for the mountain. From your camp, there is a prominence of 1049m you will have to climb to get to the highest top, which has an elevation of 1690 m.

Photo of Store Sølnkletten (the biggest), and Spisskletten to the north-west of it.

Target

Get to the top of the mountain.

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2BYDN_store-solnkletten

Loot

As you return from the mountain to your base-camp, you notice a small backpack lying half-buried under stones and sand. You dig up the backpack and look into it, and within you find a climbing rope and a couple of carabiners. You find a note as well, saying “I’m getting too old for this, I’m giving up. No more climbing for me, so to anyone who finds this – enjoy!”.

Skills affected

STR +1

CON +1

WIS +1

Exp.

+ 100

ChenSeya’s Epic Quests

During my first week in the Nerd Fitness Academy, I have done a deep internal dive for finding my reasons for changing my lifestyle, and this deep-dive afterwards led to defining my goals and eventually Epic Quests.

Even though I’m constantly working to improve these (as I learn more about myself during this journey), I have created a list of what my Epic Quests are so far (part of the initial Mindset Quests), and will share those:

Epic Quest title	Description
Ascend mountain Store Sølnkletten	Go on top a mountain called “Store Sølnkletten” in Østerdalen in Norway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stors%C3%B8lnkletten
Flyktningruta hardcore	Currently preparing a journal entry on this.
Run half marathon	I have signed up for a half marathon. No time limit as I’m currently out of business when it comes to running.
Run 5K in 30 minutes	Yep…
Shoot a 50 pts round	I like shooting, and one of my goals is to shoot a 50 pts round, from standing position. Current personal record is 48.
Bring kids on camping/hiking	I want to bring my kids/teenagers on a hiking trip, with one or two nights out in the wild. They are currently not too interested, so it’s going to take some CHA.
All hilltops in Østmarka	Currently preparing a journal entry on this.
“Turorientering” completed	http://turorientering.no/skogtrim (orienteering). This season starting in May probably due to lots of snow still making things difficult. Probably about 80 posts – never gotten myself to find more than 20-30-something.
“Stolpejakten” completed	https://stolpejakten.no/ Orienteering, but simpler. Goal this year is to use my bike and do them all in one day (two years ago managed all in two days). Not sure when season starts.
Support friends and have fun	I want to get some friends together and have fun, playing AD&D or SpellFire. Also, hoping to inspire a friend to join me in the Alter Life-quest.
STR-1: 3×5 of 140kg benchpress	Currently at 100 when writing this April 12th 2018
STR-2: 3×5 of 150kg squat	Currently at 90 when writing this April 12th 2018
STR-3: 3×5 of 150kg deadlift	Currently at 80 unassisted when writing this April 12th 2018
STR-4: 10 pullups	Currently at 0 unassisted when writing this April 12th 2018
STR-5: 10 dips	Currently at 0 unassisted when writing this April 12th 2018
Play a “difficult” song on Piano (The Entertainer)	Starting from scratch more or less (played some when I was six…).

Note: this was a copy-paste from my Google sheet. Turns out WordPress is bad at tables (need plugin) – can’t even insert an additional row for stats and so on, so maintaining this is a bit annoying.

I might change the format into something like this (or create a separate page for each Epic Quest):

 

Epic Quest: Ascend the mountain Store Sølnkletten

Description

In the southern part of the mountain range Rondane lies an infamous montain named Store Sølnkletten (Big Silverblob). To climb the mountain, you’ll have to cross a desolate area, inhabited only by dangerous mosquitoes and killer sheep. The surroundings are beautiful, but your trip to the mountain will be hard, as you’ll have to survive on whatever you can carry with you in a small backpack.

As you come to the foot of the mountain, you will have to make camp and settle for a night under the stars. No man can get to the mountain and climb it in one day, so you will have to tend your sore feet and fill your stomach while you watch the fire burning and listen to the silence of the mountains.

As soon as the sun rises above the horizon, you will have to get ready for the mountain. From your camp, there is a prominence of 1049m you will have to climb to get to the highest top, which has an elevation of 1690 m.

Photo of Store Sølnkletten (the biggest), and Spisskletten to the north-west of it.

Loot

As you return from the mountain to your base-camp, you notice a small backpack lying half-buried under stones and sand. You dig up the backpack and look into it, and within you find a climbing rope and a couple of carabiners. You find a note as well, saying “I’m getting too old for this, I’m giving up. No more climbing for me, so to anyone who finds this – enjoy!”.

Skills affected

STR +1

CON +1

WIS +1

Exp.

+ 100