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My Monday morning is better than yours.

was fucking great. More saunas in one week than the rest of the year.

#coffeechain #nature #Helsinki #NordicMadness

nice to be out walking, even if #skåne is flat af and we're not getting "real" #winter

#sunset #sun #nature

My "morning" coffee is better than yours

("morning" because it's 12.30 -- shitty sun too lazy to get over horizon)

#nature #villagelife #mountains #sunrise #coffeechain #plebs #coffee

throwback to the wonderful, shiny, crisp, and liberating winter that is storming toward us

#winter #northerndreams #snow #iceland #sky #magic #nature #photograph

sat here and meditate+deep breathing to Akaal today

. Fucking powerful inhaling cool, crisp Arctic air

#nature #sun #yoga #meditation #connect #physicalspirituality #spirit #soul #innerbeing

pretty unbelievable.

#nature #aurora #northernlights #solarstorm #green #sky #reykjavik #photography

my morning walk is better than y'alls'

I can teach yous... but I have to charge

#nature #sky #firstsnow #mountain #freedom #freshair #liberty #photography

you have no idea

#green #iceland #aurora #northernlights #sunday #stars #nature #photography #reykjavik #64degreesnorth

góðan daginn

#iceland #nature #beauty #winter #snow #mountain #photograph

uh-hu, uh-hu. The two twin pillars of my life showing off

#nature #mountains #winter #sky #villagelife #iceland #snow

brought some sheep over a mountain today

#nature #villagelife #nostrgram #landofice #winter #hiking #sheep #sky #horizon #beauty

🎶🎶Thiiiiiiz fjall is on fiiiiire 🎶🎶

#smoke #misty #mountain #iceland #winterishere #sunshine #nature #photography #snow #nostrgram

saludos from 66°N.

Winter isn't just coming; it's here.

Fresh, crisp air. Snow on the mountain. Peace in our souls.

#nature #iceland #villagelife #mountain #snow #peace

Don't let schooling get in the way of your education.

#ourworldindata #climatechange #nature #naturaldisasters #plebchain #selfdevelopment #education #smarts #schooling #optout #abolish

https://www.nottheendoftheworld.co.uk/

This is midnight where I'm at: pink, orange, green and blue.

how about you? GN #nostr

#midnight #sun #nature #iceland #summer #photography #sunset #stillness #calm

Yup, that's what we had to do.

First ocean swim of the year, in a secluded fjord with nobody around. Did I sun my balls? Yes, yessss I did.

#nature #iceland #villagelife #remote #sky #ocean #green #deepnorth #onestep

this is midnight where I live.

GN #nostr fam

#villagelife #midnightsun #summer #sunset #nature #iceland

Sunday's #proofofwalk fucking dope.

https://primal.net/e/note1nxwmpwzgm6s6yufpp3ffqk9xmfc8ytl7tfnzuyl7pz3sr6aknzvqrkuaq0

Today, I shook my farmer's hand, and got some life fuel.

#GN #nostr fam

#mountains #nature #meat #carnivore #freedom #bluesky #villagelife #summer #iceland

Happy Sunday, #nostr fam.

#nature #iceland #summer #hike #snow #sunshine #bluesky #mountains #villagelife

This is an awesome picture of the Maldives (re)claiming land from the ocean.

Sea level rise? Climate change? Nah -- don't need that shite.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/06/26/climate/maldives-islands-climate-change.html

#nature #fascinating #engineering #humanprogress #civilization #plebchain #cc #inspiration

Four years ago today, my life radically changed.

The magic of these lands called, called out powerfully and irresistibly to my lost soul.

THIS is where I had to be, it said. THIS is where I had to spend my days, revere its stillness and vastness -- its energies and extremities.

Some moments simply define our lives, and this was mine.

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Passing another hill in the breathtaking, golden evening light of Iceland’s marvelous summers, I spotted a large waterfall in the distance. Quickly checking my map, I realize it’s the waterfall we meant to visit the next day, but we somehow stumbled upon tonight already. With the orange-golden shimmering light of these magic summer evenings, I know that I wanna go there right away. Every inch of my body is physically screaming for it. Craving it.

To the west, the silhouette of a large hill, darkened against the setting sun. It’s only 10.30 pm, and the sun won’t touch the horizon for another hour, but the valley before me is rapidly losing light. I know that if I want to see this waterfall in precious sunlight, now is the time.

I get out of the car, bouncing in anticipation. The thunderous roar of the waterfall hundreds of meters away is a subtle reminder of what’s awaiting. I feel the excitement in my bones, and start to run towards the lookout point. Halfway there I notice a strange, tingling sensation across my left side — like I’m shivering, but in an odd, agreeable way.

When I round the last corner of the jagged path, the great Goðafoss comes into full view. The fall is only 12m high, but very wide, rounded and perfect. As I stare in wonder at the fantastic scenery before me, the roaring water splashes moist into the air, drizzling stray drops on my forehead, on my arms and gloves, and on my far-from-waterproof runners. Don’t care. I barely even notice. Nothing else matters but the sight in front of me: the storming waterfall, the magic midnight sun shining its ethereal light over that tumbling Icelandic hillside.

I’m too far into a sense of wonder, so emotionally in trance that it doesn’t even occur to me to snap a photo. I scoff in disbelief at how wonderfully perfect this sight is. Loss for words. Unreal. Insane.

And then it happens. The sun moves across the ridge for that stunning pre-sunset glow and the unfamiliar tingling in my left side expands to most of my body. The light is exploding in the distance, the sparkling colors a perfect complement to an already perfect sight. If nature were a deity, I’d be a converted believer.

At once I know that this is the most beautiful sight I’ve ever seen.

https://joakimbook.medium.com/the-precise-moment-i-knew-that-iceland-was-my-home-73b803157168

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I might be poorer than I was back then, poorer than I would have/could have/should have had I opted for another path. My mind might be occupied by different (higher? stupider?) things than it was then. My character might be much less optimistic and happy, more resentful and sullen. My social circle definitely less tightly knit. But my body is stronger -- stronger than it ever was -- and my soul is, for the most part, in tune with the life it craves.

Everyone who has felt a call like mine knows that, actually, there was no other path, no other alternate path to walk. Come heaven or hell, disaster or glory, these are the mountains and fjords I had to wander. This is where I belong.

Lex Fridman recently: "You just have to listen to the inner voice, you have to listen to yourself and make the decisions that don't make any sense for the rest of the world but make sense to you."

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Yndislega eyja, að eilífu.

#iceland #nature #confessions #nostrgram #midnightsun #mountains #villagelife #66degreesnorth #nostr #plebchain #beauty #poetry #writing #photography #sunset #love #artstr #wisdom #freedom #spirituality

Vastness.

GN, #nostr fam

#nature #iceland #landoficeandfire #infinity #infinite #beauty #mountains #villagelife #nostrgram

In a world of beauty, magic, and cool crisp air we embrace the serenity and the stillness.

Touch the world. See the sky. Be the magic.

#nature #iceland #waterfall #serene #stillness #love #summer #fallsoficeland

GM/GN whatever #nature #iceland #villagelife #beauty #mountains #midnightsun

guess they survived their first mountain walk

#fjallabyggd #iceland #skinners #villagelife #nature #mountains

GN

#nature #iceland #summer #sunshine #bluesky #snowypeaks #villagelife

So, I know I've only used them for a few days and that everything new is pretty exciting and that in time they might be too cold for my 66°N lifestyle but so far...

...OMG ARE THE SKINNERS BAREFOOT SOCK-SHOES WONDERFUL. So liberating, so comfortable. Even walking through puddles and damp grass -- no probs.

Huge fucking shout-out to

for telling me about them #nature #iceland #life #comfort #naturalshoes #footwear

GN, team

#reykjavík #nature #sunshine #ocean

GN dudez

#reykjavík #iceland #sunsets #nature

coming home from #btcprague, I'm welcomed to my paradise island by the midnight sun -- the sun had set when we left central Europe and it popped back up when we approached the hallowed lands.

#nature and #colours here are divine. Thanks to @BTCPrague, @trezor and everyone I met this week + spent time with these last three weeks

#reykjavik #iceland #midnightsun #awe

naaaah HOOOODZ #iceland #nature #nostrplebs #waterfalls #skoga