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female adventurers at Ängsö

 I leave early on a Friday morning and after spending most of my day on a train I arrive to a hot, sunny afternoon in Västerås. It’s just me and my 25l backpack – I decided to travel light and minimalistic. Letting unnecessary stuff make way for experiences. I meet up with Boel at the station and then Angeliqa picks us up. In her little white car we burn through the streets to leave the city life behind us.

Around thirty minutes later we find ourselves on the little island of Ängsö nature reserve.

We are three of the ambassadors for the female adventurers, a campaign brought together by Vandringsbloggen and Morakniv to inspire more women to head out in nature and this weekend is organized by them. There we are, standing on the cliffs overlooking the sea and the view is breathtaking. More women, adventurers and friends joined us later and this entire weekend turned out to be very special and I will forever treasure it dearly.

I join different workshops; Sanna Rosell talks about how to write about your adventures and Buschcraft Sweden teaches us all about how to make a fire and hone our knifes. In between we sit down to whittle and drink coffee, we hike and laugh and take photos and it is all oh so wonderful.

The evenings are spent with golden sunsets, late night skinny dipping, BBQ and magical skies. We laugh and sing and as the nights grow darker we make a fire, put candles on the table and drink wine and all the while bats are chasing insects above our heads.

It’s all a blur, time flies by and suddenly it’s Sunday. We hug each other tightly, say our good byes and I get on the train headed home. Nothing feeds my adventurous soul like realizing that I have dirt under my nails, pieces of forest in my hair and the smell of smoke still present in my clothes.

 59° 32′ 31.5852” N 16° 52′ 38.1468” E

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.comKvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Beautiful Ida and her Luna. They have matching hair and eyes, it’s so amazing! Last time I met Ida was a year ago amongst the mountains of Åre and Luna was away so it was nice to finally meet her  – and wonderful to meet Ida again!

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.comKvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.comKvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.comKvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.comKvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Boel, Angeliqa, Sofie and myself feeling happy and free in the wonderful sunset.

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.comKvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.comKvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Boel went for a swim, the first for this season. It seemed cold but lovely and once she was up her face was shining with pure joy, it was wonderful to see. Later that night, as the fire crackled and we’d had a few glasses of wine she sang one of her songs to us and I got goosebumps right away.

The moon had replaced the golden sun, the candles flickered on the table and all was silent except her wonderful voice echoing in the night.

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.comKvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.comKvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Sofia capturing that amazing sky, it’s nice that photography helps us capture and store moments like these.

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.comKvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

Kvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.comKvinnliga äventyrare Photo © Rania Rönntoft | Northbound Journeys | www.northboundjourneys.com

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21 Comments

  1. Gaaaah så vackra bilder, du kan verkligen fånga ögonblicket Rania! Och tack så jättemycket för att du länkade till min låt och skrev så fint om gåshud.

    1. Åh men tack själv för att du anordnade en så fantastisk helg åt oss, och du inspirerar precis lika mycket med din passion för vandring och ditt enorma driv och ditt härliga skratt! :D <3

  2. Ljuvliga bilder och åh den där platsen är så speciell för mig. Uppvuxen i närheten så där har jag fina minnen. Önskar att jag hade vetat om det och hunnit bli mer av en äventyrare ;) En plan som finns där, men känns som att jag behöver hitta någon som drar med mig ut och lär mig just sånt som ni verkar ha fått en del kunskap i denna dag.

    1. Åh är du? Så härligt att ha spenderat mycket tid där, det var otroligt vackert! Jag tror nog att du är en äventyrare redan, det är ju något högst individuellt. Men ja det är skönt att kunna lite innan man ger sig ut i skogen. Det ordnas ju en del via Bushcraft Sverige – spana in dem och lär känna lite friluftiga människor där du bor :)

  3. Men åh vad härligt det lät!! Vilken upplevelse! Och underbart mysiga fina bilder!