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There are many types of activities available during the winter. Snowshoes, Ice climbing, Snowmobile, dog sledge, Skiing, Snowboarding and Kite boarding or glacier walks to name some of the main outdoor sports that can be done by individuals or a selected group. These sports can be done in a very controlled environment but for many individuals with a certain experience level the adrenalin level is raised by leaving the controlled environment and go out into the wilderness.  There are companies offering champagne tours to the North Pole and are calling it an adventure. No adventurer will consider this real, and this is certainly not the stuff to be taken seriously. I am talking about the real stuff. This stuff includes the journey through wilderness. If you would like exactly that, if your hands start sweating and your heart starts beating at an uncontrollable rate not much different than on your first date, then you have the heart for adventures. Here are some important guidelines for you: You should gain the knowledge and know-how in order to survive in the wilderness. Knowledge and education can be obtained in special schools. Educate yourself. Practice in bad conditions...for example the local freezer etc. Once you have got the practice and think you now possess the know-how, then don't flatter yourself - you definitely don’t. Go home and learn some more!..... Naturally you have taken part in a real avalanche class and possibly a survival class, not one of those "Yuppie kill the chicken and feel free" weekend therapy sessions. You have learned your first aid course. You have learned everything there is to know. You know your card and your area well enough to know where and how to seek shelter.  If you are living in the city, help out in the local meat market, they have large freezers, get used to the cold! The long walks you might take in your local park in the heavy rain or perhaps even in minus degrees is nothing close to going out into the real wilderness such as Sarek or Padjelante, Europe's oldest national park and world treasure. This is one of the places you might run into me. Oliver is extreme adventurer and survival-expert (who also goes under the nickname the Fridgeman). Right now he is undertaking a three year long expedition during which he is walking through the whole of Sweden…literary the WHOLE of oblong Sweden. Oliver is in fact walking through all of Swedens 289 communes - carrying a fifty kilo heavy fridge instead of a backpack! A distance that corresponds to a return trip Sweden - South Africa…twice. “I have always been extremely stubborn and persistent. While others consider something as “impossible”, I look at it as a challenge. I believe anything can be achieved as long as you set your mind to it” Before this expedition, he has swum Spain’s longest river Rio Ebro from start to finish - against the current - and windsurfing the whole of Chile’s coast can be mentioned. Continued On Next Page (Extreme adventure holidays, Page 2) ... AUTHOR: Oliver Vogel  TAGS: Extreme sports world Family living time Sports extreme free Fun BOOKMARK: Digg it | Add to Del.ICIO | Add to FARK ACTIONS: Comment Save Print Register free acount  |
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