Hakala Eeva-Liisa

Working for sports and forests

(Photo: Raija-Liisa Hakala)

After two years off I went back to try ski orienteering. Weather was perfectly warm and sunny. Course was enough easily orienteering for my rusty brains. On the other hand there were some difficult sections on technical side. It was easy to take short cuts as snow was hard enough to carry me. But at the same time it was d...

One of the snowiest place in Finland currently is Punkaharju with 60cm snow. I went to ski there. Lovely weather and perfect track   ! (https://www.harjureitit.net/)

2019 first mtbo camp was held in Lohja. We stayed in a local sport institute resort. As Finland has some snow during winter it meant that some trainings on bike were bit hard. For me, without a bike, it was easier. Only one time the snow bothered bit my tasks. It was when I took some controls to forest and tried to move fast in a deep snow. My other tasks were easier ones, like muscle maintenance and c...

Photo: Sopanen Joni

Aurora hunting safaris are sometimes more succesful than in other days... Anyways, working outdoors is one of the best works you can imagine! Especially with great firends  .

Love this real winter with snow and landscape  ! I´m waiting to get myself in better condition, I´d want to go and ski... "Better to see than be sorry". So I´ll wait.

Kilometers are increasing... I´m preparing myself for a new challenge. It´s waiting me in the North  .

We had a great weekend with girls! Mtbo during night and day. It was physically though camp for me even I still train regularly  . Keeping the speed is the thing I´m not good at nowadays.

I had time to take a deep breathe in the forest. I enjoyed long walks with our "hunting dog" Ruka. Now back to busy times: exams, few trips, and work at new area.

Photo: Haga Antonia

Riding behind a World Championships medalist feels like that  . Been doing outdoor activities at area of Ruka. Which included some Nordic walking and hiking at Oulanka National park http://www.nationalparks.fi/oulankanp

We had season end camp at Sappee. There were few trainings of mtbo, possibility to ride DH and time to hang out in the "outdoor bath" and so on... On my way back I took a friend with me. We stopped to see another friend who had organized nice orienteering training at Asikkala.Ofcourse we took part for it. If there´s ever a chance to see new mapped areas and do some orienteering in new forests I´m in. ht...