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Av Pelle - 18 september 2008 23:03

Today, I took on the task to clean the roofing tiles on the house from moss and other dirt. Not fun, but needed. I'm not very good with my balance and get rather shaky legs when I get up on heights. Since the diving accident 1992, it's been rather bad actually. I remember having problems biking the first year or two after the accident, but by doing it more and more, I managed to train up my stability and today I don't think of it to much. Hopefully the same can happen with my fear of heights. Challenge it!

Another good thing with doing something rather monotonous and boring is that the brain is taking sidetracks while working, since there is not much need of creative thinking. For example, I was using an old knife to scrape off the moss and I realized that it was my old very dear Mora-knife that I bought at Mora-Nisse's Sport shop in Mora 40 years ago. I managed to get Mora-Nisse's autograph on the backside of the leather case and it is still there. I remember how careful I used to be with this very very special knife. Only to be used for the nicest type of wood and here I was abusing it against the brick tiles. No respect for stuff any more. Just to throw it away and buy a new one at Jula for 29 SEK (in plastic case). Well, I will keep this one for nostalgic reasons.

Anyhow, the work on the roof became rather pleasant and mentally stimulating, thanks to Mora-Nisse's knife. Lots of good old memories associated to the knife popped up in my mind and also to Mora-Nisse and XC skiing. Is he still alive? He was old already when I was a kid. I had to check on wikipedia when I was done on the roof. Yes, he's still around, 91 years of age. Olympic gold medalist in 1948 on 50 km, but most known for 9 victories in Vasaloppet. That's impressive.

I have also met Sixten Jernberg, who was an even better skiier on a global level. Gold medals in 3 olympic games. We sometimes stopped at his little skiing village outside Lima in Dalarna to check his trophies and listen to some of his stories. Dad loved to stop there, since he also was a XC skiier. Dad sometimes went on skiing & fishing trips with another great skiier up in Dalarna, Janne Stefansson, who is a friend of Jan-E. Janne has "only" 7 victories in Vasaloppet. Actually also an Olympic gold medal in relay.

Time to go and buy some roller skiis. I got a motivation booster today thanks to Mora-Nisse's knife.

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