Jimmy Joy
Photo by Skyla Design

Jimmy Joy

Jimmy Joy > Non rammento come in origine mi sia imbattuto nel Soylent, un cibo in polvere ideato in California e contenente la dose giornaliera di tutte le sostanze nutritive essenziali per la sopravvivenza. Quel che ricordo è che rimasi affascinato da questa sua mira minimalista: se abbiamo bisogno di tot carboidrati, proteine, grassi, fibre, sale, vitamine e minerali al dì, perché mangiare sempre per gola e poi lamentare effetti negativi sulla salute? Non sarebbe forse meglio assumere quotidianamente questi nutrienti sotto forma di “pillola magica”? Certo, una miscela d’acqua e formula insapore riduce il piacere…

0 Comments
Money
Photo by Jason Leung

Money

Money > Does a trip to Iceland cost a lot of money, as they say? To provide an honest answer to this question, I’ve decided to review what I spent to make the two weeks of my bikepacking journey come true.Please, note: this is just a comprehensive list of all the services/products I had to pay for, hence it doesn’t include the services I received for free and the products I already had in my possession.Travel Airplane: British Airways (from Linate to Keflavík)150,89€ Bus: Grayline Airport Express, w/ bike (from Keflavík to Reykjavík)39,02€ Bus: Strætó #57…

0 Comments
Solitude
Photo by Niccolò Salvi

Solitude

Solitude > I was sitting alone at the picnic table next to the harbour fountain, when I noticed a guy riding a bicycle packed with more than twice my luggage. He passed right behind me, heading to one of the only two restaurants in town.“So, I’m not the only one bikepacking in this region…pity that I have to depart today.”I waited there until the last whale sightseeing tour had left, then I reached the gas station to catch the bus to Borgarnes. While I was rearranging my gear to ease the loading of my bike in…

0 Comments
Loneliness
Photo by Niccolò Salvi

Loneliness

Loneliness > “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the Captain. We have just been cleared to land at Keflavík Airport, Iceland. As we start our descent, please make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their full upright position. Also, make sure your seat belt is securely fastened and all carry-on is stowed underneath the seat in front of you or in the overhead bins. Cabin crew, please take you seats for landing.”I watched outside the window and saw my dream land touched by sunrays and scattered rainy clouds. Then I noticed that my two…

0 Comments
Rollercoaster
Photo by Christina Boemio

Rollercoaster

Rollercoaster > This will only be a quick update.The days following the launch of Oakenglass’ fundraising campaign have been an emotional rollercoaster. Joy, thanks to the closeness of some. Anger, due to the apathy of others. Bliss, thanks to the philosophy I live by. Rage, due to the narcissistic capitalism we live in. Then melancholy, rapture, anxiety, serenity, concern and hope… all melted together before my journey alone.Perhaps I’ll elaborate, one day.Anyway… the campaign is going well, and I have many new ideas to support it as soon as I come back home. My journey in…

0 Comments
Crowdfunding
Photo by Jakob Owens

Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding > It’s three o’clock in the morning, and I’ve just launched the crowdfunding campaign, at last. But before talking about it, I would want you to read a story by Loren Eisely, an American anthropologist.Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.One day, as he was walking along the shore, he looked down the beach and saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the…

1 Comment
Newspaper
Photo by Julie Johnson

Newspaper

Newspaper > Oakenglass has been featured on the homepage of Bergamonews, a local online newspaper.The article is covered by copyright, so I’ve translated my quotes only. Here they are:This detachment is understandable even amongst friends. If a friend tells you about a physical illness they have, we feel more mentally prepared to help them; but suicide is another story. We feel scared when we have to face a confidence that hides a distress and a profound suffering towards life: our first instinct is to run away. This is because there’s no training, there isn’t the needed knowledge…

0 Comments
Talking
Photo by Aaina Sharma

Talking

Talking > Some time after I had the idea of supporting the crowdfunding campaign through my bikepacking journey to Iceland, I found out that the International Association for Suicide Prevention almost does the same. Each year, around the World Suicide Prevention Day, the IASP proposes the Cycle Around the Globe challenge: jointly cycle a distance equal to the circumference of our Earth (i.e. 40.075 kilometres), to raise awareness about the risk factors of suicide and raise funds for vital projects on suicide prevention. I’ve just submitted the nine hundred and eighty kilometres I’m going to cover with my…

0 Comments
Solo: A West Fjords Story
Photo by Jonatan Pie

Solo: A West Fjords Story

Solo: A West Fjords Story > Backpacking for three months in Iceland, from June to September, to loop Route 1. That was the original idea. Reading about all those people who had lived grand adventures by walking around the world awakened a forgotten thrill. The thrill of exploring. I also wished to relieve the burden of living in a hard-hearted society, to immerse myself into the world, to drift on foreign lands, to sense a deep connection with the earth, to enjoy the little things every day. Feel their same freedom. Unfortunately, my checking account didn’t agree.…

3 Comments
Chapter Three: Day
Photo by Veeterzy

Chapter Three: Day

Chapter Three: Day > Red believed that, in most cases, one decides to begin a degree in psychology for two core reasons: to help themselves and/or to help other people; every further motive can be reduced to one of these. The problem is, during those six years of study, a future psychologist who has always aspired to pursue a different career than psychotherapy, may forsake the former and be seduced by the latter… only because of a way fatter pay-cheque. And thus, the desire to help is overcome by the longing to be rich.Red had already…

1 Comment

- end of the line -

- error, please reload -