{"id":22152,"date":"2025-12-25T05:55:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T05:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/?p=22152"},"modified":"2025-12-25T05:56:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T05:56:02","slug":"retriitti-jaatikolla-retreat-on-the-ice-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/retriitti-jaatikolla-retreat-on-the-ice-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Retriitti j\u00e4\u00e4tik\u00f6ll\u00e4 \/ Retreat on the ice sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Retriitti tarkoittaa mm. vet\u00e4ytymist\u00e4 arkiel\u00e4m\u00e4st\u00e4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e4it\u00e4 vet\u00e4ytymisi\u00e4 olen kokenut moneen otteeseen viimeisten l\u00e4hes 20 vuoden ajan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHeikkohermoiselle puuduttava maisema olisi voinut k\u00e4yd\u00e4 raskaaksi, mutta Viljaselle se toimi retriittin\u00e4. H\u00e4n vietti aikaa omissa ajatuksissaan l\u00e4hes 130 tuntia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e4in kirjoitti toimittaja Anna Sievinen Hesariin toukokuussa 2019. Olin juuri saapunut Gr\u00f6nlannin j\u00e4\u00e4tik\u00f6lt\u00e4\u2026https:\/\/www.hs.fi\/urheilu\/art-2000006128225.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dJos p\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4 voisi kuvailla c-kasetiksi, niin juostessa vanhat biisit l\u00e4htiv\u00e4t pois ja uusia nauhoituksia tuli tilalle\u201d(Anna Sievinen\/HS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vain muutamaa kuukautta ennen Pohjoisnavalle l\u00e4ht\u00f6\u00e4 (2007) olin Kauppalehden haastateltavana. KL julkaisi tuolloin viikoittain ilmestyv\u00e4\u00e4 Presso-erikoislehte\u00e4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enivei, minulta kysyttiin juoksun \/ seikkailun merkityksest\u00e4. Onko se jotenkin \u201czenil\u00e4ist\u00e4\u201d eli kokeeko juostessa \/ seikkaillessa vaikkapa voimakasta l\u00e4sn\u00e4oloa tunnetta? (mindfulness)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, enh\u00e4n m\u00e4 tuohon osannut mit\u00e4\u00e4n vastata enk\u00e4 osaa muuten viel\u00e4k\u00e4\u00e4n, joten pyysin teko\u00e4lylt\u00e4 apua (mit\u00e4 pidempi matka – sen tyhmempi j\u00e4tk\u00e4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Eksistentialismin n\u00e4k\u00f6kulmasta \u2013 Sartrea tai Camusia mukaillen \u2013 ihminen ei ole<\/em> jotain ennalta m\u00e4\u00e4r\u00e4tty\u00e4, vaan tulee siksi tekojensa kautta.<\/strong> Seikkailija el\u00e4m\u00e4ntapana ilment\u00e4\u00e4 t\u00e4t\u00e4: merkitys ei l\u00f6ydy valmiista rakenteista vaan syntyy valinnoista ep\u00e4varmuuden keskell\u00e4. Seikkailu ei ole pakoa vastuusta, vaan vastuun ottamista omasta suunnasta maailmassa, joka ei tarjoa valmiita vastauksia”.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Aristoteleen hyve-etiikassa hyv\u00e4 el\u00e4m\u00e4 (eudaimonia<\/em>) ei ole hetkellist\u00e4 nautintoa, vaan toimivaa kokonaisuutta. Seikkailijan el\u00e4m\u00e4ntapa voi olla hyveellist\u00e4, jos sit\u00e4 ohjaa phronesis<\/em> \u2013 k\u00e4yt\u00e4nn\u00f6llinen viisaus.<\/strong> Rohkeus ilman harkintaa on uhkarohkeutta, mutta rohkeus yhdistettyn\u00e4 harkintaan on hyve. T\u00e4ss\u00e4 mieless\u00e4 seikkailu on harjoitusta luonteelle<\/strong>, ei vain kokemusten ker\u00e4ily\u00e4”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Fenomenologisesti (esim. Merleau-Ponty) seikkailija el\u00e4\u00e4 maailmaa kehollisesti ja tilanteisesti, ei abstraktina karttana. Maailma n\u00e4ytt\u00e4ytyy mahdollisuuksien kentt\u00e4n\u00e4 eik\u00e4 valmiina j\u00e4rjestelm\u00e4n\u00e4. Seikkailu on tapa olla hereill\u00e4<\/em> kokemukselle, ei vain kuluttaa sit\u00e4”. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Stoalaisesta n\u00e4k\u00f6kulmasta jatkuva ulkoinen seikkailu ei ole olennaista; ratkaisevaa on sis\u00e4inen vapaus. T\u00e4ll\u00f6in todellinen seikkailija ei ole se, joka liikkuu eniten, vaan se, joka s\u00e4ilytt\u00e4\u00e4 mielen tyyneyden muutoksen keskell\u00e4. T\u00e4m\u00e4 tuo kriittisen kysymyksen: onko seikkailu pakoa pys\u00e4htymiselt\u00e4 vai kyky\u00e4 kohdata se<\/strong>?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oheisessa haastattelussa, jota en ole tiett\u00e4v\u00e4sti aiemmin jakanut, minua kutsutaan jostain ihmeen syyst\u00e4 munkiksi:-). \u2026https:\/\/www.boldrsupply.co\/blogs\/b-roll\/living-life-to-the-extreme-getting-to-know-adventure-runner-jukka-viljanen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joulun jatkoa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A retreat means, among other things, withdrawing from everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have experienced these kinds of withdrawals many times over the past nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA numbing landscape might have felt oppressive to someone faint-hearted, but for Viljanen it functioned as a retreat. He spent almost 130 hours alone with his own thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is how journalist Anna Sievinen wrote in Helsingin Sanomat<\/em> in May 2019. I had just arrived back from the Greenland ice cap\u2026
https:\/\/www.hs.fi\/urheilu\/art-2000006128225.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you could describe the mind as a C-cassette, then while running the old songs were erased and new recordings took their place.\u201d
(Anna Sievinen \/ HS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a few months before leaving for the North Pole (2007), I was interviewed by Kauppalehti<\/em>. At the time, KL published a weekly special magazine called Presso<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, I was asked about the meaning of running \/ adventure. Is it somehow \u201czen-like\u201d \u2014 in other words, do you experience a strong sense of presence while running or adventuring (mindfulness)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I didn\u2019t really know how to answer that then, and I still don\u2019t, so I asked AI for help (the longer the distance, the dumber the guy).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom an existentialist perspective \u2014 following Sartre or Camus \u2014 a human being is not something predetermined, but becomes who they are through their actions. Adventure as a way of life embodies this: meaning is not found in ready-made structures but is created through choices made amid uncertainty. Adventure is not an escape from responsibility, but the taking of responsibility for one\u2019s own direction in a world that offers no ready answers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Aristotle\u2019s virtue ethics, the good life (eudaimonia) is not momentary pleasure but a functioning whole. An adventurer\u2019s way of life can be virtuous if it is guided by phronesis<\/em> \u2014 practical wisdom. Courage without deliberation is recklessness, but courage combined with deliberation is a virtue. In this sense, adventure is an exercise in character, not merely the collecting of experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom a phenomenological perspective (e.g. Merleau-Ponty), the adventurer lives the world bodily and situationally, not as an abstract map. The world appears as a field of possibilities rather than a finished system. Adventure is a way of staying awake to experience, not merely consuming it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom a Stoic point of view, constant external adventure is not essential; what matters is inner freedom. In this sense, the true adventurer is not the one who moves the most, but the one who maintains calmness of mind amid change. This raises a critical question: is adventure an escape from stillness, or the ability to face it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the interview linked below,which, to my knowledge, I haven\u2019t shared before, I am, for some strange reason, called a monk \ud83d\ude42
https:\/\/www.boldrsupply.co\/blogs\/b-roll\/living-life-to-the-extreme-getting-to-know-adventure-runner-jukka-viljanen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merry Christmas season! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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