\u00c4\u00e4riolosuhteissa toimiva retkikunta on (kielt\u00e4m\u00e4tt\u00e4) symbolisesti vahva ymp\u00e4rist\u00f6<\/strong>. ja “identiteetillisesti latautunut\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Joillekin se voi n\u00e4ytt\u00e4yty\u00e4 mahdollisuutena tulla joksikin, mutta sit\u00e4 emme tarjoa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tekij\u00f6ille l\u00f6ytyy aina paikka.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ********************************************************<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our expedition team includes “people from all walks of life.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of them is Sami Mikkola, who leads the operations of Merrell, the world’s largest outdoor footwear manufacturer, here in Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have known Sami for about twenty years, and we\u2019ve been collaborating on expedition projects throughout the 2020s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We met yesterday and agreed on plans for both the Sahara (2026) and the Iceland glacier runs (2027).<\/p>\n\n\n\n I also received a pair of brand-new Agility 6 running shoes from the company to test (photo).<\/p>\n\n\n\n I wrote in the beginning of the blog that our expedition team includes “people from all different walks of life.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is truly important, however, is that the inner circle of the team is composed of individuals who participate not to build an image of themselves (=identity project) but to get work done.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Operational commitment focuses on what participation requires,<\/strong> while the identity project focuses on how participation looks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n An expedition operating in extreme conditions is (admittedly) a symbolically strong environment and \u201ccharged with identity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n For many, it can offer the opportunity to become someone <\/strong>\u2014 not just to do something.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, that\u2019s not what we offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Retkikuntaamme kuuluu -varsinkin asiaa laajemmin tarkasteltuna – “ihmisi\u00e4 kaikilta el\u00e4m\u00e4n aloilta”. Yksi heist\u00e4 on Mikkolan Sami, joka johtaa maailman suurimman outdoor-jalkineiden valmistajan Merrellin toimintoja t\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 Suomessa. Olen tuntenut Samin jo parisen kymment\u00e4 vuotta ja yhteisty\u00f6t\u00e4 olemme tehneet koko 2020-luvun ajan. Tapasimme eilen ja sovimme yhteisty\u00f6n jatkosta niin Saharan (2026) kuin Islannin j\u00e4\u00e4tikk\u00f6juoksujen (2027) osalta. Sain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22483"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22491,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22483\/revisions\/22491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Agility6-873x1030.jpg\")
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