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I had my first cross country skiing trip recently. Ingvild, Live, Irene and myself headed to a small hytta (cabin) near Oslo. The weather was great and despite my being a bit slow and having to run down the occasional hill due to my meagre skiing skills, I made it to the end! Big thanks to Ingvild, Live and Irena for being awesome first-time ski instructors \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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I had my first cross country skiing trip recently. Ingvild, Live, Irene and myself headed to a small hytta (cabin) near Oslo. The weather was great and despite my being a bit slow and having to run down the occasional hill due to my meagre skiing skills, I made it to the end! Big thanks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[385,450],"class_list":["post-5854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-picsofme","tag-ski","last-post"],"yoast_head":"\nCross-country skiing cherry popped - Ryan Hellyer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First cross country skiing trip recently. We headed to a small hytta (cabin) near Oslo. 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