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and the Pentagon Artaxes jacket. I received the Expedition sleeping bag and the Jungle blanket from the guys at Snugpak. For several days, I watched tests, com- parisons, and the history of how outdoor clothing technology had evolved over the years. I quickly realized that regular cotton T-shirts and old cargo pants were far behind modern innovations featuring various mem- branes, silver ions, and other cutting-edge technologies. A stroke of luck also worked in my favor: be- fore my departure, the Euro Target Show fair was taking place in Poznań. Naturally, I co- uldn't have missed it. Knowing exactly what I needed, I went shopping. Walking between the booths, I felt like a child in a candy store filled with the swe- etest treats. There was plenty to choose from. It was great to see how this trade fair event was growing year by year. In just a few hours, I picked up Helikon pants and, after a few conversations with brand representatives, also received a jacket for testing. I also bought the Snugpak Navi- gator SQ sleeping bag, which can handle temperatures down to -7°C. I was ready. It was time to get moving. On April 11, my adventure began. I turned on the audiobook This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay on my phone and, immersing myself in authentic stories filled with hu- man foolishness always ending up in the emergency room, I set off on my journey. First, a 40-minute bus ride to the Poznań railway station. Then, a three-hour trip to the Gdańsk-Wrzeszcz station, followed by a transfer to the airport. After check-in, a 90-minute flight to Gothenburg. Then a transfer to a Flixbus and nearly a two-ho- ur ride to Jönköping. From there, it was smooth sailing. In this city, at a station located by the beautiful, cold Lake Vät- tern, Tomasz and his friend Bartek were waiting for me. That evening, Bartek's off-road Ford still had over 300 km left to cover. We arrived at the training site around 11 PM. The omnipresent silence in the middle of the forest parking lot and the wonderfully starry sky put us in a good mood. In the moonlight, we easily laid out our sleeping mats and bags, attaching a tarp to the side of the off-roader to create a makeshi- ft shelter in case of rain. None of us tho- ught about what would protect us from the wandering moose or the many "mar- tens-foxes" (a type of creature that frequ- ently appeared later during the training). The morning greeted us with a lavish zero degrees on the thermometer. At that mo- ment, I thought that just a month ago, I wouldn't have imagined spending a night on a sleeping mat in a sleeping bag, snug- gled up against an expensive off-road tire, with only a piece of tarp over my head. This is awesome! Let's get up. My loud exclamation piqued Tomasz and Bartek's curiosity, but as it turned out, REPORT