At an altitude of eight thousand metres, everything suddenly changes.You stop thinking about emails, missed calls, or dozens of notifications. Instead, you think about whether you have enough food, whether you’ll sleep at all, and whether you’ll even be able to crawl out of the tent the next day. Things we take for granted in everyday life become luxuries up there.

We often associate Christmas with calm, silence, and slowing down. Reality, however, is often quite different. Instead of peace, we deal with gifts, cleaning, family visits, and the pressure to meet everyone’s expectations. We focus more on what should be than on what we actually need in that moment.

Today's society leads us to hide rather than express ourselves. To judge rather than listen. To control rather than experience. And that is why our voice is more important today than ever before. It is a quiet but extremely powerful tool for authenticity, connection, and inner freedom, which we sometimes lose in the hustle and bustle of everyday life.