It is now exactly 1 year and 22 days since me and Anne overstuffed a van and drove from Helsinki to Oslo. It was new years eve, the van contained everything we own and a bunch of self-confidence that things would work out somehow. Since that day it seems change has happened at the speed …
I’ve been on the edge for several years, but now I finally decided that I need a GPS to work in the mountains. They are relatively cheap and easy to use, and every other mountain enthusiast has one. However, I also began to question, to what extent a GPS will actually increase safety?
Josten på Langs is one of Norways most iconic ski-tours. It crosses Jostedalsbreen, which is the biggest glacier on the mainland of Europe. The entire tour usually takes three days, and it consists of 50-60 km of skiing and around 3000 vertical meters. Camping equipment and food have to be carried the entire way. This …
Just a few pictures from last weekend’s trad-climbing course with Oslo Klatreklubb. Trad is rad and falling is part of the game!
I know, it’s not exactly a new idea, but I thought I’d try out some high-contrast and mono-colour climbing pictures. Here’s a batch from last Friday at Hyggen Vest, a newly developed (mainly trad) crag between Asker and Drammen.
In Norwegian, Easter seems to be another word for skiing, so we headed up to meet Annamari and Katja in Tromsø once again. The forecast promised sunshine from blue skies, but I was uncertain how my wound from a recent tooth operation was healing, so I spent the first few days working. The others had …
After a few repair stops Juha managed to arrive with his van from Spain just in time for my free weekend. We made it to Hemsedal around midnight Friday evening, so we decided to have a short day on Saturday. We drove around, checking out the conditions, but with most exposed ice being way past …
With slightly challenging avalanche conditions, we decided to check out Hesten in Leardalen for the first day.
A friend of my (Janne) posted a beautiful black and white picture on Facebook from Lyngen. I got so inspired that I decided to see what my own pictures from Anne’s and my Eastern holidays would look like. Here is the result. They are all taken from around Narvik, Tromsö and Åre. Oh, and the …