Hi, I’m Jussi Kuukasjärvi. I enjoy hiking in nature with likeminded people. Into ice climbing I got climbing together with Juho at Korouoma. Though it was hard at first, practice together with good company, without too much pressure, and results emerge. There are plenty of alternatives for trekking in Finnish nature, one great option is riding. Warm clothes, good lunch pack [...]
In Finland there’s not that much mountains. Actually most of the ice climbing spots in Finland are somewhere else than in fells (fell = sort of round mountain). There are abandoned mines, different sized smaller cliffs and then such places like Korouoma, which is by far the best spot for ice climbing in Finland. Korouoma [...]
aOur climbing association OKS91 ry arranges few climbing trips each year. Typically there’s several to the Korouoma, which is the best spot for ice climbing in Finland and about 250km from Oulu where I’m living at and a one longer one to somewhere where’s more to climb. Last two years the “more to climb” trips [...]
During the years I’ve been using both traditional quickdraws as well as wiregate quickdraws. Just few weeks ago I had a first set of Wild Country Helium wiregates and last weekend I was able to have some real action with them. Since Heliums go around few issues that has plagued other wiregate quickdraws, I just [...]
Last spring I went together with my girl friend Kaisu in to easy going skiing trip to Kebnekaise, Sweden’s highest mountain (2104 meters). By easy going I mean the fact that we lived under the roof, didn’t carry our gear to the Kebnekaise mountain station (used the snowmobile transportation instead), ate the foot at the [...]
Abalakov thread, named after great Soviet climber Vitaly Abalakov, is one of the great mountain safety inventions. It’s also known as a V-thread. Generally speaking Abalakov thread is fairly easy to create, doesn’t require any expensive gear to be left behind and, when created and used properly, it’s safe. Here’s a short introduction to Abalakov thread in a way I’m used [...]
