I just got back from Kebnekaise. I’m working on a longer article, but mean while check all the 135 images from the trip. Picture above: Maija reaches the South Peak. Picture above: Getting ready to ski down slope called Hydrologen to the Tarfala valley with Kebnekaise crew. Picture above: First half of the 270m of [...]
The long waited spring trip is ahead. After contemplating several options we ended up to go to Kebnekaise (once again). I guess it’s the ease of access and good facilities there that made us lean towards it. Well, of course the most important reason is the great mountain environment there. Picture above: Shot from the [...]
Here are few images from the Kebne Easter Ski Touring and Climbing 2010 event. I originally had a plan to stay there for two weeks, but had to cut it short. Still, we had an opportunity climb to Kebnekaise South Peak, do couple of ski touring trips and climb some ice in Tarfala and Skarttacohkka. [...]
During the last few weeks I’ve been writing an article about climbing in real mountain conditions as opposed to average Finnish ice climbing conditions. As a part of this process I just started to memorize all the stupid things I’ve done on the mountains. Trust me, there have been plenty of those, many of which [...]
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 [...]
I have a goal to have a new post at least once a week. I’m planning for future topics and I would like to get your opinion. Currently I’ve got following topics on my drawing board. So let me know if any of these would interest you. Tell also what else you would like to [...]
