/ A word of warning: As has been the case with the previous OYIP posts, also this post includes a lot of photos. They are nice and varied outdoors photos but there are many. You have been warned. / It’s again the time annual OYIP post. The time to wrap up the past year in […]
12.04.2011 – 5th day on skis Since the last update, the second day on skis, a lot has happened: for example we have skied, slept and eaten and waited down a storm . The third day started as any day: wake up at 07:00, at skis on 09:00 and seven legs (50 minutes skiing + […]
Lately I’ve spent quite a lot of time trying to get a hold of all the different satellite communication options available for outdoor adventurers and I though it would be nice to share my findings with you. This is a sort of state of the market report limited to the devices that may interest outdoor […]
After the three weeks spectacular in Svalbard I had a week back home to take care of mundane issues and repack for another two weeks on the ice. This time the destination was Iceland and the plan was to guide an Avotunturit ski expedition across Vatnajökull, the largest glacier in Europe. This would be my […]
The wind and the rain went on all night. There was no visible change in the morning, so we slept 12 hours straight. In the afternoon we noticed that the time to cease the moment had came and packed up the camp. Like yesterday, the girls had the dubious privilege to take the lead, as […]
Another overnighter trip report! Sorry, if you are getting bored. I’ll try write about kit/gear/stuff later, and of course finish the posts about the past winter. But for now, trip report it is! My original plan was to spend the festive mid-summer weekend, Juhannus as we call it, working and I really didn’t have any […]
This is again a bilingual blog post about guiding services I am offering. / Tämä on toinen kaksikielinen tiedote tarjoamistani opaspalveluista. This post serves also as a “commenting area” as the comments on pages are disabled. / Tämä tiedote palvelee myös kommentointi- ja keskustelualueena, sillä info-sivuilla ei voi kommentoida. Which track you’d like to follow? […]
12.04.2011 – 5th day on skis Since the last update, the second day on skis, a lot has happened: for example we have skied, slept and eaten and waited down a storm . The third day started as any day: wake up at 07:00, at skis on 09:00 and seven legs (50 minutes skiing + […]
In July I spent (again) a week on Kebnekaise area, this time combining two trips into a one-week tour. Both were traverses of a sort, the first including a traverse of the Kebnekaise summits and the second traversing the whole massif. This post is about the first one involving crampons but no packrafts. The go-to […]
After spending nearly half of the winter skiing and hauling and sleeping on snow and ice, it was time to kick-start the summer season in mid-June. For this I headed to Northern Karelia, near the Eastern most corner of Finland where one can find almost untouched nature in the deep woods and also excellent white […]
We are having quite terrible winter here in the Southern Finland. Saying it’s the worst ever is probably exaggerating but it’s horrible compared to the previous few winters. There’s not much snow to ski on, two weeks of above zero temps have turned the lakes into slush fields and generally it’s not very inspiring for […]
Posted by Korpi-Jaakko on 11/03/2012 Last night was again very stormy but the morning was nice and nearly calm. Wind picked up again in the afternoon during snow shelter building excersise. We built an emergency shelter, 2 snow caves and an igloo in the storm. Full 8 hours of skiing tomorrow, followed with short sleep […]
All new Finnish made outdoor products are rare. Especially interesting and well working ones. This post is about one of the gems: OAC Kar 147 backcountry skis, or fastshoes, i.e. something between a snowshoe and a ski. In the post there is some background information, some numbers, my initial impressions and comparison to the Altai […]
At the moment I’m on a skiing trip to Sarek National Park in Northern Sweden. I’m doing another voluntary internship period for the Wilderness Guide studies and this time I’m co-guiding and instructing a group of 11 future Arctic travelers on a one-week long ski expedition course in Sarek National Park. We head to the […]