Travel

Arktisen hiihtovaeltamisen kokonaisuus muodostuu sarjasta nousujohteisia kursseja ja retkikuntia. Peruskurssilla ja jatkokurssilla painopiste on vaativassa hiihtovaeltamisessa avotunturissa. Molempia kursseja järjestetään talvella 2014 kaksi kappaletta. Vuonna 2015 jatkokurssin suorittaneet voivat jatkaa tällä ladulla arktisille jäälakeuksille Huippuvuorten jylhiin maisemiin ja Islantiin Euroopan suurimmalle jäätikölle. Ja lisää on luvassa tulevina vuosina, pohjoisessa vain Pohjoisnapa on rajana! Arktisen hiihtovaeltamisen […]

Even though the winter in Southern Finland is late, it seems to be arriving as there has been snow on the ground for couple of days now. Keeping your fingers protected and working in winter is very important, and also very challenging at times so I thought it would be a good time for a […]

The second of the three #HikingNorth trips is done and me and N are heading towards Sarek National Park for the third trip before returning back to South. While we are hiking in the Sarek, here are some pictures from the second trip from Kilpisjärvi (Finland) to Reisadalen (Norway). It didn’t go quite according to […]

The blog has been quiet for about two months. That’s a long time. Of that time I’ve spent about five weeks on my longest expedition yet, skiing 27 days across the Greenland icecap. It was a wonderful tour and I had great time. But the price to pay seems to be the worst expedition hangover […]

In June me and N traversed Kebnekaise (2100m or so), the highest peak of Sweden. It’s a classic hike with parts following the wide path from Nikkaluokta to Kebnekaise Fjällstation and parts following the hugely popular Kungsleden trail. The marked trails and well equipped huts can make a nice hike in spectacular Alpine scenery. But […]

This bilingual post includes some additional details regarding the packraft gathering at 16.-18.9.2016! // Tämä  kaksikielinen kirjoitus sisältää tarkempia tietoja liittyen packraft-kokoontumiseen 16.-18.9.2016! In English: Packrafters in Finland – Unite once again! The third Finnish Packraft Gathering will be held at Vantaanjoki in Southern Finland on 16.-18.9.2016. The meeting is very much informal gathering of […]

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 […]

My main trip for the summer season 2015 was a summer packrafting tour to Svalbard. After the superlative-packed winter tour in Svalbard in April I was excited to get back. This trip had been on the drawing board already for a few years and now it was about the time to change a digital line […]

The name of the post refers to the unofficial Wilderness Classic motto “We all should know better than to do this race” which I quoted several times towards the end of “Kaksnelonen” a 24-hour walking challenge that I did during the last Thursday and Friday. Here are some thoughts along the 105 kilometers I walked. […]

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 with packrafts. This post is about the latter. The second part of the tour […]

This is again one of those blog posts sarting with “it’s been quiet around here for a while…” because, well, it’s been quiet around here for quite a while. Warning: The post includes some photos of unprocessed food that some might find disturbing. We got some auroras in the South in  October… The reason is […]

What drives a sane person to shiver non-stop for four days and four nights, while not eating or sleeping and call it a holiday? Editors note: I’m privilege to have extra-ordinary friends who do amazing things. One of them is Huck, a fellow wilderness guide and founder of NordicByNature. He has earlier written quest posts […]

This bilingual post includes some additional details regarding the packraft gathering at 6.-8.10.2017! // Tämä  kaksikielinen kirjoitus sisältää tarkempia tietoja liittyen packraft-kokoontumiseen 6.-8.10.2017! In English: Summon the packrafters in Finland! (Once again…) We’d like to welcome you to the Finnish Packraft Gathering 4.0. Meeting will be held at Lohjanjärvi-Mustionjoki in Southern Finland on 6.-8.10.2017. The […]

Last Saturday it was once again time for the annual Helsinki Adventure Night, an adventure and climbing oriented movie evening. This year offered an interesting documentary about research work on Antarctica in the form of Antarctica: A Year On Ice, excellent keynote speech from Ueli Steck himself and Valley Uprising, a documentary about the history […]