Now, about a one month after the three-week Ultima Thule skiing expedition to Svalbard I have finally scraped together a trip report! As I wrote live updates from the ice during the expedition I didn’t feel that a traditional trip report would be necessary. I will still post a bunch of posts related to the […]
The title states the obvious facts about last Wednesday’s micro adventure I did with classmates from the wilderness guide school but apparently there is more to say about the trip than the numbers as this turned out to be quite a long post. The Niittylahden opisto has also many other courses and classes than the […]
It’s been a bit quiet in the blog as I’m using most of my spare time doing expedition preparations. Last weekend was spent weighting, mixing and packing food for three-week expedition. I’ll write more about my diet before leaving but here is a teaser pick: Most of the food for two people for a three-week […]
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 […]
It’s been a bit quiet in the blog as I’m using most of my spare time doing expedition preparations. Last weekend was spent weighting, mixing and packing food for three-week expedition. I’ll write more about my diet before leaving but here is a teaser pick: Most of the food for two people for a three-week […]
Posted by Korpi-Jaakko on 06/04/2011 Everything should be packed now. At least I hope so and the amount of gear is very impressive. I finished sewing some last minute velcro patches on gear and I am now leaving to Hollola to check gear with my tent partner Matias and from there will leave to Helsinki-Vantaa […]
After picking up a satellite phone on our way to airport in the morning we spend an hour packing, repacking and adjusting our luggages at the airport and thanks to thorough preparations on sport the check-in was very easy and quick despite huge loads of gear. The flight was very nice and went fast despite […]
Here’s a nice little challenge for you to give you some extra motivation to get outdoors also this year! What? The challenge is pretty simple: 1) Get out, do something “outdoorsy” and sleep outside. (Just sleeping on the backyard doesn’t really count.) 2) Do it twice a month through the whole year 2015. * The […]
We should save the battery of the yellowbrick, so the messages will probably get shorter or at least their quality will worsen (like it could be any worse). Today we got to the skis right in the morning. The weather was all right at first, but turned poor pretty fast. The day was even whiter, […]
Packing for a long work stint in the North I tend to notice I have a lots of unused outdoor stuff and this winter season is no exception. Here I’ve listed pile of stuff for sale, mostly small and affordable. Some of it used, some new and unused. I hope you’ll have more use for […]
Part 3 – Hungry coastal hike thru abandoned settlements Check out some background information for the trip and the first and second part of the story to make it complete. After 30 kilometers of awesome (though butt-freezing) packrafting on the Reinelva we were in the point where plans needed to be changed. We had lost […]
Usually new gear is exciting. But new shoes are not. They are terrifying! Well, that is not always the case but when you find your tried and true footwear of choise being discontinued or changed you do feel little uncomfortable. At least this was the case when La Sportiva updated my beloved Wild Cat trail […]
Traditional heavyweight hiking boots are considered to be very durable. And they are, at least compared to the lightweight trail runners favoured by many, me included. Trail runners seem to last around or under 1000 km while traditional heavy weight leather boots can last for several thousand kilometers. But even hiking boots are not forever. […]
I’ve mentioned once every now and then that my main tour of the winter will be a ski expedition across the Greenland ice cap – and it’s about to start right now! We will leave Finland behind on April 13th and arrive to Greenland the next day. And if all goes as planned we will […]