As the year is ending soon, I thought it would be nice to share some of my favourite outdoors moments along the year and I thought that photos would make nice variation to the thousands-of-words posts that I’ve been writing lately. But I couldn’t help adding few words in between… And there are way too […]
You might have noticed that lately I’ve mentioned tyres quite often in my tweets. Tyres? Yes, tyres. Why? Well, let me explain… Who can read the runes? Most who are serious about their outdoor ventures like to be fit. Maybe the greatest way for outdoors enthusiast to stay fit is to spend a lot of […]
I had a pair of 125 cm long Altai Hok “gliding snow shoes” or “fast shoes” for test the last winter and I really liked them (see my Initial Impressions). Though there were few things I would’ve liked to change. I would have preferred: – the longer model (wasn’t available for test at the time) […]
I’m confident enough to say that all backpackers dislike bugs. Acutally, hate bugs. Well, not all bugs but the kind bugs that bite and sting you while you’re trying to enjoy the outdoors. We protect ourselves with clothing, shelters and chemicals and maybe even avoid outings on certain areas during the worst bug season. So […]
About a year ago I wrote about Spruce tips and my dreams living of the land. During the last year many things have changed and evolved but I’m still dreaming of partially living of the land in the future and because of that I have been doing some experiments with resources freely available from the […]
You might have noticed that lately I’ve mentioned tyres quite often in my tweets. Tyres? Yes, tyres. Why? Well, let me explain… Who can read the runes? Most who are serious about their outdoor ventures like to be fit. Maybe the greatest way for outdoors enthusiast to stay fit is to spend a lot of […]
Packraft? Packraft on muutaman kilon painava, repussa kulkeva, koskikelpoinen yhden hengen kumilautta. Tämä ”työkalu” vapauttaa vaeltajan ja melojan perinteisistä reitinvalinnan rajoituksista ja mahdollistaa monipuolisen, vapaan liikkumisen luonnossa sulanmaan aikaan. Lisätietoa “Mikä packraft?” -sivulta. Packraft-lautta on turvallinen ja helppo melottava, mutta varsinkin virtaavaan veteen liittyy aina riskejä, jotka on hyvä tiedostaa. Lisäksi oikean tekniikan ja erilaisten […]
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 […]
Since writing the post about New packrafting toys two years ago a lot has happened on the packrafting market. And on the other hand, not so much has happened: it’s still the same interesting growing niche sport. But, there are new boats worth a mention! New packrafts Alpackraft Gnu with Vectran fabric and sraydeck. Photo […]
This blog post about guiding services I am offering for summer 2015 is in Finnish as the packrafting courses and tours I’m offering with set dates will be guided in Finnish as default. But if you’re interested in a course or a guided tour in English, feel free to contact me with e-mail and we’ll arrange […]
Since writing the post about New packrafting toys two years ago a lot has happened on the packrafting market. And on the other hand, not so much has happened: it’s still the same interesting growing niche sport. But, there are new boats worth a mention! New packrafts Alpackraft Gnu with Vectran fabric and sraydeck. Photo […]
As the year is ending soon, I thought it would be nice to share some of my favourite outdoors moments along the year and I thought that photos would make nice variation to the thousands-of-words posts that I’ve been writing lately. But I couldn’t help adding few words in between… And there are way too […]
I’m confident enough to say that all backpackers dislike bugs. Acutally, hate bugs. Well, not all bugs but the kind bugs that bite and sting you while you’re trying to enjoy the outdoors. We protect ourselves with clothing, shelters and chemicals and maybe even avoid outings on certain areas during the worst bug season. So […]
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 […]