The Wilderness Guide School I’ve been doing for the last 10 months ended the last Friday. The last week was very hectic with last tests to be passed and farewells to be said to many new friends but it is now over and it’s time to reward myself with a hike and thus I’m sitting […]
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 käytännön […]
Ehm… Another post starting with “it’s been quiet here lately”. The blog has been quiet as I’ve been busy with the everyday chores of being a dog sledding guide and then occupying all my spare time with putting together guided ski expeditions and courses. The latter are actually turning out to be quite a success […]
I don’t usually feature quest posts in my blog as the focus is on “my personal views on all walks of outdoor life”. But occasionally you come up with something so great that you want to share it. This is one of those cases. This a “ghost post” by a man who I greatly respect. […]
Rent a Packraft! Need a packraft for an adventure but don’t want to invest big money? Or would you like to try one before buying your own? And get a discount from the purchase? Now you can! Fleet I (Pohjoisemmas Oy) have fleet of packrafts which I also rent out when not using them on […]
Posted by Korpi-Jaakko on 05/04/2012 Vatnajökull is an extremely lovely place. A weather one can’t find here doesn’t exist. Not a single day has passed with out the glacier putting us to a test, and today made no exception. From the very first kick the ski sucked an end of the world snow lumps to […]
I’m spending the week enjoying the summer in the country side and preparing for the upcoming year in the wilderness guide school (which starts next Monday), but at the mean time I’m also writing trip reports about the last two trips in the Lapland. The writing will take some time as there is so much […]
Posted by Korpi-Jaakko on 27/03/2012 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. […]
Talvesta 2015 alkaen tarjoamani opastetut talvivaellukset on yhdistetty osaksi Ankarat avotunturit -koulutusohjelmaa. Sisältö ja toteutus pysyvät pitkälti samantyyppisinä kuin ennenkin, mutta yhteistyön myötä tarjolla on enemmän ja monipuolisempia kursseja, vaelluksia ja retkikuntia. Koko Ankarat avotunturit -tarjonnan löydät Ankarat avotunturit -sivuilta! Voit valita sivuilta parhaiten sinulle sopivat kurssit ja vaellukset ja yhdistellä niitä mielesi mukaan. Omille […]
Here goes another recommended read and it is actually very up-to-date as the trip which is about to be reported started today! Anni and Tuomo, Wilderness Guide students from Northern Karelia, are heading for a three-week skiing trip to Northern Sweden. They start from Nikkaluokta and ski from there to the Kebnekaise area and finish […]
I’m sorry for the few weeks of down time but now I’m back with the blog and there should be a lot of things coming up. Or at least I have a pile of drafts waiting to be finished… But let’s start with a trip report about the trip I mentioned in my latest quick […]
As the halfway ready trip report about Lake Inari vanished to cyberspace, I will instead take part to the current hot topic: the meaning and role of the gear. As everything in the blog, these are my personal opinions. Hendrik started the current round of conversation with his post Who is the lightest of them […]
/ 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 […]
Dear fellow armchair adventurers, I’d have an announcement to make. Those following me on Twitter might have already spotted the reason for the blog being a bit quiet, a lot more quiet than I’d like it to be… This is because I’ve been busy organizing my next project and my main trip for this winter: […]