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 […]
Once again this is a love story under the name “review”. And more than about a jacket, this a story about a hood. And not just any hood but possibly the best shell jacket hood in the world. And it can be found from Sasta Everest jacket. The author enjoying the great hood in Svalbard […]
When a one-week winter ski tour starts with heavy wind-driven rain you have to remind yourself why you like that stuff. This far I’ve always managed to convince myself that I’m doing what I really like and, fortunately, this time wasn’t an exception. In early March I was in Sarek National Park guiding the Advanced […]
Posted by Korpi-Jaakko on 09/03/2012 First three days done. The Yellowbrick was down for a while but the tracking is running again. First two days were good skiing but today we couldn’t ski because of storm. We had over 20m/s gusts that broke two poles from one tent. Everyone is ok, poles are fixed and […]
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 […]
Packraft is a packable white-water worthy one-person raft weighting only a few kilo and easily carried in backpack. This tool enables incredible freedom of route planning for wilderness travel. When hiker can easily carry a lightweight and capable raft in his backpack, rivers and lakes turn from obstacles into possibilities and highways. And when a […]
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 […]
The winter is finally over on the Northern hemisphere. To celebrate the winter gone and to make-up some of the quiet time in the blog, I will publish a three-part wrap up of my outdoor activities over the last winter. All the posts will be somewhat photo-heavy and lengthy (this one seems to be around […]
The winter ain’t over yet! Even though the winter is definitly over in most of Finland, it ain’t over for me. At the moment I’m hurrying with some last-minute preparations for guiding a ski expedition across Vatnajökull, the largest glacier in Europe situated in South-East Iceland. Urttaslaakso (Käsivarsi wilderness, North-West Finland) on a holiday ski-tour […]
It’s been a while since the last post. A bit too long time to be honest but as I’ve tweeted, some things have kept me occupied. This post is about those things. The main reason for the radio silence… As most of you know, about three weeks ago I started a one-year-program to become a […]
Some more selected posts worth reading and inspirational blogs worth following – and a non related photo. Sunrise over Huuskonselkä on packrafting trip at Pyhäjärvi. “Escape life in Canada” is a blog by Finnish-French couple Piia and Julien. At the moment they are writing about their epic, epic journey following the Great Divide Trail through […]
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 […]
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 […]
Posted by Korpi-Jaakko on 25/09/2012 I finally got all the photos from the recent “Hiking North” trips sorted out and a selection of them is available in my online gallery! The trip report from Sarek National Park is still a-work-in-progress and won’t be online at least for the next week or so because… I’m going […]