For the last three weeks I have been teasing you with my trip plans for this summer. I’ve been given several clues but apparently the guessing was too difficult as there were no right answers. So, it’s time to reveal the bold plans! But first… the winner of the competition! Even though there were no […]
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 […]
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 is a shortish update post about my future plans as what the tomorrow brings will also affect the blog quite a bit. The midsummer is now gone and it’s time to see what the tomorrow brings… At the moment I am working in a university and among other things I am doing my master’s […]
Shoulder seasons are interesting time for outdoor activities. An unusual mix of seasonal activities is possible, many things are little more challenging than during “normal seasons” and even popular destinations are usually quiet so you can have the wilderness for yourself. Shoulder season packrafting trails… Super-cute little furballs! N had holiday on the last week […]
Posted by Korpi-Jaakko on 16/05/2011 I promised some pictures from the Ultima Thule 2011 expedition by the end of this week. Unfortunately I had some other things to do so I’m not quite finished with all the post processing but I made a randomly picked teaser set for you to take a look at. The […]
This is a slightly delayd story of my first bikepacking overnighter… The story form the second trip with auroras and everything can be found from here. I’ve been interested in bikepacking for quite some time and I’ve been planning to buy a decent bike for over a year now. At the end of the summer […]
This bilingual post is an open invitation to packraft gathering at 18.-20.9.2015! // Tämä on kaksikielinen kirjoitus on avoin kutsu packraft-kokoontumiseen 18.-20.9.2015! All pictures from 2014 gathering at Kymjoki. // Kuvat vuoden 2014 kokoontumisesta Kymijoella. In English: Packrafters in Finland – Unite one again! We’d like to invite you to the second gathering of packrafters […]
As the title suggests there is not much to read this time but instead a few videos to watch. I don’t consider myself as a climber at all. (Even though I have a slight interest to climbing related things because I see them as a part of other things I’m passionate about.) But climbing and […]
The last weekend N and I had a rare overlapping weekend without other projects and an overnighter was soon planned… I wanted to do some more packrafting and found the Ruokolahden melontareitti, a 110km paddling route with some shelters and fireplaces along the way. As is the case in South-East Finland the route is mostly […]
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 […]
Posted by Korpi-Jaakko on 15/02/2013 In addition to guiding during the last four weekends I’ve also work during the weekdays as well. Unfortunately this means very little time for blogging but here’s (again) a set of photos to make up the lack of words. The photos are from overnight and one-day husky tours at Taivalkoski […]
Here comes the other second part on snow shelters. In my earlier post I wrote about reasons why everyone should try a snow shelter and about my opinions on them. Check it out if you are interested in snow shelters. In this post I’ll describe the techniques I’ve used to build quenzees. There will be […]
Inspired by Hendrik’s post about the quest for the one rucksack to rule them all, I thought I might share my quest for perfect gear. It seems that I’m obsessed about the idea of finding the perfect piece of equipment of each job. It is not an easy job as there are at least three […]