Skiing the Planet

"Mongolia is kind of close, right?" Story about an attempt to ski everywhere in the world where there's snow. And in some places where there isn't. On and off-piste skiing on all continents, skiing into craters of live volcanoes, caving, climbing, photography, and travel.

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Vietnam skiing

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November 2018. I am in Bangkok, my meetings are over and I have already skied in the local indoor ski place, Ski 365 . A day left before fli...

Snow Centre Again

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I was coming from North America, and had a long layover in Heathrow. (There's always a layover in Heathrow, isn't there?) What to do...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Riihimäki on my mind ...

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... or was it Mäntsälä? In any case, I ended up at the Riihimäki swimming hall. Had not been here before, but wow, what a nice surprise. Onl...

Check-up results in detail

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Sigh. This article is also published  here . More car stories in the Planetskier blog series at  Blogspot  or  Planetskier.net . The photos ...
Monday, December 1, 2025

Parc du Trou de Fée, Crabtree

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A cave by the river! Very nicely shaped tunnel. There are two entrances, the main, low entrance from the river bank rock, and another straig...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

Vuosaari walk & swim

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On a dark, late November evening, I drove to Vuosaari in eastern Helsinki. I had to complete my daily steps, so walked through the neighbou...

Last check-up?

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My Volvo was at check-up today. Good news: just one tech issue with bearings, easy to fix. Bad news: 10+ hull issues, costs to fix unknown b...
Saturday, November 29, 2025

Skiexpo 2025

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For many years, I went to see the Skiexpo event, often organized in the biggest fair place, the Messukeskus. But for the last fifteen years ...
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