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.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Dog Finds Slovenia's Last Snow

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Summer has arrived to the Slovenian Alps Noon, Saturday in the Kamnik-Savinja Alps of Slovenia. I am at the altitude of 1800 meters, ...
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Sunday, May 8, 2011

90 Minute Ski Trip to Haarlem

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Helmets       I stare at my flight tickets. If my flights are on Saturday, why does it say Friday on the tickets? The slope As a w...
Monday, May 2, 2011

Skiing Kauniainen at 3AM

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Kauniainen, whopping 50 meters below May, 2011. Its 3AM and I'm about to ski the local ski hill in Kauniainen . May will be my sixth ...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Invasion of the Golfers

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Lebensraum for skiers is shrinking Sunday, April 12th at the Peuramaa ski area. There's still plenty of snow, its +10 degrees, and t...
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Monday, April 4, 2011

Poland Is Melting Away

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Mountain scenery in Strbske Pleso, Slovakia Fail. Noon, Saturday. Despite a 6am wakeup the weekend is quickly turning into a disaster. I...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The 48 hour challenge, take two

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Have skis, will travel. Couple of weeks ago it was northeast United States, now its eastern Europe. I have from Friday evening to Sunday e...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

Skiing the Horny Donkey

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Advertising gone wrong, very wrong Yesterday I skied at the Horny Donkey ski area. Well, Horni Domky . This is a small ski area in northe...
Sunday, March 20, 2011

Family and Off-Piste Skiing in Åre

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Chilly chair lift ride As far as I can tell, Åre is the best family ski resort on the planet. There are, of course, many ski areas suit...
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