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, July 24, 2013

Bad Snow Year in Africa

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Grass. Sun. Lonely wilderness. 4x4 transport. You would expect to find those in Africa. And I did. But I also found mountains, a ski a...
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Friday, July 12, 2013

Miracle in Johannesburg

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Miracles are rare, but I experienced two today. First, my ankle has been in bad shape, almost unbearable to walk on. As I landed in Joh...
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Sheep Skiing

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The girl at the sheep farm gate is from Qatar. Most tourists here seemed to be from Middle East, so I ask her why she had come to Au...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Mythbusting

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Midsummer. Tampere. Getting desperate with no snow around. I am at the ice hockey capital of Finland, but even the ice skating rinks ha...
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Snow on the Equator

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Headache. Nausea. I have them, but high winds and icy rain are the main culprits for the failure to reach the glacier. No one in the r...
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