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.

Monday, January 30, 2017

Delamination

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Uh... my skis are delaminating. They already were doing it a bit earlier, and that got fixed in Skiservice. But they warned that the s...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Bulgarian Powder

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What's it going to be, Tero? Shall we fly tomorrow morning for a day trip to Kazakhstan? Or for day and half in Bulgaria? We opted f...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Windscreen Wiping in Volvo

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The pump in my windshield wipers failed. I drove around for a week, while periodically opening the window and spraying water to the wind...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

The New Leppävaara Pool

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I have finally visited the refurbished Leppävaara swimming pool centre . Generally, a very positive experience! So many new pools! The...
Sunday, January 8, 2017

Vihti by Night

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I was contemplating going hiking when Jarmo sent me a message; he was going skiing to Vihti. I decided to join, and I'm glad I did. ...
Saturday, January 7, 2017

Gallen-Kallela Castle

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Today's morning was too slow to do anything else than to scramble to the car to get to a local museum before it closed at 4pm. J...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Nippy? Swimming at -18C

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Nippy a bit? Swimming at a lake when it is -18C. It has been exceptionally cold in Finland on recent days (in the warmed-up climat...

Toblerone-lift

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At first I thought it was just an oversize advertisement. Then the ski lift took me inside it. I kept wondering what they would do to th...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

World Eskimo Forum (WEF) in Davos

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The world's leading eskimos meet every winter in Davos to collaborate in shaping global, regional, and industry igloos. Well not rea...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Lustkurven

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The sign in Malbun caught my attention: "lustkurven", lust for curves. I think they meant the skiing. Janne and I are on a ...
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