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, April 30, 2018

Holy Vappu!

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Reject spring. Ski in Pyhä! Party glasses on and champagne in backpack! This article is also available on TGR . Tämä artikkel...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

Petite Ceinture

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I'm feeling a bit alone here. The tunnel ends are too far to see even that pinhole of light. I'm in a long railway tunnel on the ...
Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Coulée verte René-Dumont

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Jeff and I were taking a walk after our meeting in Paris, and happened to run into an "elevated linear park", the Coulée verte...
Sunday, April 22, 2018

Deadly bunker trap

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Well, that was dangerous. We're very careful when we visit blown-up bunkers. But, we did not expect intentional traps, at least not r...

Replacement Poles. Cutting them...

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Ski pole bouquet, five poles! Should be enough for redundancy, now. I lost a ski pole in the Ylläs competition, just an hour or so in...

Salomon Driver Ski Helmet Review

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To be honest, I did not expect much. My old helmet was broken in the back, I was flying to the Ylläs competition next day, and the Ski S...
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Friday, April 20, 2018

Tivoliberget Forts

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I had a long day at my Kista office today, but on the way back to the airport I managed to scout ruins of fortifications and bunkers at T...

Bromma Airport

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Many things are better in Sweden than in Finland. Take their appreciation of small city airports, for instance. Bromma is a small but th...
Friday, April 13, 2018

Ylläs 24H Live!

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Tero and I are joining the Ylläs 24h race. They hold the ski lifts running for 24 hours straight... and whoever skis most vertical, wins...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

New Helmet!

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My old helmet broke (maybe in transport), and since parts are now sticking out, I needed a new one. I got a helmet with an integrated v...
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