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 6, 2020

Small cave in Obertauern

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While skiing off the Gamsleiten 2 ski lift in Obertauern, we spotted a potential small cave. It was outside the pistes on a steep slope,...

Kugelbunker

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At  the Vienna museum of military history ( Heeresgeschichtliches Museum ), we saw a funny "kugelbunker", a concrete boulder ...

Österreichisches Saunaerlebnis

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Our quick start for year 2020 involved skiing in the Austrian alps, about an hour south of Salzburg. We found a nice, affordable hotel, L...

Re-visiting the Vienna flak towers

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I was in Vienna already in 2018 , but for 2020 Janne and I toured the Vienna museums before heading to the ski resorts in Austrian alps...
Thursday, December 26, 2019

Squeeze Box Finnish Championships 2019

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We have a new Finnish cave squeezing record! At the "little xmas party" of the caving association, Jukka Palm and Mike Kushy bo...

Caving in Tampere. In a shopping mall.

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I don't go caving often, but when I do, I want to do it indoors in a dry, clean environment that is safe for everyone. I have to say ...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Nobel's blasting tunnels

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This seemed like a good time of the year to go explore the start of Nobel industries in Vinterviken. Bunkers, tunnels, testing grounds, a...

Jimmy Petterson's Skiing Around the World

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Today I managed to acquire a copy of Jimmy Petterson's "Skiing Around the World" book, volume II: "Collecting Ski Re...
Sunday, November 24, 2019

Singapore Skiing. Finally.

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I've been trying to do this for almost six years. Obviously, it is not easy to find skiing in Singapore. I've been forbidden to ...

The Blue Pool in Singapore

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I was on a business trip in Singapore, and stayed a few days at the Conrad Centennial hotel, before the prices got higher than in the co...
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