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.

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

A tour of three closed ski areas

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Government: we're opening domestic travel. Me: busy packing skis, caving gear, tents, sleeping bags. But wow! I'm happy how thi...

Data sources for cave search

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Yay, a delivery! I got the third book in the series of cave, canyon, and boulder books from Tuomo Kesäläinen and Aimo Kejonen! Very exc...
Saturday, May 23, 2020

Röylä hike (with cavelets!)

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Röylä. A place with an ugly name and no one with interest to visit there? Not so. The forests are quite big, and full of cliffs, and in...

Kaupunginkallio cavelet

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I go hiking on a different spot on most days, as my evening exercise. This time in Kaupunginkallio, Espoo. I found a small crack in the...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

Voitelu kunnossa. Summer waxing.

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Skiing in the summer takes waxing skill. But, this time I think I managed it. With soap. This article has also been publish...

Högaberget, Espoo

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Tiny cavelets on my evening walk again. One tiny space under a large boulder ("siirtolohkare") at coordinates N 60.21509 E...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Volvo running fine. Maybe.

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The Volvo is running fine, although not very much, drive only a bit every second day or say. And today I've started hearing some odd...

Gåskärr cavelets and boulders

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During the quarantine, I've taken up trying to hike almost every day. It turns out that I can go within just a few kilometers from ho...
Monday, May 11, 2020

Summer has been CANCELLED

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I was sure that the season is over. Then... it started snowing. Powder 8 on the Grani hill, on May 11! This article has also ...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

Patchy skiing in Vihti

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Tero and I went to Vihti to see if we could still ski it. Vihti is the best, much snow left! A few parts not covered in snow, but one can...
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