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.

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Birthday trip, full of fun!

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How much fun can you pack into one birthday trip? I started with a drink ... non-alcoholic, of course. And then things starting going faste...
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Friday, December 24, 2021

First time in movies again!

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October 2021 -- my first time in movies since the beginning of the pandemic. I joined the Banff Mountain Movie Festival in Helsinki , with m...
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Namco's Alpine Racer

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I visited Tampere's game museum -- maybe the best museum of this kind that I've seen anywhere. Many. interesting things, displayed ...

More ski training for the twins

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  I just love the colours of night skiing. And in Finland, we only have night skiing, because usually there's either no light or very li...

Santa Claus skiing

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Time for the traditional Xmas eve ski run. Maybe the best one ever was on the steps of the cathedral in Helsinki, but skiing my local hill ...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021

First fall of the season!

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  First ski run, first fall. My first time this season on the Kauniainen ski hill. With my crappy, duct taped skis because, well, no need fo...
Friday, October 29, 2021

It's dark, we're wearing sunglasses, and ski season just opened

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  It is pitch dark. Raining heavily. The whole place is closed. But I'm on a mission, so I grab my skis and walk to the bottom of the hi...

Darkness in the Lapland Hotels Tampere Sauna

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We had an opportunity to stay at the Tampere for a night in a hotel. The Lapland Hotels Tampere was a new one for me, I had been to many oth...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

Storfinnhova sauna inside a natural rock. With a waterfall.

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  Smoke sauna for 45 people, with a small waterfall and a warm pool, all inside. Takes three days to heat up. This is possibly one of the gr...
Sunday, October 3, 2021

Finally, a SUP hobby that I can get excited about. Underground.

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  I had been to Eispalast before. It is an ice cave that tourists can visit, 30 meters under glacier, near the top of the Gefrorene Wand mou...
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