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 1, 2024

Mt. Etna Caves National Park

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Mt. Etna Caves National Park is a limestone outcrop from ancient coral reefs. It has been named after the volcano in Sicily, of course... (v...

Paradise Caves at the Sunshine Beach

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Paradise Caves. So near (maybe just 1m from the drip line) but so far. There was only three ways in, one covered by tide, and the other two ...

Mount Beerburrum Bat Caves

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Mount Beerburrum is part of the Glass House Mountains National Park, on the east coast of Queensland, Australia, an hour north of Brisbane. ...

Springbrook's Natural Bridge

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Can you see them? Glow worms, in their natural habitat! We had just been in the artificial glow worm cave , and wanted to check out a natura...

Tamborine Mountain Glow Worm Caves

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The world's only man-made cave with glow worms. Nice. Wish we had this in somewhere in Vantaa, maybe in one of the big garden complexes....
Sunday, March 31, 2024

Brisbane's Streets Beach

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Swim at the ”Australia’s only inner-city, man-made beach”, Streets Beach. Streets Beach is right in the touristy area of South Brisbane, bet...

Pool and sauna at the Hope Street Apartments

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While in Brisbane, I stayed at the Hope Street Apartments , a hotel/service apartment facility in South Brisbane next my conference venue. A...

Takeoff from HEL

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Wonderful views from the Finnair A350-XWB's windows as we took off from Helsinki to Singapore. This was after my equally wonderful sauna...

Hot in HEL

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Go against the flow - from HEL to SIN this time. On my way to the IETF meeting in Brisbane. First row seat on this first leg at the appropri...
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