Archive March 2011
Happy days in north Sweden
I just got back from a week in the north of Sweden where we have one of the best winters in years. I spent the time in great company, training, walking, running, ski touring and ice climbing in the part of my country that feels most like home – the area in between Abisko and […]
Alan Watts on Insecure society and hermits…
Is Alan speaking about us? – Skiiers, climbers, surfers, bikers and all of us choosing not to play the big game…
Friends in the Dolomites – continuation…
While we are at it, I have to post a link from another party of friends in their search for couloirs at the same time at the same place… Xavier de le Rue and Giulia Monego are riding the steeps and Tero Repo and Guido Perrini behind the cameras. Keep yourself posted on these guys:Xavier […]
Friends riding Dolomiti couloirs…
Friends Felix Hentz, Luca Pandolfi and John Minouge went over to the Dolomites the other week and enjoyed som good food and cool couloirs. Here is a edit by Felix Hentz from the Trip! Check out Felix on www.felixhentz.com and Luca on www.lucapandolfi.com Dolomiti from Felix Hentz on Vimeo.
Courmayeur – Magic powder skiing
Today I went over to Courmayeur with Felix Hentz with the objective to enjoy some good skiing. With the foehn blowing hard in Chamonix it usually means good skiing in Italy so we had expectations for some good turns. But coming up into the ski area most of the skiing was dust on crust and […]
Le Fayet – A perfect day for some drytooling
Today I went down to Le Fayet and le Parc Thermal for some fun drytooling. It’s a good workout and it might prepare you for some of that mixed climbing in the mountains… The foehn wind has been blowing hard the past two days, and the mountains on this side of Mt Blanc haven’t been […]
Aiguille Verte – Another good day in the mountains, but with a bitter aftertaste
Yesterday I went up climbing Aiguille Verte with my friend Will Sim. The plan was to do a fast ascent via the route Vivagel on the northeast face. But a slow party where camping on the route. By the time we had climbed 600m, they had done 30m, and lots of ice where coming down […]
