An article about me just came up on ESPN.com – Check it out here: http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/story/_/id/6800684/andreas-fransson-skis-south-face-denali
Word after word, situation after situation and feeling after feeling – life goes on like a continuous wave that we can be on top of, under or behind. I have been writing loads of words this autumn, but I have felt that they (the words) have been for me alone. Isolation from distraction seems like […]
Chapter 1 My great friend Magnus is dead. No words can describe how much he meant to me. He was like a brother. He was also a son, a brother and an incredible friend of so many people out there around the world. Magnus treated everyone the same and he was a friend to everyone […]
Packing, preparing, some nice skiing and waiting for weather windows. After years of dreaming I finally made it to New Zealand! With very little computer time I’m going to keep it short, but I promised family and friends I’d post photos, so the bigger stories and reflections will come later. Following arrival in Christchurch and […]
Like always when on the road trying to climb and ski mountains, one has to have a bit of luck. Weather at the moment here in New Zealand is tricky for mountain skiing, to say the least. After our last ski on the Footstool we went down south to Wanaka to make the best use […]
Happiness is only relative to our expectations. That’s why I like to enter every ski adventure with low expectations and an open mind. Last weekend JP Auclair sent me a message saying he got the week free for skiing and that we should catch up. Weather did not look like it would be on our […]
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Ralph S.
28 July, 2011Hi! I am a Ski Mountaineer from Idaho (not at the same level as you, though!) and remember seeing a picture of you in Powder magazine and I just saw the ESPN article on Denali. Excellent work! Thank you for being an inspiration to push our own limits.
Andreas Fransson
1 December, 2011Yo Ralph! No, thank you for your word! They send warmth!