Lyngen Descents Episode 2

Posted on Oct 7, 2012 | No Comments

Here comes the second episode from our Lyngen trip last spring! We got blessed with unreal snow conditions and during these three weeks we definitely got to experience the best mountain time last season. Tribute to amigo Felix Hentz! For more great mountain episodes, check endlessflow.posterous.com   Lyngen Descents Episode 2 from Bjarne Salén on […]

Value

Posted on Oct 1, 2012 | No Comments
Value

In my line of work I have had to learn how to see things as they are, meaning I have to cut through the veil of feelings that’s coming in to existence to just be in this moment of action-reaction.

Patagonian Adventure Part 3 – Failure And Success On Cerro Grande

Posted on Sep 28, 2012 | No Comments
Patagonian Adventure Part 3 – Failure And Success On Cerro Grande

We have travelled to the other side of the world to do create an adventure. I talked earlier about the analogy of a good adventure and a high jump competition where, if you aim high, there is a big risk you walk away with nothing. On this trip we have aimed high in our goals […]

Tribute to Rémy Lécluse

Posted on Sep 26, 2012 | No Comments

Mika, Rémy and myself on the North Face of Tour Ronde direct 2009 (Photo: Tobias Granath) I only got the chance to ski with Rémy Lécluse once, back in 2009 when Tobias Granath and myself met him and Mika Merikanto on the north face of Tour Ronde in the Chamonix massif. We had climbed the […]

Lyngen Descents – Episode 1

Posted on Sep 26, 2012 | No Comments

Last spring the Salén brothers and myself went to the Lyngen Alps in the north of Norway for three weeks of ski touring and ski mountaineering. We were extremely lucky with the conditions and even though we got to turn around a lot we managed to pull of six first descents and experience the magic […]

Patagonian Realizations – Skiing the Whillans Ramp on Poincenot

Posted on Sep 23, 2012 | No Comments
Patagonian Realizations – Skiing the Whillans Ramp on Poincenot

Skiing the Whillans ramp on Poincenot, Cerro Fitzroy massif, Argentina. Photo: Bjarne Sahlén Last Wednesday Bjarne Salén and myself walked in towards the Fitzroy massif from El Chaltén. After about 5 hours we arrived at Laguna Los Tres and pitched our tent. From there we skinned up about 600 meters to get some good skiing […]

Patagonian Dreams

Posted on Sep 18, 2012 | No Comments
Patagonian Dreams

Skiing steep lines is sometimes in a way like a high jumping competition. If you aim high on things you know you can do, if outer and inner conditions match – then you might walk away with nothing if circumstances are not in your favor.