I’m on my way back to the Alps tomorrow for guides course No3: Summer alpine climbing. We will start in Chamonix next Thursday and then go somewhere in Valais, Switzerland. At least that’s plan A, but if the weather is bad we might go somewhere else. It’s going to be awesome go back to Chamonix and start the real climbing season. 

The last few days good friend Bjarne Sahlén has been around at my parents’ home in Luleå to finish the audio for the film about our South America adventure last autumn. After 164 takes Bjarne was happy. It was good to have him around, but it´s really demanding working with audio for films… 

Bjarne in our high tech studio – might look like amateurs, but hey, wait for the result! 

Below are the five episodes that are going to be taken down to one. I think it´s looking really good and Bjarne is doing an amazing job. Lots of new material is added, and much more time is put in to the editing. Remember that the episodes where done in hotel-rooms in Riobamba, Huaraz, La Paz, Mendoza and Santiago under time pressure and stress. Now the full movie will be made under normal circumstances and with time for reflection. The result will be worth waiting for! 

This last weekend Ale and myself went up to Ylläs in the Finnish Lapland. Ylläs has been my hideout my whole life where I can reboot, calm down and just be. So we practiced the fine art of doing nothing for a few days. Nothing can also be something. 

Ale is behind the camera on the photos below. Check her blog out at alecampos.posterous.com

Vanessa and Håkan from Kuriren

I made it to the “Ten things to remember 2011/2012” list on freeride.se… Check it out here (Swedish only).

Today I spent the day at Haglöfs headquarters in Kallhäll outside of Stockholm working with future mountain collections. After the interesting day at work team manager and old friend Carl Hard took me out kayaking outside of Lidingö before a few drinks in town with Malin and Jossi. Stockhpm is supplying, as we say in Swedish… 

A pleasant day at Haglöfs in Kallhäll 

Carl Hård eating take-away sushi in the docks… 

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It´s a reason why I didn´t take the photos… I had to keep all my concentration to keep the kayak up-right… 

Sthlm rocks! 

Yesterday Ale and myself went to Dödlarsberget close to Älvsbyn and about 90 km inland from Luleå. I love going back to this little crag where I once climbed for the first time 13 years ago.