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Monday, March 19th, 2012

A week of vacation in Stockholm

After the award last weekend we had some adventure plans, but the conditions in the mountains where not on our side so I got a good week of vacation in Stockholm with Magnus Kastengren. We where having easy days with rock climbing in the sun, sometimes accessed by ice-skates, a visit at Kings of Tennis tournament watching McEnroe slay Muster, dinners with friends and I also managed to visit the Haglöfs head quarters for a day of meetings. It was a nice and calm week around the Swedish capital, perfect for rest and to recharge motivation. It definitely felt a bit strange to not be close to big mountains in mid march, but now I’m super motivated for the spring projects to come!

Bjarne playing just outside of Magnus door…

Myself on my first rock climb of the season

Magnus in the sthlm traffic

Magnus on a 7a at Ekerö

Coffe and snus

Ice skating to rock climbing – exotic

The start of one of the routes, a traverse just above the water, if you fall you get wet

Magnus on a 6+

Going back to town

Henke and Jacob at Haglöfs

Myself at Häggsta

John McEnroe playing (Photo: Daniel Åkerman)

Myself and Magnus at Sthlm Waterfront (Photo: Daniel Åkerman)

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Bon Appetit EP6

Watch the Bon Appetit boys come by Chamonix for a few runs the other week on their adventure through the alps! French ski humor at its best from Fabien Maierhofen, Galuchot Victor, Tony Lamiche and Nico Favre!

EP6S2 – Viva Engelmonix ! – Bon Appétit

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson in the Mont Blanc massif EP1

JP Auclair came by Chamonix a few weeks ago to have a Chamonix style ski week together. We had an awesome time, skied some great snow and hopefully we managed to show a small part of what Chamonix has to offer and what’s going on in our heads while skiing in the mountains! This is episode one out of two!

Check out JP’s project: www.alpineinitiatives.org, as well as great outdoor filmer Bjarne Sahlén’s video blog at: endlessflow.posterous.com…

JP Auclair and Andreas Fransson in the Mont Blanc Massif EP 1 from Bjarne Sahlen on Vimeo.

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

The male adventurer of the year in Sweden 2011!

Today I won the prize “The male adventurer of the year in Sweden 2011” at Vildmarksmässan in Älvsjö just outside of Stockholm! It was great to be there, meet everyone and to take home the biggest prize of its kind we have in our small country. It’s also the first time someone from the ski community has won such a prize, making me extra content. I won the prize mainly for the adventure I had together with Magnus Kastengren on Denali last year when I managed to pull of a ski of the grand south face of North Americas highest mountain. Read more about that adventure here.

Other winners on the event where:

Anneli Wester taking home the “Female adventurer of the year in Sweden”, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner winning “The European adventurer of the year” and Lars Cronlund winning “The adventurer of the decennium 1980-1990”.

For more info (Swedish only) check:

outsideonline.se/2012/03/10/vinnarna-i-arets-aventyr-2011/

www.aretsaventyrare.se

First ski descent on Denali south face by Andreas Fransson from Bjarne Sahlen on Vimeo.

From the prize giving ceremony

A pure adventurer; Janne Corax

The Haglöfs stand

Carl from Haglöfs, Erik from the Jury and Bjarne hanging out…

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

Stockholm

After the long trip I spent a day in Stockholm doing loads of meetings as well as hanging out with some great friends. Night was spent at Magnus’s in at the lake in Täby, one of the coolest places I know in Sthlm.

Magnus working on a magic fire

Morgan Sahlén and his Frida came by

I was enjoying the evening

10 min from the center of Stockholm its looking like this at night. A view from the door at Magnus’s in!

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Chamonix – Sweden: Cruising north!

Yesterday Bjarne and I drove back north towards Sweden. After 18 hours, at 3 o’clock at night, we arrived in Orust to the Sahlén headquarters. Today, I’ll continue to Stockholm for some amazing times before we’ll return once again to the mountains at the end of the week!

My Saab, fully packed

Bjarne playing at one of the ferries

Autobahn at night

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

A powder day with Bon Appetit!

Today was my last day in Cham before I’m going to Sweden and I spent it in the best way possible – skiing powder and shooting with Tony Lamiche and the boys behind Bon Appetit; Victor Galuchot, Fabien Maierhofen and Nico Favre.

We started the day on Brevent and spent the afternoon on Midi skiing the Ronde and the Paraface. We had great weather, wonderful snow and perfect company. Now I´m already looking forward coming back to Cham again. Tomorrow will be a big day, when Bjarne and I are driving the 2100 km to Stockholm… Life is good!

Check out the awesome episodes from the Bon Appetite ski project at: www.bonappetitski.com!!!