Magnus Kastengren
The New Zealand Adventure, The Mountain Tales & Death of Magnus Kastengren – From My Perspective
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 […]
The New Zealand Ski Adventure – Mount Aspiring
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 […]
The New Zealand Ski Adventure – Part 1
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 […]
Teasing The Rat
The last week has been a constant spree of beautiful mountain days. I have kept on combining short roping, ski-touring and steep skiing and without doing anything new or hard, just been spending some great days in the mountains with awesome people. The English say that you are “feeding the rat” when you are doing […]