I love Kathmandu but long for the mountains
You always need a day or so to mentally land in the labyrinths of Kathmandu. Curiosity is the way of finding the backyards of the city. If you just walk where everyone else walks – you won´t find these. I have always stayed at the Annapurna…
Adventure mood is on!
Leaving home is to me somewhat like pulling up a heavy anchor from a boat leaving harbor. A little while after takeoff I realized that speed has been crazy for some time, time to change. It’s like hanging off a heavy coat that you didn’t…
Learnings in training
Have you ever felt that your body can’t keep up with your training ambition? – of course you have! I spend 10-12 hours a week only in the gym during my three month ramp up program. Depending on the type of mountaineering challenge, I adapt…
Ama Dablam comes up in my eyes and seduces
Some years ago I trekked through the Khumbu area in Nepal. During this wonderful expedition I passed by a seductively beautiful mountain named Ama Dablam, 6.800m. There was something special with this mountain and after seeing it from different angels it was etched into my memory….
Elbrus Expedition 2019 Blogposts
Hi all!! Some of you may have experienced not receiving notifications from the ongoing expedition. However, the problem is solved and you are on the distributionlist when new blogposts come out. Below are links to the blogpost you may not have read and pictures you…
Leaving Elbrus, I’ll be back!
Today our expedition team left Elbrus High Camp. I was up early in the morning not being able to sleep. The turnout of this expedition has kept me occupied the last day. What could have been done in a different way, was it a good…
Bad weather stops Elbrus summit
Yesterday night was the right time to make our summit attack for the Elbrus West Peak 5642m. We decided to have breakfast at 23:00 and leave at midnight. The weather forecast looked good and moonshine was on the schedule – a wonderful nightclimb to Lentz…
Sunset at High Camp
After one combined acclimatization and luggage move to High Camp we made the final and second move today. I now have 22kg of equipment in High Camp and try not to use porters. During four hours we gained 1160m and ended up at 3740m in…
Mushroom Point at Elbrus
Today’s acclimatization trekk went to Mushroom point, a four hour and 350m climb. I liked the training since it was the first real qualification of my body. It’s a great starter for tomorrow’s climb up to High Camp with a heavy backpack. Weather seems to…
Arrival in Elbrus Base Camp
Yesterday we met our russian guide Valeriy in his Russian Niva jeep so I went for a ride to check it out when the others in the team rented missing equipment. Vladimir has been a guide at Elbrus for ages and knows the mountain very…
Mount Elbrus finally in my eyes
Marcus, Sebastian and myself decided to climb Elbrus together. Its the third expedition together after Aconcagua and Rolwaling in Nepal. After some time you get to understand how we function together and the groupdynamics evolve to it’s best shape. Many people became surprised when I…
Seven summits no.4 approaching
Hello again all friends! Last month I celebrated my summit at Everest on the 16th of May 2018. The celebration was somewhat special since I spent my time in Florence in Italy. I was happy to find a great gym in the middle of the…
