Climbing and sailing in the Azores
Hi all friends, I haven’t written a blogpost for a long time. I try to stay with my adventures and therefore 2020 perhaps didn’t create too much of a buzz. My adventures required a new way of thinknig and planning due to this strange world….
Why do you climb high mountains?
Last week someone in the gym asked me “are you the mountain man?”. Haha, I didnt know that was my name…but, ofcourse, I was a bit flattered from the remark. The next question was “and why do you climb high mountains, must be dangerous?” My…
Summiting Ama Dablam a dream
Sir Edmund Hillary said ”It is not the mountain we concuer, but ourselves”. This is very true in terms of my experience at Ama Dablam. Climbing one of the most beautiful mountains in the world showed out to be a larger challenge than I expected….
Life at Ama Dablam
This is one of my best experiences from base camp life I’ve had so fare. We trekked from Pangboche up to base camp in perfect weather conditions. The camp pops up very fast in front of you at an altitude of 4576m and it’s like…
Trekking into Rivendell valley
We have been busy moving upwards in the mountains the last days. Lots has happened and we are having a marvelous time together in our team. So, this will be a long blogpost…. When we left Kathmandu during night I became so glad to see…
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…
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…
