Venture - Smaertin

The new year starting off well.

I'm finally back in the arctic and getting out in the snow to play. The new year started with a short hike up Rödtinden just to get the body going after a long night of not sleeping and indulging in toxins. We (me and Kjersti that is) were a bit

Outdoor Research

Not much is still more than nothing, and Tverrfjellet is at least something

Energy levels are almost as low as the days are short (sun just stopped showing, back in January apparently), and a week of warm temps wrecked havoc with what little snow we had. But, Friday came and gave us a light dusting at sea level, and more of a decent

Istinden

Bridging seasons

It's way too early in the morning, pretty much pitch black, and I'm parked at a shady gas station waiting for Marius. Thank all things holy (mostly my own good planning in this case) for the coffee I'm sipping. Snowline has been creeping lower and lower these last few days,

Vinter

To everyone's amazement, he actually went skiing

I have been feeling like winter came and went without me. I was just standing on the platform, passively looking on as the season passed by. From my all time low in January recovery has been so slow that it was almost unnoticeable. But it was there. It turns out