Denali expedition – Summit 11th of June !!
Hi again friends 🙂 I have now summited both Denali and Everest. I promised some great news back to you and here we go!! -> This gives me some kind of temporary peace and satisfaction of my latest achievement in the 7Summits series. Sometimes it’s…
Webinar om Ama Dablam expeditionen
Hej, Den 12:e januari kl.19:00 får du möjlighet att lyssna på mitt föredrag i form av en webcast om Ama Dablam expeditionen. Under ca. 80 minuter får du följa en berättelse om en oförglömlig expedition. Jag klättrade tillsammans med mina vänner Annelie Pompe och Chhiring…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Summit Mount Everest
Already one week before the summit day we had decided to summit on the 16th of May and skip Camp2 and have a very pushy approach. We didn’t want to communicate this until it was in action which surprised some other teams. We left North…
