Exited to leave to this trip, mind is full of good memories from the previous trip, Verbier-Chamonix is extreamly easy going area and access to the mountains does not require long approaches. On the other hand seems that rematch includes no more worries, but much more deeper hopes related to success of this trip. We…

Jambo, Jambo Bwana, Habari gani, Mzuri sana. Wageni, mwakaribishwa, Tanzania yetu, Hakuna Matata Tanzania nchi nzuri, Hakuna Matata. Nchi yenye amani, Hakuna Matata. Watu wote, Hakuna Matata, Wakaribishwa, Hakuna Matata. Hakuna Matata, Hakuna Matata. You just cannot listen (or sing) this song without a smile! This is a signature song to welcome tourists to Tanzania….

At long last, the time has come. After months of preparation, training, and planning, the waiting period is over and Denali expedition is about to start. Heading to the areas of which I have dreamed long, and of which I have not much information beforehand. We are team of 2 guides and 5 climbers – beside me…

What a weather, what a view – how could I share my passion, how to explain, why I love to climb to the high mountains. Aconcagua, at 6961 meters, is the highest mountain outside Asia, and by extension the highest point in both the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere. Success rate on this mountain is between…

I am part of small group of Finnish climbers leaving to the Elbrus, to the highest mountain in Europe. My first trip to Russia, no idea what to expect from it, especially since we travel to the small places, to the country side. Elbrus is located in Caucasus, Southern Russia. The flight from Moscow goes to the Mineralnye…

I said to the main guide: “No, I’m not proceeding from here, give me a guide to go down with me”. I did not know that I could so calmly and rationally make the decision to turn back. And that decision was obivious right after I saw what was the weather on the edge of the crater. This climb was my…

High hopes, big dreams are happening – flight to Nairobi and two amazing climbs ahead of us. Mt Kenya will be our acclimatization climb for Mt Kilimanjaro. We will change the country between the climbs and these two mountains are totally different from each other. Our Mt Kenya climb started from Nairobi by car to the…

It was time for our main target during the trip, climbing to the Mt Blanc! Driving from Verbier to Chamonix in the morning. Previous day was a reast day and that day was really needed. Sinustis I got once I arrived to the Alps was getting better, antibiotics and other medicine were working well. The doc that gave me the medicines knew…

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