I was in Khumbu last month, spending time with my family, training, and climbing. Maj was able to discover the mountains and the local culture. The weather was quite challenging with lots of snow and precipitation. I had certain climbing projects in mind, depending on the conditions and the weather. In the end it wasn’t…
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It is 4 kind of activities we can do in the mountains; training, social, activities and tests. Yesterday was one of the last. If an activity is when you include different variables a test is when you isolate one of them to explore-it and push-it at your best. Here the variable was elevation and endurance.…
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South face of Mont Blanc is a great terrain for mountaineering, feeling far from Chamonix bussy routes and cable access, from Val Veny the 3000m of climb to the summit present something more adventurous, some more route searching and the feeling of being in a big mountain in alpine terrain. Since 2012 when I did…
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I was heading to Cervinia to have some fun training between Sierre Zinal and Troffeo Kima. I parked my van where I use to park and camp in Cervinia and in August 15 I climbed Matterhorn from Leone ridge went down Hörnli to Zermatt and back to Cervinia via Teodulo, during the tour many memories…
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I don’t remember when I heard for the first time about the Bob Graham Round, probably it was in 2007 or 2007 when racing in Zegama or Canazei with Rob Jebb or Ricky Lightfoot. Some years after I started to look into the history of running in the mountains and fell running was on the…
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26/7/2018 I have allways want to climb this iconic ridge, but thinking about all the rappeling has been keeping me out of it. This spring I have been training well in Norway and Then spending 2 weeks in tha Alps for racing, Emelie and I did Mont Blanc and Monte Rosa SkyMarathon (2 FKT for…
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8-9-10 june 2018, running-climbing arround Romsdalsfjord by the ridges. 168km – +-20.000m – max V. Self-supported (one village halfway) Gear: x-alpine shoes (change to sense ultra at village), socks (2), long teeshirt, shorts, skin pro 15 backpack, x-alp gloves, down jacket, hybrid pants,cutted 20cm iceaxe, 3 part poles, sunglasses, balaclava, 50m 5mm dynema rope, light harness, 1 safety carabinner,…
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17/2/2017 Rauma valley ( Romsdal, Norway) is one of the most impresive valleys I have ever seen, with big walls in both sides are a paradise for rock climbing in summer and ice climbing in winter. Walls like Romsdalshorn, Holstind, Blånebba, Mongejura or Hornaksla facing south are between 500 and 1000m walls, in the oposite…
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I want to share how I approached my Cho Oyu and Everest preparations and acclimatization programs during my expedition in 2017. Most of what I did was what many alpinists have been doing for years, and I have been trying and adjusting the last 5 years in Himalaya. We placed a strong emphasis on traveling…
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Running crossing linking 7 summits (Gjuratind 1712m, Store Vengetind 1852m, Kvanndalstind 1744m, Romsdalshorn 1552m, Store Trolltind 1788m, Kongen 1614m and Dronninga 1544m) – Total: ± 80km – 9000m. here he track and the move (before it stops) Equipement: total 1.2kg Shoes: Salomon XAlpine Backpack: Salomon Skin Pro 10L Bonatti jaket Hybrid Pants GoPro Session Smartphone (until it…
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