Snow-shoeing, Vitsand, Jamtland, Sweden

..Apart from the cross-country ice skating during the short winter days, we took a couple of trips in the woods.. Markus tried to hunt for birds but with the hard snow it was impossible to move silently enough.. I used my snow-shoes, that are pretty good in difficult winter terrain.. Nice to get some fresh air and get a bit of excercise before the very long night starts, when we played a lot of poker instead..

Cross-Country Ice Skating, Vitsand, Sweden

These last couple of days of 2006 was spent in a log cabin in Vitsand, Jamtland, some 700 kilometres north of Stockholm in Sweden.. The weather was very mild for the season, with most of the snow melted away. After re-freezing on the ice, the conditions for cross-country ice skating was simply fantastic, the best I have ever seen up there.. Moving much faster than you can run but with much less effort is a nice feeling.. On the pictures are me, Hans and Markus..

Indoor Climbing, Stockholm, Sweden

This blog is about outdoor activites, but I'm in Sweden now, it's winter (sort of) and indoor climbing is currently the only thing I have time for.. Anyways, I've been climbing indoors 4 times since arriving in Stockholm with my brother. The first times revealed bluntly how much strenght, technique and stamina we had lost since we climbed regularly indoors last autumn and spring.. But now we are getting back into the stride and finding the old form again.. Best today was a "aha-moment" when I didn't get up on a long wall due to fatigue, I decided to "speed-climb" it, and then managed to get up on half the time with half the effort..

Bouldering, Wied Babu, Malta

Very short bouldering session in the green little valley Wied Babu on the south side of the island.. Traversed some sections around the fallen rock.. Nothing difficult but still fun.. 2nd of December, last climbing on Malta this year, nice day, warm enough for shorts and t-shirt..