Saturday, January 21, 2023

eMTB, Parc Del Garraf, Jan 21st

It was a sunny but chilly Saturday morning, with some iced over puddles but otherwise dry., Did some 35 kilometers with an eMTB rented from Volo E-Bikes in Sitges.. This clip is from a fast green trail with a nice flow.. 

Sunday, October 30, 2022

Via Ferrata, Cali Del Moli, Oct 30th

I took the pocket rocket on Sunday morning from Playa Castelldefels, driving north to Costa Brava and did the Cala del Molí Via Ferrata.. It was very busy with multiple groups so a lot of waiting, but it was still a fun and very scenic route of moderate difficulty.. I recommend that you bring a cowstail to hang comfortably when there are queues on the steep sections..

Sunday, October 02, 2022

Hiking, Puigpedros, Oct 2nd

A Sunday hike up on the 2900 metres Puig Pedros peak in the Pyrenees on the border between Spain and France.. Perfect weather in the beginning of October. It is mostly an easy ascent without very steep sections. Some snow patches higher on the mountain and great views of course..

Sunday, September 25, 2022

MTB, Parc del Garraf, Sept 25th

Nice flow on a fast green trail section in Parc del Garraf above Sitges in Catalunya, with some extra tail wind from the eMTB rented at Voló Ebikes..

Saturday, September 03, 2022

MTB, Parc Del Garraf, Sept 3rd

Another half-day ride in Parc del Garraf with eMTBs from Volo in Sitges.. Founds lots of fast and flowy sections that we linked up nicely with the gravel roads in between..

Friday, September 02, 2022

Via Ferrata, Venes de Rojalones, Sept 2nd

Back on the Via Ferrata at Venes de Rojalones, and did the full lap again. A fairly physically challenging "K4" route and I especially like the cave tunnel section in this video.

Thursday, September 01, 2022

Via Ferrata, Costa Brava, Sept 1st

Tried a section on a scenic fairly easy Via Ferrata on Costa Brava.. We arrived in the early evening so will come back another time and finish it.

Tandem Skydive, Costa Brava, Sept 1st

I went to northern Costa Brava for a tandem skydive with a friend . First time for me since 2005, still a very nice experience and great views..

Saturday, August 20, 2022

eMTB, Parc del Garraf, Aug 20th

A Saturday ride in Parc del Garraf with an e-mtb from Volo e-bikes in Sitges.. Some muddy patches after heavy rain a few days earlier, and not as crazy hot as last weeks/months.. I mostly stayed on fast and flowy "green trails", some blue sections and the gravel roads in between. I have a new action camera, the "Insta 360 Go2", I think need to learn the settings and features better for next time..

Saturday, May 14, 2022

Via Ferrata, Venes de Rojalons, May 14th

One lap of the scenic, airy and fairly strenuous via ferrata Venes de Rojalons in Catalunya, Spain. Apparently the difficulty is “K4”. The tunnel section was really nice and quite cold, but only nice after being under the sun for an hour..

Friday, April 29, 2022

MTB, Park Del Garraf, April 29th

Another outing with four hours on great trails in Park del Garraf above Sitges in Catalonia.. I covered around 40km in perfect weather with sun and a light breeze..

Sunday, April 17, 2022

Inline Skating, Playa Castelldefels, April 17th

Summer feeling in Playa Castelldefels, heading out on the inline skates for the first time this year.. It's a very nice area for this, with mostly nice asphalt on flat ground.. 

Friday, April 15, 2022

MTB, Park del Garraf, April 15th

I headed over to Sitges and picked up a e-MTB from Volo E-bikes.. Great shop near Park Del Garraf and first time I tried a bike like this.. For sure, really nice to get the "tail wind" up the hills, even if was rather heavy so less playful than a regular bike.. I randomly followed various smaller and larger trails for 3-4 hours, still a nice workout but covering much more distance than normal.. I'll be back soon for sure!

Saturday, October 23, 2021

Hiking, Pedraforca, Oct 23rd

Hiking & scrambling up and down the beautiful Pedraforca mountain in northern Catalunya with perfect weather in late October.. The elevation gain from parking was around 900 metres, and large portions of the lap is quite steep and exposed.. I was happy to have brought hiking poles to avoid stumbling and to offload the legs a bit..

Saturday, October 02, 2021

Hiking & Paddling, Congost De Mont-Rebei, October 2nd

Hiking and paddling through the crazy beautiful Congost De Mont-Rebei Canyon at the boarder between Catalunya and Andalucia. The area / hiking trail was closed for 10 months due to a rock fall and re-opened a few weeks ago. It turned out that a sunny early October was perfect with some 21-24 degrees.

Saturday, September 11, 2021

DWS Climbing, Wied iz-Zurrieq, Malta, Sept 11th

Saturday afternoon traverse climbing above the warm water in Wied iz-Zurrieq near the Blue Grotto in Malta. Mostly very easy, with three harder sections that requires a bit more power and precision. If you fall, make sure to push off from the rock as it is very sharp like a cheese grinder. The whole lap usually takes me about 45 minutes.

Wednesday, September 08, 2021

Freediving in Caves & Tunnels, Gozo, Sept 8th

Freediving in caves and tunnels with Alex on Gozo, Malta. Sites visited: 1. Inland Sea (Dwerja), 2. Blue Hole (Dwerja), 3. Tunnel outside of the Blue Hole.  4. Xlendi cave, 5. Cathedral Cave.  Great conditions, warm water so we skipped wetsuits for the later dives. I tried using the GoPro as a “belly-cam” and it worked out pretty good, and nice to be hands-free while diving.

Sunday, September 05, 2021

Freediving, Cirkewwa, Malta, Sept 5th

Back in the Big Blue in Malta with some strong diving buddies. We took turns on the line for free immersion and I had two dives to 25 metres with limited effort which bodes well for more freediving next week..

Sunday, August 22, 2021

Multi-Pitch Climbing, Montserrat, Aug 22nd

A full day of multi-pitch sports climbing in Montserrat north-west of Barcelona with the guide Toti and the fellow climber David. In the heat approaching and probably passing 30 celsius, the hiking, scrambling, abseiling and climbing was quite strenuous. It’s an unusual type of rock here, like pebbles in cement. The routes were not too hard, but I was still very tired on the train back to the city.

Monday, July 12, 2021

Sailing, Stockholm Archipelago, July 7th-11th

We headed out with a rented trimaran in the central and northern Stockholm archipelago with friends July 7th-11th to enjoy the scenery. Less wind than we hoped for but beautiful scenery and good fun. North past Blidö towards Arholma and south via Söderarm and down to Möja. With the tiny draft of this boat it's possible to anchor in places not available for a regular keel boat.