Just checked in to an apartment at http://hamnisenja.no/. Had an amazing dinner, and feel like I’m gonna love this place. This is the view from the apartment:
April, 2011
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Apr 11
New skis
Just passed Riksgränsen, and changed a pair of binding. Touring bindings on the Patron skis instead of the Radict, which will rest until next winter and pow. Feels good though! I like the new Patron. So fun ski. Thank you Mattis and crew in the ski shop in Riksgränsen! The mounting would have taken me too long time without some help… Now – Norway.
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Apr 11
Hurting ass
Now we’re about 2800 km in to the journey. Our asses hurts like hell, and driving is not mega fun. I like to look at the nature though, and we saw a lot of animals today. Moose, fox, reindeer, rabbits and some big birds. Tomorrow we’re driving the last part, about 700 km. Then it’s skin time. Looking forward to that. To moving.
Pictures:
1. True evil.
2. Came to Free Radicals filmer Erik two days ago. He made us food, and made our beds. Sweet. Oskar was most happy for the food.
3. Don’t know the English word for “vitsippa”, but they mean spring, and they are happy flowers.
4. Passed by UA, of course we had to meet Uddevalla Bad Boys front man – Funela. Good guy.
5. This is Bynn. Love it.
6. My hometown’s local “newspaper”.
7. PO. My man. It was good seeing him. Hope to visit him again soon.
8. Finally got to meet Marja. She’s one of the strongest persons I know, and I’m so impressed by her. Me and Gösta are gonna have fishing courses with her this summer. Looking forward to that!
9. Oskar vs. Mega 1 kg Carrot Cake: 0 – 1
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Apr 11
Leaving Engelberg
About to board the car with Oskar Enander. 3500 km to Lofoten/Narvik…
Here’s one thing I’m gonna miss about Paradiesli. And one thing I’m not…
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Apr 11
Flat light and flat landings
Skied with (shr)Edvard Berg today. Had a good time, even though my body is really weak from not skiing that much (figured out that I got 20 runs in total in Alaska). But the important thing is that it’s fun! Got to ski some flat light, bad snow, and flat landings. This means it feels like I’m in Sweden… Starting to miss home a little bit. But I’ll soon drive there, for other missions. This is a screenprint from today. Good times!
Shredvard going for the stomp.
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Apr 11
Different
Drying the tent. Last time I saw it was on a glacier in Alaska, just a few days ago. And now we’re about to have a barbecue in the garden outside the house. Different…
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Apr 11
Summer?
This is the view from my room in Engelberg right now. Summertime… I think it’s time to drive north in a couple of days…
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Apr 11
50 pics from Haines
Ups and downs. Heli and skinning. Shadowlines and flatlight. Happiness and dispair. Haines offers it all! Hanging out with Oskar Enander at Super 8 in Juneau now. Have to catch the shuttle 5.00 am tomorrow, so I’d better sleep soon. Read the captions, to find out… As usual… O wanna thank so many people, but I’m too tired to remember. But Bruce from the Funny Farm AK, I don’t forget. You’re a tough one! And I’ll come back to you next year. And the rest of family and crew at Funny Farm. Carrie, Rob, Seandog… And so on…
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- Mosey, probably Forrest’s favorite dog.
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- “Put away that camera, or I’ll smack you up!”
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- “Ho ho ho! I think the Swede soiled his pants!”
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- “I’m just gonna hang out here in the kitchen with my cowboy boots and be the coolest chef in town. Laters!”
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- We got desperate for a while there, after the 7:th downday… Went skinning in Canada, and the light was so flat, that I had to shoot in black and white.
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- I was last, as usual…
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- Some powder on top though!
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- Injured all season, and a week of downdays on top, can make one love all kinds of skiing!
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- End of downdays. Start of heli!
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- Pjuh… Tomorrow.
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- So we picked some more mellow stuff. Still good terrain though!
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- Task: Find Forrest Shearer. Tip: He’s mid-3.
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- Stephan Drake.
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- Forrest.
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- Had a fun run here.
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- Hi bird.
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- Nice terrain. Had a fun line here.
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- Forrest mid big ass method.
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- Rob. Guide jedi and powder shredder.
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- Another air, and then down to us clients. Thanks for everything Rob!
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- Good day!
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- Ivan got hit by a car, but he’ll be alright.
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- Seandog. The man at Alaska Heliskiing. Thank’s for this trip!
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- This used to hang in the window before. Don’t know what kind of house that restaurant was back then…
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- Another sunny day, and a one-run-mission.
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- Stephan after some steep turns.
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- Another angle on that run. Triple shot, I think it’s called. Fun, but pretty difficult to shred fast. Hit some rocks, and played it cool after that…
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- Then we packed up our gear and met up with the man with the plan(e): Drake.
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- Forrest motivated.
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- Drake.
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- Some pretty good views here…
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- Stephan was first in, and was starting up the camp when me and Oskar flew in.
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- Got a new tent from The North Face. Had kind of a hard time to concentrate on the basic instructions, with mountains in the background…
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- Still happy!
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- Last two guys in to the glacier.
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- “Bye Drake. See you in two days, if the weather is ok.”
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- Sweet!
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- Three Biltema Rövplattor was a solid base under my new fancy sleeping pad.
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- Solid tent!
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- Stephan went to explore immediately.
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- Ben did something else…
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- Happy after hiking an hour.
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- Came back after a couple of hours of hiking, and a nice run. We kind of figured out that we we’re gonna be picked up the day after, cause weather looked good. And since we brought food for ten days, we ate. A lot…
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- Forrest on a mission. It ended up with things that I don’t want to show here. Cause they looked bad? Not really…
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- Last day. And this is how I looked when Forrest “Splitboard jedi” Shearer tried to murder me with his pace up to our runs…
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- And this is how I returned. Bad…
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- Me and Oskar were last out from the glacier. See you next year!
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- And next year… Maybe this?
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Apr 11
Back
Just came back from a tent/hiking mission. So tired… Forrest “I’ve been splitboarding all year” Shearer almost murdered me with his pace on our last hike. I’m kind of in the same program as Oskar (in the picture) right now. “Expensive chocolate time.” Good night…
