The current time of travel restrictions and lockdowns is really a huge challenge for any outdoor fan. Of course, we look forward to the return of freedom. Since it is difficult to foresee an end, we still try to occupy ourselves as far as possible.... Continue reading
Hey guys, here we are: Mikko Vermas and Tero Teelahti, two cheerful middle-aged family men from southern Finland. Our lives have been relatively normal compared to our peers. Except that for some reason years ago we became addicted to expeditions and skiing in cold climates.... Continue reading
Yvon Chouinard once said WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG—THAT’S WHEN ADVENTURE STARTS. If that’s true, then my 5-week expedition to Antarctica was the adventure of a lifetime. Not only did things go wrong, it seemed that nearly anything that could go wrong, did. And while I’m... Continue reading
During the winter of 2019/2020, I embarked on an ambitious 30-day expedition to the interior of Antarctica. The goal was not only to complete the last of the Seven Summits, but also to research female physiological responses to prolonged polar expeditionary travel. From the start,... Continue reading
During the Austral summer in the southern hemisphere—the opposite of our summer months—the sun comes up and doesn’t set again for months. It’s 24 hours of daylight, and not even a dusk-like daylight, we’re talking broad daylight. When I arrived at Union Glacier around 1... Continue reading
Night Photography – Never Stop Learning Cold wind blows down from the mountainside. The world is completely quiet. There’s not much to see aside from the beams of your friends’ headlamps bobbing down the trail a few steps ahead of you. Stop for a second... Continue reading
Solo in Northern Norway At the anvil of the gods: Marmot athlete Robert Jasper had to come up with a plan B for his planned expedition this year and tells us of his successful first ascent of the largest granite obelisk in the world! I... Continue reading
Robert Jasper set off to the very little explored northern Patagonian inland ice in October with his mountain guide cohorts Jörn Heller and Andi Thomann as well as photographer Klaus Fengler. Their motto was “exploring“ the last white spots on our globe. They wanted to... Continue reading
Marmot PRO and extreme climber Robert Jasper successfully returned from his solo expedition to Greenland with a first ascent. Robert had embarked on an adventure of the special kind in mid-July from Kulusuk in East Greenland. He left civilization from the last Inuit settlement Kungmit solo,... Continue reading