The Team Sherpa Blog

Hello all,The last few weeks have been ab-so-lu-te-ly crazy! Planning two expeditions in Africa is a LOT of work and i have felt kind of stressed!!! But sooooooo looking forward!!!In two weeks time, we will be hiking up Mt. Kilimanjaro! And although i am well aware of the dangers of altitude sickness, am in fairly good shape en my shoes are still very very very
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Finally it’s time again! After a long winter’s break from my great project, it’s time for moving on across Europe. It was a long time ago I left from Marsberg, Sauerland in Germany after my last days of hiking on the European Long Distance Path E1 - now it’s time to revisit Marsberg and continue on the path that will finally lead me to Rome,
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At the tail end of the winter this year, I set off on an adventure that I had planned years ago but had never had the chance to complete. The adventure was simple: cross the entire Harz mountains of Central Germany on foot. It would be a walk through woods and low mountains on some of the most historic walking paths Germany had to offer;
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Weekend in the beginning of may 2008. Stayed in summer house over weekend. Went on a day trek on sunday, went out very early in the morning and took great pictures. Went on a long walk along the coast line by the Baltic Sea. Sunny and nice weather conditions. This was the start of about two weeks of early summer weather that we have enjoyed
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Touristmap: Molde 1: 50 000 (UGLAND IT GROUP) On Whit Monday the sky was blue and we decided to ignore the wind, the low temperature and the fresh snow on the tops. We started off to Melen (768 m) and Sjurvarden (667 m),- two beautiful mountains on the mainland, not far from here. The car trip over Atlanterhavsveien (The Atlantic Ocean Road) is just a bonus,
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I was “Sherpa blog quiet” for quite some weeks, mostly trying to combine my work and training for summer Nanga Parbat expedition. Being the leader of the team I have already important tasks now in order to get everything ready in Pakistan before we arrive. But this is the nice part of the everyday and it keeps me motivated. My “scientific” life at the moment
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Touristmaps: Kristiansund 1: 50 000 ( UGLAND IT GROUP 2007)Averøy 1: 40 000 ( AVERØY KOMMUNE 1995) Kristiansund 1: 50 000 (UGLAND IT GROUP) Next to Ristuva, Meekknoken is my favourite neighbourhood mountain. But unfortunately it has hardly been accessible for weeks now. Until last week there was too much snow for hiking and too little snow for skiing. But last Sunday it was perfect!There are a
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The weather has not been very kind to us in England so far although the sun has finally come out this week! This has not deterred me from hitting a few hills over the past few weeks so here is one of the highlights.I spent Easter on the Ridgeway in Wiltshire (southern England) with a bunch of 15 year olds undertaking a practice expedition for
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