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Some say that heaven is not a place somewhere far away but rather a place on earth. Your text and photos confirm this!
I see you made one fjell jump photo (tunturihyppy) among others. Good. 🙂 Thanks for the other photos as well — and the expedition story.
I’d agree. Maybe it’s just a state of mind, and for me time in place like that helps to find it.
Hi Janne! Nice to see you around. I think there were even few more jump photos. Also tried an ice-cave jump but that didn’t quite work out…
Simply stunning. Superb camera work and a BIG thanks for that.
You’re welcome, Martin! Glad you liked it.
Utterly beautiful photos and it looked like everyone was having so much fun. It’ strange, but in the Uk we view snow laden trips with a certain amount of trepidation, but here, it is business as usual 🙂
Itwas a good trip with good old fasnioned type 1 fun. 🙂
A trip like this is not quite “business as usual”, even though we are used to snow as we get it (at least used to get it…) for four months a year or so. But for an expedition like this the minimum requirement is to participate on a weekend course in Southern Finland, on a one-week ski tour in Lapland and then before the expedition we have a meeting and a weekend training trip. One should respect the Arctic and prepare accordingly. Now it was all beautiful and fun but it can be also demanding and dangerous.
KYLLÄ!
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