“What the heck is Upski?” I asked. “It comes from your country,” responded Johan quizzically. “I think it started in Colorado and has been around for almost 30 years.” Upski is a method used to ascend snow-covered mountains via parachute and wind. It differs from randonée skiing in that it’s easier. It differs from kite […]
When you have a visitor from Japan who happens to be a contemporary artist and also uses food as a social medium, you think to yourself: Oh shit, I am just an anthropologist. That means I study cool. I don’t make cool. Not to worry. Mako was happy with my long walks and brown Swedish […]
If I wake up a 6:30 am I have time for a ski tour before I start work at 11 am. I have skied most of the close, smaller, peaks around Saltoluokta, but larger peaks are visible in all directions, some of them with ideal slopes for skiing. The biggest visible peak is Måskostjåhkå, which […]
