Hiking in Finland

Climbing, bikepacking, skiing & packrafting in the north

The Week in Review L

“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.” ― Robert Frost

Spessartblick.

News

The Tahoe Rim Trail Hiker App is available now.

Mountain Equipment has an important safety notice about their slacklines.

Lose Weight Now With The 10,000-Foot Diet.

How Chris McCandless died.

There’s still time to support the TrailPix tripod on KickStarter.

Trip Reports

Ersfjordtraversen. Awesome Adventure in Norway.

Tomáš went for a very beautiful four day hike in Austria’s Aflenzer Staritzen.

Casey heads to Grave Peak Lookout.

The Black Hole & Moon House.

Chris hikes on the Berwickshire Coastal Path.

Dave does Bellavista on 3.5 limbs.

Ryan heads to Bear Creek Spire.

Willem reaches Nordkinn.

Amy & Forreest hike the Damnation Trail.

Greg has ‘dem blogging blues’ and sings about the East Walk and Lerderderg Gorge.

Joni and Marko enjoy a Sunday afternoon packrafting on Vantaanjoki.

Es kommt immer anders als man denkt.

Nick goes running in the mountains.

Tank You, Come Again.

North Cascades National Park Trip.

Dennis shares his impressions of the Coast2Coast Sweden 2013.

Winter on the Alemannenweg.

Die Watzmann-Überschreitung.

The Lion Loop.

Stadt - Rundgang

Gear Reviews & Deals

Boreal Krypto climbing shoes are today on offer at Bergfreunde for 75€!

Get the Inov-8 Trailroc 245 shoes at REI.com.

CampSaver.com has free shipping to Europe and their Semi-Annual Climbing Sale is going on right!

SAVE Up to 60% Off Big Agnes Tents, Sleeping bags and more at GearTrade.com.

At Bergzeit you can save up to 45% on Icebreaker garments and get the new Black Diamond garments.

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How to use climbing gear to pitch a tent on rocky slabs.

Basti reviews the Mountain Hardwear SummitRocket 20 VestPack.

Marc reviews the 2013 Petzl E+LITE.

David tested 9 (!) running shirts.

Dave takes a look at the new Edelrid Meg Jul belaying device.

Sven dresses up in Aclima LightWool in summer & winter.

Chad got tagged.

Chris writes about his experiences with the Sony NEX on his Scottish Watershed walk.

Derek reviews the Woodsman X Hammock.