Morning at 3000

Late start and difficult snow conditions. Last night we were very exhausted. We have aim at a smaller peak.

In Staffa at 1800m

Colm never showed up and I have not slept at all tonight -too long story to tell now when we will climb Monte Rosa.

On my way

Having lunch in one of the better restaurants in Kastrup airport. Flight almost on time - this looks good. Well, people stared at my backpack but this is normal.

Things are packed!

The strike at SAS was announced to be over just some minutes ago, this is most welcome news! It has been a hot afternoon and during the day I have packed in all the stuff into the backpack and hand luggage.
25 kg:s in the backpack
10 kg:s in the hand luggage
I wonder if I will get through without extra fee for overweight (20 kg:s allowed)? The luggage will become 5 kg:s lighter if I dress in the Scarpa Vega boots and Gore Tex pants/jacket and fill my pockets with stuff. I doubt my fellow travellers in the nearest seats would like the smell... Daniel is on the way and I now have Colm's phone number. I look forward to the journey tomorrow! No photo today, but the backpack is a true monster...

Time to pack - too many things going on

Sorry for the poor picture folks but it is getting late and mobile cameras are infamous for their sensitivity to darkness. Made my best to clean off the task list at work to get a good end of the working week. Colm will join us in Milano and this is great news! Fired up my Optimus Nova stove in the afternoon and it went like a clock - good thing. Brief discussion with Daniel on what to bring, he will leave Budapest Thursday noon.

To the bad news, I spent over an hour to print out the maps of Monte Rosa Ostwand and Mont Blanc Italian route. The final results looks good though! Still thousands of things to pack. Will I really need all this stuff, it is more than 25 kg:s already?!

If things weren't bad enough there is a wild strike at SAS going on in Denmark. I will land there on Friday to change to a SAS plane for Milano. Hopefully the conflict is solved by Friday afternoon.

Time to get to bed, I will get up early tomorrow instead to pack the rest when there is daylight. Maybe I can think of something to leave at home while at sleep?

Good morning Schnappi!

This is the start of my new blog,what could be better than a picture of a ferret emerging from the bed? Here I plan to write about distant travels primarily to mountains. Let's hope that my sony ericsson K550i can cope with the thin air and cold... On Friday I will fly to Milano for some alpinism - Monte Rosa and Mont Blanc! I have one participant guaranteed with Daniel (Hungary), will Colm (Ireland) find a flight so that he can join too? This will be most exciting.