The most important thing will always be to develop your experience.

Always test the equipment before the tour. Do your special customizations for your needs

When it comes to training for a mountain-expedition, there will be three phases. The first will be to get the base. The length of training so your body can adapt, and so you don’t get injured.

The second step will be to get the endurance, cycling, swimming, running long intervals etc. Now the body must be able to work for 12-14 hours.

Endurance training, a must for a mountaineerer…

The third step  will be branch specific training. From my perspective it is very good if it can be together with mental training. So if its possible train as likely as the tour your going for..

Try to get the training as much as possible like the tour you going for…

The mountaineering area is in a very interesting situation right now. There are so many people, with so many different wills. The mountain lodge try to adept for all the needs, but somewhere there is a risk that they will lose themselves in it. But it is here the guides come in. Use a guide for the special event, and the mountain lodge can keep its own character. That is what I think will be the future…

And about the training, 9 workouts a great week with a lot of hill training. and thanks Marcus for the sparring:-).

This weeks music will be a acoustic one, enjoy Jack Savoretti..

Se ya soon again..

Staturday morning, I got up early, and did trail running 18k. The sun warmed up the air, real  nice. It is easy to run..9 workouts this week, this with good mix. I also tested a new pair of  trail running shoes.

La Sportiva Bushido. A real good shoe, with a very good grip in the terrain. The front is build up for protect your toes from getting hurt from stones. A very Comfort shoe. 5 Nordic lights out of 5:-).

Sometimes it is good to reflect of what you have become. At the training the other day I was watching my shadow on the hill in the rising sun.

Look at your shadow sometimes and think;-)…

And ask your self if you did become what you wanted to be..

I have been writing a lot of acclimatisation. Another thing that might help you to adapt easier to high altitudes is the  Maca berries. A super fruit from the Andes.  I will at least try it to see if it works. The natives in the Andes eats it for faster acclimatisation.

Lowa has also come with a new mountaineering boot, Mountain Expert boot. I haven’t test it, but it looks like a good product..

Lowa Mountain Expert, a boot for hard mountaineering conditions..

This weeks music will something new..

See ya soon again…

Now it’s time for prepare for the upcoming mountaineering season.

Time for sharpening the crampons…

Soon will the mountaineering season be here. It is time to shape up physical, mentally and technical. Sharpening tools, hill training, endurance training and mentally training. You have to be on the top to avoid damage and accidents. Look at this video and you understand what I mean..Be prepaired..

Avoid unnecessary rescue operations, be prepared…

The training this week has been real good. 11 workouts; Swimming, gym-training, EFIT, running, trail running with back pack, hill training etc. So a satisfying week.

Now I am planning for the trail running tour in Jämtland. I think I got a plan for this event:-)

And you, don’t forget to check news and updates…

Se ya soon again..

The training this week has included trail-running, gym workout, hill hiking and overall it has been eight workouts.

Mountain Trail running seson is upcoming..

And now it is time for planning the summer adventures. Right now I am looking at a trail running weekend, and visit the Anaris cabin in the east of Jämtland mountain area.

In the Dagens Nyheter, one of the big newspaper in Sweden there was a report of the La gendarmerie (French military alp police) who was first in place after the Germanwings aeroplane has crasched in the alps. A captivating report, and you got a glimpse of there work situation..

One of the men from the La gendarmeri

http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/de-tog-reda-pa-resterna-efter-germanwings-kraschen/

And you, get your self a mountain coach. You can read all about under news soon. So  keep your eyes open:-)

Se ya soon…

The earthquake in Nepal hit the mountaineers at Mount Everest. Scaring and will give you a understanding of the power of earth..

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/27/nepal-earthquake-rescue-of-stranded-everest-climbers-begins

http://stod.redcross.se/skank-valfritt-belopp/Nepal/?srk_purpose=15527&gclid=CjwKEAjwvPepBRCoqo37teOD1XsSJAC7v6WQn7N2WP9QiVO4DCAI1r4tXyNHUdb7l6uZXDIZfawYJhoC7VTw_wcB

Help those affected…

The training the last week was good. 10 workouts, and real tough. Hill training, with a terrific view over the northwest of Stockholm..so a Åreskuta up and down before eight a clock in the morning. That’s a good workout:-)

Northwest of Stockholm Saturday morning…

In Norway they got a good tradition of good tradition of doing documentaries. This one is about a youngster that not got any job, so she cross Norway crosswise…

http://www.svtplay.se/video/2874233/norge-pa-tvars-med-maria/norge-pa-tvars-med-maria-avsnitt-1

And the music this week will be a bit softer..

Se ya soon…

Early morning, looking out and it is all whiteout. My brain starts thinking. What will the plan be for today? Wait for the sun to warm up and pharheps the fog will dissapear? I got good knowledge of the terrain, and I have Control The descision will be to start descending..The thin is that it is good to test your knowledge for developing. As long as you not doing any risky thing it will develop you…

Fog means attention…use your knowledge.

The most important thing conected to fog  will be a good knowledge of navigation. Here followsa a good intruduktion or a repetion for you who already got the knowledge..

I’ve been to Jämtland for the third time this spring. Great trip to Sylarna, Blåhammaren. Skiing cross country at the last of snow this year.

One of the participants of the ski tour…

The training follows the plan. So far this week i got 5 workouts, and now it is a lot of endurance training..

Hill training with backpack…

Some motivational video…Enjoy:-)

Spring time, this means more light and warm winds. Now it is easy to train, it follows the plans. Soon i will breath the mountain air again. The mountains are Calling:-).

I been thinking of the fact of what a good mountaineerer is. I think it is a skilled mountain person that now his/hers limits, related to the conditions. A person who understands when the limits can be moved without risking the safety.  A person who always try to develop her/him self.

Ed Veisturs a good mountaineerer.

The training goes on, and it feels good. Today I have my rest day. It feels a bit strange, not exercise. A sign that it perfect to rest:-). Now it will be hill training in the weekend…

And it is also important to enjoy life, and the calm after a good workout. And what can be better than a good cup of coffee..

Don’t forgot to enjoy life….

Music this time will be a oldie goldie..

See ya at sunday:-)

A tough training week, 10 workouts and 10 hours..I ended the week with a running workout. Felt a bit tired. I have changed a lot of the training, so this is a sign that the body has started to adapt. At the gym, I have get back to do the exercise slow and correct. I also put strength in the running. So a good sign is the sore muscles.

Chin training at home a great addition..

To be a good mountaineerer, you Always need to challenge your self. Both menthally and physically.

For develop your self, you must challenge your self. Your training methods, your routes in the mountains. Probably most of all… your thoughts…and way of thinking..

I was Reading a book from 1953, and the thing is that there are two thing that comes to my mind. 1. They were really good in describing things at that time. 2. They really got good knowledge of the equipment and the mountain Environment. And it is easy to get impressed over there exploits.

Manne Ginsburg a hard mountain man..

This weeks training music:

This week insperation:

Se ya on wednesday…

Woke up this morning and the rain was streaming down. 15k running was in my mind…It was just to go for it. When I conclude this week it has been 10 workouts within 6 days. Perfect, all follows the planning.

I have been thinking of all trends with measuring the training into absurdum. It is good to secure that the result improves, but I feel that it sometimes has gone to far. The training must be fun, and not so much scientific. Have control of your heart beat, that’s important. Its like always, simplify to get what you want. Clean out the un important disturbance

The training also must be fun…

I always read a lot of outdoor magazine, and surprisingly often the readers complains over the content and articles. I must confess, I have thought in the same way. But the magazines purpose sometimes is to provoke. As a reader I have a responsible to understand that. For example don’t bring and drink wine when your are in a dangerous situation. I thin we all can understand that, if we think. We will all be experts in the  the area (the same in all area, dog owners, horse owner, fishermen’s etc.) So lets be more humbled all of us:-). So go with the flow, and enjoy life instead…you know what is right…

Mentally preparation, here comes some good advice for being prepared for upcoming adventures:

Start early, visualize the challenge you are going to do, keep your mind ease and have control over your emotions, keep the focus, talk to encouraging positive people , think about what can go wrong and what you can do if it happens, relax and have fun…

Prepared for all options…(Mattias Jansson)

A bad attitude or unsettled mind will destroy focus, guaranteeing failure regardless of training and preparation. so work with your attitude..

You must want(or need) to be where you are. Doing one thing with the body and another with the mind is self-defeating..

This weeks music…

See ya, and train like hell…

The last trip to Jämtland was real nice. Early Friday morning I started from Ramundberget. The part goal was to the mountain cabin Fältjägarstugan. 15km and almost uphill’s. After 3 hours I was there. I took a short rest, and continued to the target for the day Helags mountain station.  It took me another two hours to get the 14km to the station.

Helags mountain Station…

After breakfast the day after I went up to the Helags Peak 1897m. This ascend took me one our and forty minutes. At the top there was almost no wind. The view over the whole mountain environment was unbeatable.

A nice view over Jämtland…

I went down with fast speed and continued the tour to Fältjägaren which was my selected place to spend the night. After an hour and thirty minutes I was there.

Fäljagarstugan mountain cabin..

I started a fire in the stove, and enjoyed the scene when the sun went down,. What a good life….

Early next morning I took my skis and started my way home. It was still dark, but the sunlight quickly started paint  the sky in orange.

Skardörrsfjällen in morning light, nice….

And now over to acclimatisation. As I wrote earlier it is connected to the spleen (sv. mjälten). Free divers for example have larger spleen, this connected to the ability to hold the breath. So theoretical it is possible to train your ability to adept to thinner air…More information will follow in this area…

And at last , some good music….See ya