Electric Avenue. Photo: Ivo Ninov
Oskar Alexandersson sending Petter Restorps Backdraft. Skälefjäll, Bohuslän
Hilde Björgaas climbing the beautiful Gamzatti on Skälefjäll, Bohuslän
A New Dawn
My plan is to start uppdating my blog a bit more frequently after creating this new site and batteling with problems concerning upploads of photos. I havn’t really fixed it but at least I’ve found a way around it . Let’s start out with some pics from old trips
Mårten Blixt and Björn A Krane about to spend 7 weeks away from civilization in the Tinninertoq valley, south Greenland. 2002.
Mårten Blixt topping out one of the last pitches of Qivitoq during the FA on Northeast face of Tinninertup Quqquat, South Greenland
Fredrichshafven
So, I was abruptly taken away from my summer paradise in the Åland archipelago to go the Outdoor tradeshow in Fredrichshafven to do work for the brands I work with, Arcteryx, 5.10, Sterling and BD. The whole thing is kind of crazy and has basicly nothing to do with climbing or outdoor life. Heaps of people together with incridible amounts of brands and gear, all with the ambition to grow with 20% or at least make it into the market. This, all topped with bad air and noise stacked into 14!? huge hangars. CRAZY! So why do I go. It’s work and even though it’s dirty, some one has got to do it. Actually one part of me likes it even if I feel like I’ve totally given myself to Babylon. But as the great prophet once said, we’re all a part of Babylon. The good part is, I get to meet heaps of fun people both professionally and socially. I get to meet collegues, old and new friends and other athletes, exchange experiences and of course, plainly just to hang out, drink coffee and beer. I also meet lot of retailers from Sweden and have a great opportunity to show our products for them. On the whole the whole show was really inspiring, at least from a work perspective. 5.10 presented yet some more styles which look awesome. Having said that, I must say that I was totally psyched to go home to Stockholm.
Check out the vid at ca 2.40
Now I’m working at the office for a few days and then I’m off back to Åland where I hope it’s abit cooler than here and maybee one can wish for a strong breeze.
Hard work
Magnus Råström at work
Well, back home from my combined work and climbing trip to France and Switzerland which by the way was great, who says you shouldn’t combine buisness and pleasure. First sales meeting with Five Ten in Chamonix and then a week of climbing i the Briancon area. After that it was time for the next meeting in Dornach in Switzerland, this time with BD. Now back in Stockholm and have been working for a few days and had a few days of holiday in between when we went over to Åland to celebrate midsummer. Bouldering at Geta and cragging at Skålberget, a crag developed quite a few years ago by Rickard Hedman. Now back home for a few (2) days for work and then back over to Åland again. And at last i figured out how to change the blogging page from the default front page. Now I should be ready to launch this blog thing in to the public.
/erik
David Chambre
When I grow up, I will have a garden like this one
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