Today we enter door number five, and into a cup of good coffee we dive..

A adventure tour without coffee it like a adventure without mountains. After a attempt to reach teh summit of Mont Blanc 2005, we got stucked in a thunderstorm. We just have to wait the storm out and then go down. After a cold windy night, we left the lift in Les Houches, and went to the first bar in place. The waitress looked at us, rekognise the bristles in our faces and our hollow-eyed glance and asked -petit dèjeuner? The answer come straight ahed -oui. That coffee was the best in the world at the time.

The best coffee ever (at the time) in Les Houches.

The coffee as well got the advantage that it is mild laxative. Which can be very good in the field…

I as well use the coffee break as a trigger for getting the mountain feeling:-) Today there is a lot of option how to handle the coffee. Brewers cup, portable espresso makers etc. And as well GSI outdoor has make a Perculator brewer for field use, nice:-)

The training follows the plan, and tomoorow it will be time for lugging the whell at 05,00…

Those who gives up, never winns. A winner never gives up…

today it is number four, and mayby you in wisdom can get a higher score…

Develop the character is probably one of the most important task for a civilized society and its all individuals. The good character is important to build up. There is a great differance between moral characater and performance character. The last including properties as diligence and prudence. Research shows that lack of planning for the future or poor edurance defientely will prevent you from succeeding in life.

Plan for your life and train your endurence for success in life..

Keep your focus and fulfill your challanges, that will bring you a good life. Your character also affect your success when it comes to personal, family, or different group contexts. People with strong belief in the future, drinks less alcohol(7% less) and are more sucseptible as well to train.(17% more) this is related to science in the area. So secure your life goals, keep training your endurance and you will have a good and even better life.

Read some more:

http://www.axess.se/magasin/default.aspx?article=2305

Some good music to use for your endurance training:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJp2nM2H_Gc

See ya tomorrow:-)

Well, regarding subject you can find a lot. But today it will be about something hot.

In the mountain environment there is nothing lika a sauna after a day on skies or a climb. The temperature in the sauna shall be between 70-100 degrees celcius. Best is it if the sauna is placced near to a lake so you can take a bath. To get steam and heat you should throw  a bucket of water over the heaters,  ”Heittää löylyä” on finnish. So enjoy the sauna, and my favorites is the saunas in Lunndörren and Blåhammaren.

Lunndörrens sauna.

Blåhammarens Sauna

So now it is up to you to find your favorite among all mountain saunas. See you tomorrow:-)

Want to  know more?:

http://www.bokus.com/bok/9789185957194/fjallbastu-rena-aventyr-i-vaglost-land/

Time to open the second door, and about the wather learn somthing more..Most of the circumstances in the adventure you can influence. But that does not include the weather. Here you must adapt to the circumstances. So therefor it is important to understand a bit of the weather. So here follows some information about it. First of all, it is good to have some tools. A clock with a altimeter and barometer is good to have. The barometer can tell you if there is bad weather or a storm coming.

The next thing will be to see of the signs in the nature.

The halo:  A ring around the sun or the moon. This will indicate that it will be rain within the next 24 hours. If it is incoming low pressure, then it is big risk for precipitation.

Clouds: It there are clouds like cotton balls (cumulus clouds) and they ascends, then it will be rain showers. If the clods cover the entire sky and thicken more and more, the rain will be persistent.

 Wind: Wind from northeast brings cold air from the northern hemisphere in to Europe. Winddirection from northwest brings stabile weather situation and high barometic pressure. A warm front after rain and a wind direction from west, can build up a high pressure weather situation.

Start reading the weather now to prepare your self for upcoming adventures. See you tomorrow:-)

Want to learn more about it:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/clouds/clouds_intro.htm

It has been a good week. With 9 workouts and one with a three hours cross-training pass, thanks for that Patrik. The week was eneded with a bath, nearly 3 degrees, it makes you alert. And overall 640 minutes. Well, now it is time for this years calender. There will be a quiz every sunday. But the questions will have there answers during the days of the week. So keep your attention on top, from now on. The first day in advent I will give a you tips of a book. Ola Skinnarmo the well known explorer from Sweden has given out a book of his expeditions in the polar area. So todays tips will be a suggestion of a christmas gift:

Skinnarmo was the first swede at the Southpole in December 1998. See you tommorrow:-)

//Uffe