Mid October, and we mowing towards coldness and frost. The days getting shorter for everyday, just to remind us to take it slower and prepare for the winter. I am just in the middle of planning a upcoming tour towards the Helags mountains.

Helags, you can reach it from Ljundalen or from the Faltjagar cabin.

In the last Blog you could read about losing focus, and lust. Here comes some help for you all to think a bit more positive..

1. Start the day with positive affirmation. Your first thought will set the way..2. Focus on good things, even if they are small. 3. Finds humour in bad situation. Looking backward at it you will probably laugh about it. 4. Always turn failures into lessons. 5. Always have a positive self talk. It have more impact then you might thought. 6. focus on the present…

Now I have tested Karpos Mountain pant and mountain jacket. This is developed for high active mountain sports such as; Ice climbing, ski alpinism, mountaineering.

Karpos mountain pant, a real good trouser. A perfect friend at a cold dry windy mountain.

The pant will get 5 NLA out of five. A real good trouser, with all good details such as snow lock and pockets under the line for the harness. a real thinking trough product.

The karpos jacket..

The expectation of the jacket become of course high. But it was a bit of disappointment when testing it. With a price level of 20 euro, and a jacket developed for ski alpinism and high intensity activities a good ventilation will be expected. But this one got nothing about it. It got good reflections but that is the only detail. It also got shallow pockets, feels a bit cheap…So three NLA:a out of 5.

And when it comes to ski alpinism, here you got some inspiring movie. Sylarna one of the best places for adventuring in the Swedish mountains..

http://play.mittmedia.se/video/rikard-westling-och-mattias-skantz-klattrar-syltraversen?t=23

At the end, a dreaming back to the dolomites…

Early morning at 04.30. Fast up to the top of Schwartzhorn close to Cavalese in the Dolomites. The nature started to wake up during my ascending. I early got the feeling that this would be a fine day. I followed a slope, the sun was shadowed by the mountain. At the top I was all alone, except for the Madonna at the picture… We was looking out together in calmness, just enjoying the sun set over the alps. What a moment, I will carry it in my mind forever..

See ya sson