Flying High, Climbing Higher: Adventures Around the Globe
February 2025 - Together with a very close friend of mine I spent nearly one month away from Denmark, more precisely: 3 days in San Francisco (as stop overs on the way out and back home). 3 days in Tahiti (two days upon arrival and then a one day stop over on the way home).... Continue Reading →
January 2025 - For the 10th time in 12 years I went to the Alps to fly hot air balloons for a week. This year I again brought my own hot air balloon OY-SOK. Futhermore I teamed up with Thomas Sjøgren as pilot because I haven't kept my own pilot license valid for the last... Continue Reading →
December 2024 - After exactly two years I returned to San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile to climb more volcanoes. I started with four days in Bolivia to acclimatize. After returning to San Pedro I climbed three volcanoes, two of them being higher than 6,000 meters: 6,046 meters / 19,836 feet high Volcán Acamarachi (also known... Continue Reading →
November 2024 - During summer 2024, my Cessna 185 had been upgraded with new avionics by Rite Way Aviation at David Wayne Hooks Airport (KDWH) in Houston. The new avionics included a PFD (Primary Flight Display, Garmin g3x Touch), a new GPS (Garmin GPS 175), and a new auto pilot (Garmin FFC 500). The autopilot... Continue Reading →
October 2024 - Together with my youngest son Troels I hiked Grand Canyon rim to rim to rim. That is, I crossed the Grand Canyon from the North Rim to the South Rim, and after a rest day, we hiked back to the North Rim. In all we hiked 85 kilometers, gained 3,800 meters of... Continue Reading →
August 2024 - Climbing Augustine Volcano had for a long time been on my bucket list. In August 2024 I returned to Alaska, this time with my travel buddy Frode. We had five days in Alaska with mainly bad weather, but for one day, Tuesday August 20th, the forecast looked very promising with clear skies... Continue Reading →
July 2024 - With my two youngest Troels and Anna and Anna's boyfriend I went to Turkey to climb three volcanoes - Nemrut Crater, Mount Süphan (second highest mountain in Turkey) and Mount Ararat (highest mountain in Turkey) Climbing the 2,948 m / 9,672 ft high Nemrut Crater This was a rather easy hike with an ascent... Continue Reading →
June 2024 - On the 3rd of June, 2024, together with my very good friend Frode, I departed from Roskilde Airport in OY-JNK, my one year old Diamond 42. Our goal was to reach and fly around in Greenland before returning to Roskilde two to three weeks later. We reached Greenland on day two after... Continue Reading →
April 2024 - My sole plan for this trip was to see the US 2024 Solar Eclipse on April 8th. I ended up doing a road trip across United States from Los Angeles to Houston, crossing the zone of totality of the solar eclipse in Eagle Pass, TX. And finally a few days at Sun... Continue Reading →
February 2024 -Together with my 80 year old parents I visited Cuba for 12 days. We started with a few days in Old Havana before embarking on a ten-day and twelve hundred kilometer road trip that would take us to Viñales, Playa Larga, Cienfuegos and Trinidad. A very beautiful country (especially the area around Viñales).... Continue Reading →