Personal travel, adventure and photography blog by Thomas Jøhnk
August 2025 - Together with my youngest son Troels, I climbed and summited Mt. Kazbek, a 5,054 m. or 16,581 ft. high volcano in the Caucasus, right on the border between Russia and Georgia. From our hotel in Stepantsminda to Altihud (low base camp) On the first day of the climb, we started at 2,200 meters... Continue Reading →
June 2025 - Spent a weekend in Stavanger with my daughter Anna, enjoying lots of sunshine and fantastic hikes to two of Norway's most spectacular sights - Preikestolen and Kjeragbolten. Preikestolen Kjeragbolten
May 2025 - A stationary high pressure weather system was forecast to settle over the Faroes for three days around middle of May. So my aviation and hangar body Martin Wilstrup and I decided to fly there and enjoy what turned out to be almost three days of complete cloudlessness, a really rare phenomenon for... Continue Reading →
April 2025 - On April 10th, 2025, I departed Roskilde (EKRK) in my Diamond 42. My goal was to reach The Azores and visit as many of the islands as possible before I had to be back two weeks later where annual inspection of the airplane was due. I reached The Azores after five days... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Flying Adventures and More... 