Flying High, Climbing Higher: Adventures Around the Globe
June 2026 - Jan Mayen is one of the most isolated and dramatic places on Earth — a small, windswept volcanic island in the Norwegian Sea, roughly 600 km north of Iceland, 500 km east of Greenland, and 900 km west of mainland Norway, well north of the Arctic Circle. Dominating its northeastern end is... Continue Reading →
April 2026 - Diving Silfra and Davíðsgjá, my fourth time diving the exceptional clear waters of Þingvellir National Park in Iceland. Silfra is a breathtaking freshwater fissure located in Þingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It sits directly in the rift valley where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are slowly pulling... Continue Reading →
September 2025 - I was asked by European Aircraft Sales in Odense, Denmark, if I could take a Diamond 42 from Sweden to India. What a chance, the Swedish airplane was very much like my own Diamond 42 and a tour to India was kind of a natural next step after having flown my own... Continue Reading →
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 →
August 2023 - Beginning of August I had a week in Colorado with my two sons Troels and Søren. Troels came from a five week running camp in Gunnison and Crested Butte, and Søren came from AirVenture Oshkosh where he went for his employer Piper Aircraft. I came directly from Denmark to meet up. We... Continue Reading →
July 2023 - For the third summer in a row, an eruption took place on Reykjanes, the area in Iceland between Keflavik (with the international airport of Iceland) and Reykjavik (the capital of Iceland). I spent a week in Iceland and went into the eruption site four times, three times by feet and one time... Continue Reading →
October 2022 - My two brothers turned and will turn 50 and my birthday present was a tour to Grand Canyon, including a hike down to Colorado River. Neither of my brothers had hiked that far, neither horizontally or vertically. I did the hike a year ago with my son, and was pretty sure they... Continue Reading →
October 2022 - I was five days in Sölden, Tyrol, Austria, with my youngest son Troels. He went skiing all the days with Hareskov Ski Club while I spent three days hiking local summits, one day relaxing at the ski area (drinking coffee) and one day on snowboard. First climb - My first climb went... Continue Reading →
September 2022 - Ten days with no plans and cheap return tickets with AirCanada from Copenhagen to Bogotá got me to Colombia for my first time. I only had two days to do my planning, googled "Top Tourist Attractions in Colombia" and settled for a road trip from Santa Marta in the north along the... Continue Reading →
August 2022 - My Cessna 185 was parked in Talkeetna, Alaska, early summer 2022, and now I had the chance to come back and fly it for a week before taking it back to California. A very good pilot friend of mine - Michael Lemvig Olsen - joined me on this trip, this was his... Continue Reading →