The banging of the tent tears me out of my dreams. The wind hauls outside and I open my eyes. Something is different. It takes me a moment to realize. The tent roof, which should hang far above my head, is threateningly close to my face. From the outside the snow presses heavily on the […]
After one and a half days of traveling, we finally made it to Cerro Castillo. Upon our arrival midday, we took a short walk to check out the tiny village. After around 10 minutes, we had seen pretty much all of it and while passing the minimarket, we suddenly heard someone knocking on the window […]
It is the month of June 2022 in Innsbruck, Austria, where Celina and I had just finished our studies. The big question was: what now? Sure, we want to do some more studying but definitely not starting directly in the fall of the same year. Rather, we wanted to take a year off and immerse […]
When we in our family has free time, it is the mountains or the forest that call. We always go up to the mountains a few times a year. This is something that we have been doing since the children were young. For us, it has been important to give our children an alternative to […]
Siim: Expedition Estonia is everything the name implies – adventure, expedition, and an unreal world. What happened in less than two days provides several pages of writing material, but to single out one particular episode would probably be unfair to the other stories. The whole point of this adventure is not only to discover the […]
Let’s say you’ve just completed the 23 km Tartu Marathon. Now start walking back to Otepää, but go straight through the forest. When you arrive, take the mountain bike and ride with it 150 km to Pärnu. Off roads and tracks, not asphalt. In the meantime, carry the bike a few times over some bogs. […]
Although many of us start dreaming about spring in February, our fellow Estonian hikers Kätlin Nedo and Hans Markus Antson decided to take a polar hike instead. They spent 15 days in Riisitunturi National Park in Lapland. Before the hot summer arrives, let’s take one ice cold imaginary dip with Hans and Kätu. The hiking […]
Tactical Foodpack Expedition Estonia is an adventurous endurance race through wild mid-summer Estonian nature. This year the race is part of the Adventure Racing World Series European regional series. 2022.a. race dates are 1st-3rd of July. Race course is set in Estonia and is about 230 km long. Racers will traverse beautiful untouched forests and […]
“Three main components are important for survival: water, food and heat. In the case of food, it’s good to have a backup of Tactical Foodpack. Having been a survival instructor and having completed SF training as a survival training special, I would give the following tips,” said Sverre Puustusmaa, CEO and a founder of Tactical Foodpack. Leaving home? Always take […]
