On April 30th we had the great opportunity to visit the ambassador at the French Embassy, in order to present Expedition Arcada 2015 and discuss a potential collaboration. The ambassador and his press secretary welcomed us at the beautiful Embassy building located right next to Kaivopuisto. Even if just a few of us spoke French, we immediately found a common language in the form of coffee and croissants. We were…
On our first team meeting Pata Degerman introduced all the members of our expedition, when it was my time he said “And here is our Helicopter pilot, Rasmus Sjöberg”. Everybody turned around and looked at me like they just saw a ghost. That is when the legend of the Helicopter pilot started. Just to clarify, no, i’m not a verified pilot. During the expedition I will be operating a DJI…
On April 6th three members of our expedition flew to Geneva and drove down to La Grave, in order to visit the expedition camping site and the Via Ferrata beforehand. This was a very exciting trip to say the least, as our task was to organise a meeting with the local mayor and owner of the camping site, as well as try out our technical equipment and find out what…
This Thursday, the climbing crew from the Expedition completed what’s most likely Finland’s first Via Ferrata route inside of Arcada by the personell entrance. The 13 meter route is constructed from 23 steps of thick rebar that’s glued into place with a special glue. The route at Arcada will give us a place not only to physically train for the arduous 300 meter climb but to also train different rope access…