by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2021 | Life, Outdoorlife Norway, Work
2014-2021 It has been my dream to start an outdoor adventure company ever since I moved to Norway. My outdoor, tourism and guiding education in different regions of Norway were part of my preparation to realize this dream. As a host at the Stavanger Tourist...
by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2019 | Outdoorlife Norway, Work
2017-2019 Two years after my successful ski trip to Kjerag with Hessel, I started organizing guiding winter expeditions to Kjerag, on snow shoes. It proved to be very hard. Each year, we adapted the concept in accordance with the experiences and partly failures of...
by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2019 | Outdoorlife Norway, Travel, Work
2019 In 2018, my guiding company was hand-picked by Innovation Norway to participate in the Adventure Global Growth 2018/2019 program, including workshops in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle, together with a small selection of other Norwegian adventure operators....
by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2018 | Outdoorlife Norway, Travel, Work
2018 In 2018, my guiding company was hand-picked by Innovation Norway to participate in the Adventure Global Growth 2018/2019 program, including workshops in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle, together with a small selection of other Norwegian adventure operators....
by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2017 | Outdoorlife Norway, Travel, Work
2017 One of the most ambitious project when leading my own guiding company, was to organize winter expeditions to Kjerag in the Lysefjord. The mountain area around this famous hiking destination has a very harsh climate, especially in wintertime. So for establishing a...
by Johannes Cornelis Apon | 2015 | Hiking, Outdoorlife Norway, Work
2015 Is it possible to reach Kjerag in winter? I always wondered about this. I managed to get Hessel, manager of Flørli 4,444, to join me on a mini ski expedition from Hunnedalen, through Frafjordheiane Protected Landscape Area (landskapsvernområde) to the edge of the...