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WELCOME TO JERBERYD.COM !
» This is a personal, non-profit homepage that is mainly built upon the owners own special interests; hiking, climbing and mountaineering. This site is only updated when I have the spare time over and feel for it. To get the most out of this site, please use Internet Explorer 5 or above. Read more about this site and the author here.
NEWS AND UPDATES:
» 12 August 2008: Follow Per Jerberyd, Tomas Ericsson and Anders Grawin on our trip to the Italian/Swiss Alps. Daily updates are posted.
To the Alps 2008 pages...
» 24 July 2008: Updated The Alps 2008 pages with a separate webcam and weather forecast sections. To the Alps 2008 pages...
» 23 July 2008: Updated The Alps 2008 pages. Check it out.
» 17 June 2008: After a "lost" year in 2007 when being ill and forced to a gull surgery, I have slowly tried to get back into shape. My main goal for 2008 is a trip to the Alps in the middle of August. To test myself I made a one day speed ascent of Bierdnacokka in Norway. Check out some photos from "Bierdna" @ the beta pages of my upcoming Alps 2008 pages or follow this direct link.
» 9 August 2006: Added five winter photos from Lofoten. They are found at the bottom of the gallery. The photos of Glåmen were taken during our first ascent. --> To the Lofoten winter gallery.
» 13 April 2006: El Chorro is a magical place for trad and sport climbers. In 2004, sadly it was partly closed when it became forbidden to walk through the railway tunnels, used by climbers to approach the crags. We had the chance to make a visit prior to this rape on the climbing community. Here's a scenic photo gallery from El Chorro.
» 31 March 2006: I just had to publish some photos of our little Rasmus! You'll find them here!
» 21 March 2006: Video clip from Lofoten last summer. Ioannis Arvanitidis dares the celebrated jump between the horns of the Svolvaer Goat. He taped his digital to the helmet and jumped... View it! 
» 17 March 2006: Jerberyd.com (mail+website) has been down for almost a week. Reason unknown. I have now moved the domain to a new host.
» 10 March 2006: Jonna and I got a son on 2 March. Everyting is OK. He's called Rasmus!
The news archive --->
FROM THE PHOTO GALLERY:
     
HIGHLIGHTS:
» The climbing heroes
Some climbers are better than others. Here you will find a collection of some of the men and women that pushed the limits further and further for the next generations. Some where laughed at by fellow climbers, but today nobody laughs at them any more.
» Nanga Parbat - the naked mountain
After 31 people's death on Nanga Parbat, the summit was reached by a single man; Hermann Buhl. Here's the incredible story of this almost super-human climb.
» Try the climbing quiz
You're a mountain climber? You know your mountaineering history well? Then this is something for you. Without boasting, this is the best climbing quiz on the internet!
» A guide to hiking in Scandinavia
Here you'll find some advice, tips and trix that hopefully can help you plan your hiking trip to Scandinavia. Written mostly for the hiker visiting our "fjelds" for the first time.
» Bravados of the world
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.
World famous climber: Reinhold Messner
Nearly all climbers have heard someting about Reinhold Messner but the truth is that many of today's young guns just don't understand how much he has contributed with to the climbing and mountaineering scene. Here is a lesson of the Messneric era.
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The savage Mountain: Climbing history of K2
The climbing history of K2, Chogori aka Mount Godwin-Austen, from the first try in 1902, until the Italian success in 1954. This is by faar the most popular article on this site.
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Mont Blanc: The first ascent anno 1786
Most people that are interested in climbing history regard Jaques Balmat and Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard's first ascent of the highest Alp of all Alps on 8 August 1786 as the start of modern alpinism.
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