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The ascent of Halti in fall of 2018, part 2/2

The ascent of Halti in fall of 2018, part 2/2

In the first part we made it halfway up the slopes of Halti fell, as we had decided to attempt going all the way to the summit the same evening....

The ascent of Halti in fall of 2018, part 1/2

The ascent of Halti in fall of 2018, part 1/2

We are employees of Varusteleka and a couple, who spend a lot of time in nature. We make short hikes nearby every week and several overnighters every year. In addition...

Etelä-Karjalan Sotilasmarssi 2018 - Team Korpimiehet

Etelä-Karjalan Sotilasmarssi 2018 - Team Korpimiehet

Kisakertomus 2018 Etelä-Karjalan Sotilasmarssista Team Korpimiesten näkökulmasta.Myllymäen laskettelukeskukseen oli 27.4.2018 kokoontunut 20 maanpuolustushenkistä partiota valmiina kohtaamaan Suomen kovimmaksi sotilastaitokilpailuksi kutsutun marssin haasteet. Joukkueiden seassa seisoi myös kuudetta kertaa maastomarssille osallistuva...

Kolmen lammen kierros - helppo päiväretki luontoon

Kolmen lammen kierros - helppo päiväretki luontoon

Luonnossa patikoiminen on huomattavan rentouttavaa ja tehokasta stressinhoitoa. Tästä huolimatta sitä liian usein erehtyy kuvittelemaan, että retkelle lähtö vaatisi suuria ennakkovalmisteluita ja ponnisteluita. Täytyy tehdä varustelista, pakata liian iso reppu...

Visiting Scotland with Särmä

Visiting Scotland with Särmä

I had my one-week summer leave in late August and desperately needed a cooler place to escape the heat wave that had tormented Finland for the best part of summer....

Herajärvi Trail - Amateur Hiker Flying Solo

Herajärvi Trail - Amateur Hiker Flying Solo

During the busy stretch of our relocation and preparing for the Mega Grand Opening I started to think that a time-out in nature would be a brilliant way to get...

Camping with the Defence Forces

Camping with the Defence Forces

Laid-back camping and hiking is fine and a globally well understood thing. Among other things Finns sometimes do differently than others is military excercise and reservist training as a replacement...

EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 6, Team Leka firearms training

EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 6, Team Leka firearms training

Four basic rules for safe weapon handling. Handle your weapon as if it were loaded. ALWAYS! Do not point your weapon at anything that you are not ready to destroy....

EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 5, Team Leka Final march exercise

EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 5, Team Leka Final march exercise

Training rehearsal and recon mission 6-8.4.2018. Our march is approaching and the demands put on us by our training have grown. This time we rehearsed our march and did a...

Varusteleka's brands 12-month warranty

Varusteleka's brands 12-month warranty

On top of our regular 100 day returns policy all our Särmä, Särmä TST, Terävä and Jämä products have a 12-month warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. The 12-month...

Särmä TST Backpack Use as Day Pack Lids

Särmä TST Backpack Use as Day Pack Lids

Särmä TST day/combat packs are designed to enable attachment onto the Särmä TST RP80 recon pack for use as daypack lids. In this tutorial we present two ways to manufacture...

Varusteleka Profit Report 2017

Varusteleka Profit Report 2017

We have crunched the numbers, and our results from 2017 are in. Here’s a little recap of everything that happened last year.In general 2017 was a little hectic. We kicked...

EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 4, Team Leka Fitness

EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 4, Team Leka Fitness

Our team continues training and this time we had scheduled some physical training at our gym. Coach for this session was Petteri Kantola. Petteri is officer (ret.), assumingly gentleman as...

EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 3, TCCC

EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 3, TCCC

Preparation for SCMM continues. Our goal is to refresh our basic soldier skills, and this time we were focusing on Tactical Combat Casualty Care basics. We managed to get ourselves...

How to dress in layers

How to dress in layers

This article is written from a Finnish viewpoint based on the Nordic climate. And since we are utterly commercial, the clothing presented is based on Varusteleka's selection. In this article,...

EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 2, First March Exercise

EKS/SCMM 2018, Part 2, First March Exercise

We held our patrol group's first training march on 12.12.2017. The purpose of this training march was to try operating as a group, as well as to test the base...