Meet the Lappis!

by | Jan 26, 2026 | Introductions | 0 comments

 

From a trip planned over a year ago after a bunch of friends joined me in Killington 2024, we are flying out to Park City, UT for our first time at the Sundance Film Festival for their final time in Park City, UT! Welcome back those returning with me for their 2nd, 5th, or even 8th monsoon:

 

Introducing our newest generation of monsooners:

 

Calvin "Castles in the Sky" Sun - Expedition Leader | Emergency Physician | NYC

 

Sampson "Apalca" Lau - Returning Monsooner: Sept. '23 (Syria), Jun. '22 (Svalbard), Sept. '21 (Sardinia & Corsica), Winter '17 (Australia) | Mountain View, CA | Engineer

 

Melissa “Employee Discount” Rios - Return Monsooner: Jul. '25 (Tomorrowland), May '19 (Isle-land of Man) | Associate Product Manager, Adobe | Santa Clara, CA

 

Keseena "The Bride" Chengadu: Return Monsooner: Mar. '18 (Central Europe)

 

 

Mel "The Wifey" Jeng - Return Monsooner: Jan. '26 (Park City), Oct '25. (Caribbean), Sept. '25 (Extreme NE America), Jul. '24 (Le Tren Bleu), Jul. '23 (Crete) | NYC
YuHan "BesFren" Lee - Return Monsooner: Nov. '24 (Easter Island), Jul. '24 (Tomorrowland), Feb. '24 (Hokkaido), Jul. '23 (The Greek Epic) | Brooklyn, NY

 

Shirley "Xanga" Chu - Queens, NY

 

 

And where we’re actually monsooning in 2 weeks:

 

Skiing Yllas in Lapland

 

Snow Igloos!

 

View from the Snow Igloos
Lapland

 

Santa Claus Village
Santa Claus Village

 

Want to join us? More details about the trip can be found here: FEBRUARY 2026

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