Here are a few of my favourite moments captured in the mountains. Be it skiing, climbing or camping, the sun the wind and the snow fill our senses with all the vastness of the outdoors. So climb high and look far!
Action and Adventure (check out the paraglider…) (Courtesy of M. Chapuis)
Tip-toeing on ice
We cut a straight line through the powdery snow, which fell only a few days ago. The sky is bright blue
Vallon de Kara-Say, Kirghizstan. Au fond du vallon on peut voir un embranchement, à gauche c’est le glacier de Kara-Say Nord, en face, le glacier de Kara-Say Sud.
Invigorating at -20 odd
V. goes round one of the massive crevasses.
Nico, Sev and Arnaud just getting back from a day’s skiing. Our tent is dwarfed by theice giants all around.
I go out to try my pulk solo in the Hauts Plateaux du Vercors
Sunrise (Courtesy of M.Chapuis)
(Courtesy of S.Stemmer)
In the cavern
Feeling small (courtesy of K.Garcia)
Glacier sans nom 2, sud-ouest de Kara-Say Nord, Ak-Shirak, Kirghizstan. C’est le moment de profiter de la descente, avec une neige encore legère. Au fond les sommets qui bordent la vallée de Kara-Say, d’environ 4500 m d’altitude.
Last stretch before camp!.
Breakfast at 4000!
Pure blizzard
Time to get going.
Two eyes in the sky.
Across the summit plateau
Aesthetic beauty
The ridge, too far for today
Along the ridge