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!
Last stretch before camp!.
Nico, Sev and Arnaud just getting back from a day’s skiing. Our tent is dwarfed by theice giants all around.
The ridge, too far for today
Tip-toeing on ice
Sunrise (Courtesy of M.Chapuis)
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.
Action and Adventure (check out the paraglider…) (Courtesy of M. Chapuis)
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.
Feeling small (courtesy of K.Garcia)
Invigorating at -20 odd
(Courtesy of S.Stemmer)
Aesthetic beauty
Breakfast at 4000!
Time to get going.
Along the ridge
Pure blizzard
I go out to try my pulk solo in the Hauts Plateaux du Vercors
V. goes round one of the massive crevasses.
In the cavern
We cut a straight line through the powdery snow, which fell only a few days ago. The sky is bright blue
Two eyes in the sky.
Across the summit plateau