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