Alpine Guide Verbier

A mountain guide’s perspective on current ski and climbing conditions in and around Verbier, Switzerland.

Antarctica Finale

It was the trip of a lifetime and I’m gonna come back. We are on the ship Clipper Adventure returning to Ushuaia and the 71 skiers have bonded in quite a unique way. I feel so lucky to have met so many aboard, to have seen see their slide shows and hear about the amazing [...]

Antarctica Ski Touring

We have just had two wonderful days, ski touring and filming on the Antarctica Peninsula. It was just mind boggling, as we skimmed over the ocean surface in our zodiac to our landing site. There was so much to take in, I didn’t know in which direction to point my camera. We have been working [...]

Antarctica Arrival

Due to strong head winds slowing our progress, we have gone by Trinity Island and are going directly to Cierva Cove, where there appear to be endless wild first ascents/descents to be made. I will be posting my photos to Facebook to lighten the load on the transmissions I am making from the ship.

to Antarctica!

We are getting close now, after 2.5 days sailing across the Drake Passage. The boat was pitching and poling, along with a few of the passengers aboard. 25 knot winds and 10 foot seas meant it was a smooth passage I guess. Doug Stoup put this unique and first time trip together with Quark Expeditions. [...]

Ushuaia to the Antarctic Peninsula

Pen Pough and his production company Between the Eyes is back to film Xavier De Le Rue and Jeremy Jones riding with the penguins- this time on the Antarctica Peninsula, for Relentless. We had a fun day above Ushuaia today, riding a little couloir to shake out the wrinkles of the 14 hour plane ride.