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. [...]
Finsteraarhorn 4274
Wanting to climb a nice route on the Eiger in late June, we decided to go for the Finsteraarhorn. There still is so much snow on the high peaks, left over from a fine winter. This choice gave us the oportunity to climb without wading through miles of knee deep slush. Because of the exit [...]
Spring in the Alps
At last, we have touched the first spring snow of the season. Temperatures were quite high these past few days. The snow on northern aspects is moist from 2200 meters down. There is a solid crust from 2800 meters down on which to ski supreme corn snow. I just returned from another very memorable safari, [...]
Couloirs of Chamois
Happy New Year! The skiing is a bit more challenging now with the various wind events of the past 3 weeks. But with a nice base from the mountain tops to the valley bottoms, we are still finding fine adventure. Sarah, Niall and I skied a couloir full of chamois, one kilometer long and 700 [...]
Supreme Skiing
The skiing quite simply does not get much better. With 120cm of snow coating these Alps at 2500 meters, and 40cm in the valley floors, skiing is supreme. Aside from the weekends, one has the mountain to ones self. The foehn, which blew all weekend, has ceased this morning in Verbier. That certainly changed the [...]
Vacant Valleys
There still are not many people around, leaving us vast valleys, all to ourselves.
Alpine Snow
One needs to stay high to find snow.
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