To be honest, Mont Blanc wasn’t in my plans of peaks to tackle. After Kilimanjaro in 2014, it was a toss-up between it and Elbrus and I chose the latter, which I climbed in August 2016. But a friend of mine asked me to try it together for his birthday so we started making …
Tag Archives: alps
happiness
The song perfectly describes how I feel when looking at this photo… take the time and listen to it, you won’t regret it. (you can actually click on the image below to see it in full size because this one doesn’t do it justice)
i know a place where no cars go
Going up to the Aiguille du Midi is truly a remarkable experience! Seen from down below in the valley, the 3,842m peak (which literally translates to “Needle of the South”) is a sight to behold 🙂 Below you will find the individual photos as well because they are worth seeing, This one …
like ants
Don’t you just love it when our self-imagined delusions of grandeur are dwarfed by the sheer size of nature around us… from high enough, we are not unlike ants on this Earth (we’re not even talking about the cosmic scale here, best described by Carl Sagan in this video). The following is just a …
snow season
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m super excited about strapping on my skis very soon and tackling those tempting slopes… snow season is ON! 🙂
happy high
4,000m high and freezing cold, but couldn’t be happier 😉
misty mountains cold
Is anyone as excited as I am about the Hobbit? This incredible music from the trailer inspired me to post some shots of the misty Alps in all their glory. It’s such a nice feeling to have walked all day in the cloudy, rainy and viewless mountains and to then just get a glimpse …
lac blanc
I just love the four layers of this shot 🙂 The bluish-green/turquoise color of Lac Blanc (named after the infamous peak, naturally) is some sight early in the morning… it just beckons you to dive in after walking for a few hours up to it. The spectacular reflections of the opposing 3,500+ meter peaks …
via ferrata
Our first stop for the trip around the Alps was the Italian Dolomites where we were going to do some via ferratas for a couple of days. We slept in this beautiful hut, Rifugio Brentei. The little construction you see behind it and in the second photo is in fact a shrine filled with …
faces of the matterhorn
What an incredible view the Matterhorn is! Out of the 4 days we were in Zermatt and the surrounding area, we only saw the unmistakable shape of the peak for a few precious hours. The other times it was covered in clouds and we were left waiting for the moment the weather would be …
