And a new Twitter!
I’m usually the kind of person that goes the whole way with the things I do, so I thought: if I get a Facebook page I might as well also get in to Twitter. So If you want to follow my adventures from up close, check out @freedompeaks!!!
A new Facebook page
I just made a new Facebook page where I will post news, updates and ideas from along the way. Check it out and “like” at www.facebook.com/thoughtsfromhighplaces…
Skiing at Blackcomb with Douglas
Today Mike showed me the skiing at Blackcomb. It was the first good weather day in a while and the skiing conditions where actually really good. After a few runs in the bumps at the glacier we skinned up on the backside to Blackcomb peak, did a short detour to the summit, and then dropped […]
Whistler
On Friday after the guide course I jumped on a plane to Vancouver via Frankfurt from Geneva. At the airport my friend Mike Douglas picked me up and drove me to his home in Whistler. The last two days we have been working on a ski documentary for Salomon in between sightseeing, running and mountain […]
Guide Course no 3 – Day 6-8 – 4000-meter peak bagging and snow climbing above Zermatt and Valle d’Ayas.
On the last days of the course we moved to Zermatt further east in Switzerland and took the lift up to Klein Matterhorn at almost 3900 meters. From there we traversed the glacier east in a total whiteout and climbed Pollux 4092 m in a snowstorm before we made our way to the rifugio Guide […]
Guide Course no 3 – Day 2-5 – Ecole du Glace and classic mountaineering in Switzerland
From Chamonix we continued around to the Swiss side of the Mont Blanc massif to the Cabane d’Orny. On the first day we walked up from Champex and practiced glacier travel and rescue. On the second day we continued with short roping on the lower peaks above the hut and on the following day we […]
Epic TV #7
Last week, just before the start of our guide course in Chamonix I attended another Epic TV weekly show! I had a great time together with Trey and during the hour and something show; we had the opportunity to chat up one of the worlds best free divers, William Trubridge, Canadian pro skier Chris Rubens […]
