Sympathy for nympholepsy
When two ex-young freestylers meet in a resort, they perform hot-piste skiing. And like a fountain of youth, years seems to vanish as they cruise along the slopes.…
The director of the Centre for Research on Ecosystems at Altitude (CREA), Anne Delestrade , wrote a thesis for her Phd on the yellow-beaked alpine chough –…
Once upon a time there was a black bird with a yellow beak and red feet who lived high in the mountains. Its call and aerial pirouettes accompanied those who penetrated…
Carved out by the San Rafael river bed several million years ago, the Grand Petit Canyon is one of those charming areas where one doesn’t really want to lose…
The indefatigable surveyor of open virgin open areas, Maxence Gallot, raises a cry of alarm about the real estate frenzy which threatens the coastlines of the worldwide.…
On September 11th, a fire ravaged the intermediary cable-car station of the Grand Montets in the Chamonix valley. Actually, one of the most prestigious off-piste…
Last spring, a team of three crows comprising of Christina Lusti, Johanna Stalnacke and Tom Grant, accompanied by the cameraman and photographer Fred Marmsater,…
Bruno Compagnet leads us through the lost world of a Dolomite canyon. His eyes were wide open as he blindly followed his friend Eric Girardini through a jumble of…
Bruno Compagnet celebrates the science of Nicolas Delors, a surf board shaper installed in Bidart. An enthusiastic craftsman who gives shape to the dreams of those…
In a universe where versatility is omnipotent, to bring out a ski dedicated to steep slopes could be thought of as a conceited risk. Nevertheless, the elegance of…
From the Australian Alps to the Rockies, the crow Coen Bennie-Faull migrates to back-to-back winters every year. Australia isn’t necessarily the best place to…
Maxence Gallot wonders about the psychological impact of gliding flights and of the way of recovering from them. As the saying goes, the importance isn’t the…
Chris Booth brings his half orange* in his backyard of the Australian Alps. Mountains which seem so distant to us northerners as they seem to have appeared from…
Each year since 2010, music has been invited to the high slopes of Chamonix with the Cosmo Jazz festival. An exceptional rendezvous which matches the verticality…
Felix Olsson went in search of essential questions, those which tap human feelings while facing the contempt of a dashed happiness. And, to overcome melancholy,…
A journey into the wild with Bird, and a fine feathered friend, the wing nut of the Washington shred, Mr. Jason Hummel, with whom I finally united for a little midsummer…
Black crows’ ambassador, ski instructor and member of Chamonix’s Big Mountain Office Aurélien Lardy is equally adept as at free-ride on two wheels…
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