Hobbies

Here are some pictures from the mountaineering I did away from the Alps that I am accustomed to: Click on the samples to view them in a larger format.

1997 -- Expedition to Pic Lenina (7134m, Kyrghistan)

Lodging on the way to the base camp (3800m)? Sun rize on base Camp (3900m) Pass (4100m) with Pic Lenina behind François and Andre on the way to camp 1 (4200m) Camp 1 after a snow storm (4300m) Camp 1: Eugene the Russian troubadour (4300m)! Camp 2: Meeting our Russian friend back from their summit Camp 3 with Pic Razdelnaja behind (6200m) Camp 4 on the way to the summit (6400m) Down from Razdelnaja... we made it! Meeting our German friends at camp 1 After 14h down at base camp... for a fondue Panorama from the base camp after a snow storm Mederassa in Bukara (Ouzbekistan) Mosque in Bukara (Ouzbekistan) Mederassa in Samarcand (Ousbekistan)

1998 -- Mount Whitney (4460m, USA) and other trips

 Sailing in the Mediteraneean with my friend Ambrogio

2001 -- Huayana Potosi (6088m, Bolivia)

A short distance from La Paz Hide and seek between lightening and sunrize Sunrize after thuderstorm on the Amazonas basin The final slope is around 40 degrees steep The summit (6088m) Altiplano with lake Titicaca on the north All this melts into the Amazonas Ice on the way down Swiss friends with Potosi behind