Col de Bavella, Corsica

Col de Bavella, Corsica

Climbing up the final stretch to the Col de Bavella I stopped to take a few photos of the rock faces and swirling clouds and Valentine was soon a speck in the distance. I was sweating profusely to catch up again. A young guy in an ancient Citroen passed down and I...
Monte Rosa – Margherita Hut

Monte Rosa – Margherita Hut

At 4554m, perched on the top of the peak ‘Signalkuppe’, this is the highest building in Europe, the Margherita Hut. It serves both as an alpine refuge for climbers and as a research laboratory for scientists studying altitude medicine among other things....
Autumn Hiking – Bernina Alps

Autumn Hiking – Bernina Alps

Each autumn my father, in his sixties and ever keen for an adventure, comes out to visit. This year it happily coincided with Lowe Alpine asking me to shoot some images for the upcoming pack range. Here are a few images from behind the scenes, for the rest we’ll...
Scarpa Phantom 6000 (p)review

Scarpa Phantom 6000 (p)review

This is a review of a pair of pre-production samples of next seasons Scarpa Phantom 6000 mountaineering boot. I’ll say straight up that I don’t know much about boots except than how to use them. Secondly I work with Scarpa (France) as an...