We’re well into May now, a time when conditions are neither ideal for skiing nor quite right for alpinism yet. Still, I’m here with a mission: photographing my 30 favourite refuges and bivouacs ov...
In 2004, I was sitting in the dim light of Chris’s student room when a DVD slid into his laptop with a soft whir. In that moment, Focused by Matchstick Production lit a spark in us: Alaska, a new w...
And the ritual for this little exorcism is always the same: step‑in, a knowing glance at my bindings and a careful one downward, toward the void of the steep slope. I tap my skis on the snow a coup...
The Andes are a majestic mountain range, inspiring awae not only through their height but also through their deep cultural significance. In Bolivia and Peru, these mountains are considered sacred, ...
Japan wasn’t always the global powder pilgrimage it is today. Once, meeting another Westerner in a lift line felt like spotting a long-lost friend — rare, unexpected, and special.Today, the most fa...
Among hunter-gatherers and all peoples who have lived - and still live - in close connection with nature, animism was a widespread religion, from the steppes of Siberia to the coral islets of Polyn...
