“Every hour, another layer. Down jacket, once a pillow, now firmly wrapped around my body. Surely it can’t get colder than this?” My first-time winter camping (in -15C) in Mpora Print Magazine Issue 3.
All in Snow
Occasionally, it’s ok to pinch yourself and then give yourself a pat on the back. If you’d told me 5, heck even 2 years ago, that I’d be published in a National Geographic print magazine—even a sister title—I would’ve laughed.
La Sentinelle: Founders Bruno Compagnet and Layla Kerley Lead With Their Hearts
In a world driven by ego, competition, and self-gratification, Layla and Bruno’s La Sentinelle is a true Renaissance for ski mountaineering. Created to celebrate the real spirit of adventure and share it with their core community, they say the non-competitive ski traverse holds its merit is in its diverse participants and exceptional terrain.
Fragile: A Black Crows Perspective
"And I wonder, what if this forced isolation offers us a reprieve from normality? A unique opportunity for questioning business-as-usual. Providing us time to slow down, reassess what’s truly important, and then reset. Could this virus create space for us to determine more meaning and purpose in our everyday lives? To feel more gratitude for the things we do have?”
Protect Our Winters UK: Volunteer Day
The proof is in the people! The @protectourwintersuk community of volunteers, trustees and partners, continually inspire me to do better and do more in the fight for our planet.
Onsen & Origiri: My First Time Skiing In Japan
“Enjoying everything from hilarious 90s pop playing from chairlift loudspeakers to pizza-box sized single chairlifts, it finally happens. The snow gods turn it on and we don’t see the sun for days. The whole resort wear contagious wild powder-fuelled grins, as if everyone’s caught incomprehensible stoke overnight.”
Short & Sweet: The Reward Of Unplanned Adventures
It doesn’t always have to be planned. It doesn’t always have to be epic. Sometimes, simply getting outside, into nature, doing something new, going somewhere unexpected or looking with fresh eyes is all you need…
A Night at the Cabine des Aiguille Rouges
Last weekend we toured up Arolla valley with two friends Robin & Simmy to spend the night in Cabane des Aiguilles Rouges, perched high on the mountain side at 2821m..
What's Your Meditation?
Your Dharana can be whatever you choose to give focus to, but your Dhyana, your true meditation, happens in the space between active thoughts; an intense focus without any effort or will. For me, ski touring often rivals stillness.
A Big Mission to Mueller Hut, Mount Cook National Park
Most probably one of my biggest challenges but greatest achievements! Ski touring to Mueller Hut has been on my todo list for the past 3 years since living in New Zealand…