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Name
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Florian |
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Prénom
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Christian Here
the petroglyphs pictures by Christian Chabert |
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Prénom
: Jozef |
Name
: Pierre See
pictures the ski expedition around The Ogre (Biantha Brakk) |
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Names
: Philippe
I traced my way through the Pyrenees, Alps, Moroccan Atlas, Tians shans range (Kirghisie) in the two-seater with my wife in the Himalayas (From Dharamsala to the Nepal border, that is to say 500kms in ten days). The magic of the flight bivouac is to fly in space, of course, but perhaps more still in the meetings people; From the sky, we are meetin pepope with open arms, sometimes with people who had never seen tourists! Then it is not rare that they claps their hands, by thanking us passionately. I have two famous adventures companions, Gildas Moussali (who's yet a sailor) and Julien Wirtz (also paraglider monitor in Prévol). When we fly together, we are not joind by a rope but we are connected only by radio. We discovered mountains of Karakoram together, the most beautiful mountains of the earth, capped with a an incredible aerology. In the karakoram, it is not rare to climb almost 4000 meters in less than half hour, with the only power of thermics! We can fly at nearly 7000 meters, travelling 100 km in a day, on routes opened by famous Shipton, Tilman and Thesiger... in some longs days walk ! Then we lived beautiful adventures, even
more beautiful are waiting us next months. The air exploration of North
Pakistan is not finished as Shipton wrote in " beyond this mountain
": " There is so much to discover for explorers, in these
mountains ranges, as once in the game, it seems that it should never
finish". We are damned !
See
pictures of the great Karakoram
traverse with paragliders |
Names
: Matthieu & Mareile Paley Hello.
I am a photographer and my wife Mareile is a graphic designer. I started
photography in 1998 in Mongolia and quickly was assigned my first job
as photographer. Back from Bhutan in 1999, a Pakistani friend in New
York offered us to start a trekking agency in Northern Pakistan. Our
answer: " Ah, there are mountains in Pakistan ? Well lets
have a look then... " Since 1999, we lived more than 3 years in
this area. We stayed one year in Skardu, then spent several months in
Gilgit, Chitral and high Hunza, the Gojal area etc. We worked to produce
books and booklets (text, photograph, design layout, post-production,
etc) for various NGOs like the Aga Khan Foundation, IUCN (World
Conservation Union), Focus Humanitarian etc We were also briefly guides
& translators for Ushuaïa TV program, for individual trekkers
etc. We spent lots of time trekking in Northern Areas, always drown
to isolated passes, smiles and hugs of dear friends... We now speak
Urdu and rather well Wakhi. Wakhi and Kyrgyz cultures, at the crossroads
of 5 countries (Pakistan, India, China, Tajikistan and Afghanistan)
are especially close to our hearts. We concentrated on this subject
for a few years and published various articles in Géo, Time,
Discovery etc. Pictures comments
: Like many others, we are fascinated by borders: be it physical, geographical
or religious. The Pamir mountains, at the "beginning" (or
the "end", depending on how you look at it) of the Himalayan
arc (the " greater Himalaya"), are of particular interest
to us, because of their position at the crossroad of many cultures and
countries. Here is a small series of pictures (landscapes and Wakhi
ethnic group) taken between 2002 and 2004 at the southern edge of the
Pamir knot, where the Pamir range takes a leap to become Hindukuch and
Karakoram, where roundness becomes dynamism, where the colors are changing.
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Name
: Christophe |
Name
: Vincent |
Name:
Jean-Louis
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Name
: Karim Hunza, the living paradise
on earth is also known as Shangrila. The word "Shangrila"
comes from the famous book "Lost Horizon" of James Hilton.
In his book, the writer has described Hunza as a pure, calm and peaceful
place. The area is surrounded by forests, meadows and snow-covered high
mountains. In this Fairy Land, people live for more than one hundred
years in perfect harmony.
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Name
: David David
Hamilton first visited the Karakoram in the summer of 1987 as leader
of a 4 man team making exploratory climbs in the Hushe area. Since then
he has returned every year leading climbing, trekking and ski touring
projects. 2006 will be his 20th season in the mountains of the Pakistan
Karakoram. He has been involved in several first ascents of 6000m peaks
in the Hushe area as well as organising expeditions to better known
peaks such as: Masherbrum (1991), Tirich Mir (1993), Chogolisa (1995),
Gasherbrum I (1997), Gasherbrum II (1998, 1999, 2001), Broad Peak (2000),
Spantik (2000, 2001, 2005), Muztagh Ata (1998, 2002, 2003). David has
led many exploratory treks to remote parts of the Karakoram. He made
the 3rd crossing of the Ghondokoro La in 1989 and has now crossed this
pass 15 times. He has made several crossings of little known passes
such as the Haramosh La and the Skam La, and opened new trekking new
linking the Trango and Panmah glaciers. He has combined his experience
of the Karakoram with ski skills learnt in other mountain ranges to
make 3 ski journeys in Pakistan: the classic Biafo - Hispar traverse
(1996 & 1997) and a much longer tour from Shimshal to Hushe in 2004. |
Name
: Bruno "Mountains of Karakoram offer the most beautiful landscapes as the eart can offer", It's not what I say, it's Eric Shipton...
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