Greetings from another mountain!

porphy · 07-06-07, 04:58 AM

Hi all

Just back from a slpendid trip to the Alps. As tradition have it, a few pictures from altitude, although modest, for the forum. The only thing deep on this trip was the creavesses on the glacier, which I took measuers to not explore... No altitude record for Subsim this time. (I'm working on it)

And oh, the food and beer was most excellent down in Zermatt. Best of two worlds.

Cheers Porphy

1. Me on the summit of Pollux 4029m

2. The Madonna on Pollux with Castor in background. Two dots = climbers going up the face.

3. Summit ridge on Castor (4228m). Very nice and great views.

HunterICX · 07-06-07, 05:01 AM

Nice pictures&adventure there

HunterICX

The Avon Lady · 07-06-07, 05:06 AM

Darn. That looks good.

Why is my nose bleeding? :hmm:

Konovalov · 07-06-07, 05:08 AM

Nice. Cool pics.

Porphy, may I ask what type of camera equipment you use in those conditions?

porphy · 07-06-07, 05:13 AM

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Why is my nose bleeding? :hmm:

That is because you haven't acclamatised before entering this thread. Nausea and headaches might kick in shortly

Cheers Porphy

joea · 07-06-07, 05:17 AM

Wow, I didn't know you were in my neck of the woods!! I was in the Valais last weekend and we hiked up to 2800 metres (along a mountain trail, no special equipment needed except for good shoes) to the cabin of Orny.

http://www.cabanedorny.ch/accueil.php#bas

http://www.cabanedorny.ch/photos/?al...e&img=dscn0365

http://www.cabanedorny.ch/photos/?al...=aiguilledorny

My own pics to come soon.

porphy · 07-06-07, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by joea

Wow, I didn't know you were in my neck of the woods!! I was in the Valais last weekend and we hiked up to 2800 metres (along a mountain trail, no special equipment needed except for good shoes) to the cabin of Orny.

http://www.cabanedorny.ch/accueil.php#bas

http://www.cabanedorny.ch/photos/?al...e&img=dscn0365

http://www.cabanedorny.ch/photos/?al...=aiguilledorny

My own pics to come soon.

Joea
That looks like a nice cabin. Great environment. Some pics looks a bit like mini Patagonia! Do show us some pics from up there! Can't get to much mountains...

Cheers Porphy

porphy · 07-06-07, 05:21 AM

Konovalov, I use a small digital camera, a Nikon coolpix 7900. (7megapix) I can have it in my breast pocket to keep batteries warm in the cold. It also have like a small grip on one side, which makes it ok to hold with gloves. It has great colors outside, but is mostly crap for indoor stuff in my opinion. I would also like it to have a bit better wideview, but in all it works very well and didn't fail on the two high altitude and quite cool trips I have made so far.

Cheers Porphy

kiwi_2005 · 07-06-07, 05:29 AM

Wow!

Konovalov · 07-06-07, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by porphy

Konovalov, I use a small digital camera, a Nikon coolpix 7900. (7megapix) I can have it in my breast pocket to keep batteries warm in the cold. It also have like a small grip on one side, which makes it ok to hold with gloves. It has great colors outside, but is mostly crap for indoor stuff in my opinion. I would also like it to have a bit better wideview, but in all it works very well and didn't fail on the two high altitude and quite cool trips I have made so far.

Cheers Porphy

Excellent idea. I would love to do something like what you have done. Closest for me was my year at Timbertop, Victoria, Australia whilst at Geelong Grammar School in year 9 (yes, if you are wondering that is the school and place that Prince Charles attended in his younger days). Hiking 2 or 3 days every week and in the winter with Mount Buller not that far away we would hike through snow. At least it was snow by Australian standards.

We did a 3 day hike on cross country skis and even learned almost to telemark ski which is a heck of a lot harder to accomplish than downhill skiing which is easy by comparison.

07-06-07, 04:58 AM	#1
porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Greetings from another mountain! Hi all Just back from a slpendid trip to the Alps. As tradition have it, a few pictures from altitude, although modest, for the forum. The only thing deep on this trip was the creavesses on the glacier, which I took measuers to not explore... No altitude record for Subsim this time. (I'm working on it) And oh, the food and beer was most excellent down in Zermatt. Best of two worlds. Cheers Porphy 1. Me on the summit of Pollux 4029m 2. The Madonna on Pollux with Castor in background. Two dots = climbers going up the face. 3. Summit ridge on Castor (4228m). Very nice and great views. __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B.

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HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Nice pictures&adventure there HunterICX __________________

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The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Darn. That looks good. Why is my nose bleeding? :hmm: __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

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Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Nice. Cool pics. Porphy, may I ask what type of camera equipment you use in those conditions? __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

07-06-07, 05:21 AM	#8
porphy Commodore Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 603 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Konovalov, I use a small digital camera, a Nikon coolpix 7900. (7megapix) I can have it in my breast pocket to keep batteries warm in the cold. It also have like a small grip on one side, which makes it ok to hold with gloves. It has great colors outside, but is mostly crap for indoor stuff in my opinion. I would also like it to have a bit better wideview, but in all it works very well and didn't fail on the two high altitude and quite cool trips I have made so far. Cheers Porphy __________________ "The only remedy for madness is the innocence of facts." O. Mirbeu "A paranoid is simply someone in possession of all the facts." W. B.

07-06-07, 05:17 AM	#6
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Wow, I didn't know you were in my neck of the woods!! I was in the Valais last weekend and we hiked up to 2800 metres (along a mountain trail, no special equipment needed except for good shoes) to the cabin of Orny. http://www.cabanedorny.ch/accueil.php#bas http://www.cabanedorny.ch/photos/?al...e&img=dscn0365 http://www.cabanedorny.ch/photos/?al...=aiguilledorny My own pics to come soon.

07-06-07, 05:29 AM	#9
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Wow! __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.