Haute Route DIY info

Since snow is melting fast I'm dreaming of our Alps trip last summer from Chamonix to Zermat. Below you'll find a link to the xcel document highlighting our particulars if anyone is interested in doing it. I'd highly recommend it.

We went as an independant group- as such we avoided the high costs associated with hiring a guide service. Our specific route information can be downloaded here with alternative weather routes here.

The xcell files clearly show locations, distances, duration, elevation gain/loss, hut details, contact info... everything you need to do the trip yourself (minus the map and gear).

A big thanks go out to Mary Floeder for being our trip leader. If anyone is interested in getting a detailed gear list shoot me an email and I'll let you know what we brought/used wished we had.

Thanks again go out to Patagonia, Gregory Packs, High Gear and Salomon for the gear.

my assistant

On a recent shoot Damien (a gracious assistant and fantastic pal) brought us to a San Diego burrito shop that was themed in the Lucha Libre fashion. I was so enthralled by the mystic of the masked wrestling phenomena, Damien bought me a pair of masks as a souvenir.

Hotel life and boredom can lead you to strange places. Here Damien prepares to save the world.



This is for sure a work in progress.

avalanche "oops"

I should be posting recent work but this is too classic. I love imagining what swear words the ruskies are saying.

Action starts about :30 in.

high wind chairlift ride

Jackson Hole is known for being one raw mountain. Here some lifties were trying to get to work on the Sublette lift in 110 mile per hour winds.

kitespain mag cover

Just saw the article on Slingshot kiter Ruben Lenten. All shots featured were captured last summer in the Gorge and Sherman Island CA with Ruben. I like the layout those guys worked in with the images.