Kangchenjunga, November 2025

A long trek in the north-eastern corner of the Nepal Himalaya. It was difficult, not only due to the damages made to the trail by the heavy monsoon weather in summer of 2025 and unexpected intense snowfall at the end of October, but also because of difficult decisions to be made we were confronted with. […]

Grand Ventron, May 2023

A short overnight trip to the protected massif of Grand Ventron (also known in German as Winterau) in the Vosges (vel Vogesen) Mountains offered a chance to experience the special atmosphere of the French-German borderlands. However, rather than dwelling on the imperial history of unnecessary conflicts, this journey was about appreciating nature’s recovery from human […]