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Rock climbing, alpine, ice and high mountains photographer available for assignment anywhere in the world.

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Good times in Céüse. Here’s Remi on Papy Boom which gave me little bit of a hard time but hoping to get it during the next visit.
July 2019 / Chamonix, France @goretexeu @patagonia_climb @redbullgermany @tenayaimbing @sterlingrope @frictionlabs @alexandermegos
@jakob.schubert taking a quick rest during the 2019 Chamonix World Cup finals.
Had an absolute blast shooting the 2019 Chamonix World Cup this past weekend. Here’s @ashimashiraishi during the finals. @usaclimbing @ifsclimbing
The Céüse guidebook said be prepared for anything from shorts to puffy and gloves at any time of the year. Was certainly happy for the borrowed down jacket because we got hit by rain and hail but soon we were able to climb again in this amazing setting.
Montagne de Céüse, the famous sport climbing area, site of Biographie where history of 9a+ has been written and where you start feeling your legs before your arms 🏔
Finally got a chance to visit the magical forrest of Fontainebleau this weekend and we managed to try some of the “easier” problems for few hours after it’s been raining the whole morning. Surprisingly the rock dried pretty quickly and I couldn’t blame my poor performance on the weather anymore. Well humbling lessons learned and I can’t wait to get back. This place is really amazing and can easily kick ass, based on your attitude and level of patience.
It’s hard to believe this bold line was originally climbed only on RPs and nuts. After it was bolted the grade of the first pitch downgraded from 5.12c to 5.12a.