Touching the beast, 21 September 2008

Ewa says that the Aletsch glacier reminds her a beast. Why? She answers: because. We returned to see her animal again with Claire, Marta and Ola. For Claire - a keen Corsian mountaineer, it was the last day of living in Switzerland and the farewell with the swiss Alps; at least for a couple of weeks. For Marta and Ola who were visiting us and arrived one day before, it was first of two days that we spent together in mountains. This time, we were really motivated to finally touch the 'beast'.

A landscape in Bettmeralp

The Aletsch glacier seen from the ridge.

Low pressure or too much impressions? Ola got a headache, Ewa's hand grows; it must be the pressure.

On the ridge. A short break for a lunch and to explore an excellent bottle of wine.

Continuing towards the ice.

The glacier surface

The glacier cracks

Mönch, 4107 m, in the background

A view towards the end of the glacier

Eggishorn (2934 m)


Approaching to the glacier ...



The 'Beast' seen from a few meters.

Ewa pouncing on the 'beast'



Paparazzi are even there ...

Carlotta & Pippo, 2008

La Dôle, 20 September 2008

La Dôle is a peak in the Jura mountains next to Geneva lake. Rising to an altitude of 1677m, it is the second highest peak in the Swiss Jura.

Mont Blanc seen from la Dôle

'Unpublished Portraits' - Sanya, Zermatt, 2008

Alexander 'Sanya' Pozdnyakov, freelance photographer and cameraman, mountaineer, backpacker, friendship generator, geographer by profession. Available in Lviv or any wilderness, preferably in the Carpathians or Caucasus. Hobby: swimming in glacier lakes after drinking a bottle of champagne.

'Unpublished Portraits' - Patrycja, Lausanne, 2007

In the series 'Unpublished Portraits', little by little, I'll be presenting people that I know very well or I have met in the past and who I have kept in my memory.


Patrycja loves dancing. She is a dance student. Although she is relatively young she already gives dance classes.

Janek Pencakowski, Kraków, 2003

Ostatnio, grzebiąc w starych dokumentach odnalazłem stary autoportret Janka. Przywoła on chyba arcymiłe wspomnienia wszystkim miłośnikom tej "barwnej i zacnej postaci".

Janek Pencakowski, autoportret

In the land of tunnels, Mauvoisin (CH), 3 August 2008

The way to the Mauvoisin Lake (1975 m) goes through my favorite tunnel in Switzerland. The lake is formed in the Val de Bagnes by a dam with height of 250m . The Mauvoisin arch dam was built in six years in fifties. The area offers a hike trail which goes around the lake. Starting the walk from either side, one passes though a couple of drilled tunnels ...


On the crown of the dam, we found a photographic exhibition presenting the dam under construction.




When we were already satisfied with a dose of history of the dam, we started a lazy walk along the lake ...

The Mauvoisin Lake and Mont Avril (3347 m) seen from the Mauvoisin dam