Ford Ranger

Now some people are born with style…. and whoever owns this ranger is certainly no exception. If you live in a wooden house and have a wood veneer pickup you’d just have to show them off together ! Mountain chic is alive and well folks……

Navajo Horse

Silverton

Silverton is hidden within the San Juan mountains, Southern Colorado.

In the summertime, this little town is full of tourists who come to see the fake cowboys and saloon girls.

Now in the depth of winter as the buildings get boarded up the town becomes home to a small bunch of die-hard backcountry skiers.

Glacier du Tour

This is the mighty Glacier du Tour in the Mont Blanc region of the French Alps.

From the summit of the Aiguille du Chardonnet (3’824m) to the valley floor is a staggering 2’600 vertical meters and only 80 years ago this beautiful glacier stretched all the way down.

The glacier now starts a vertical kilometre higher up the mountain.

Trona

Trona pinnacles, Western Mojave Desert, USA, August 2011.

Yosemite National Park

Matterhorn

The Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland.

One of my projects this summer is to make an album of alpine field recordings. The recordings will be pressed onto heavy weight vinyl and each track will be accompanied by a colour plate.

Ama Dablam Northwest ridge

At 6856 meters above sea level, Ama Dablam is a Himalayan giant. Her name translates to Mother’s Necklace after the huge hanging glacier that can be seen near the summit of the south face. This picture is taken from Chukung Ri on the other side of the Khumbu valley.

As we look at the mountain the left ridge leading to the summit is the northwest ridge. It was first climbed in 2001 by Jules Cartwright and Rich Cross. They climbed alpine style without the use of oxygen.