Val di Fassa’s Val San Nicolo Ridge Traverse After twelve years together, living, working and playing in the mountains – Janine and I may well have just discovered our perfect day. One of the very best of about 4000 days together in the mountains. Janine found it, right there on the Val di Fassa map; a [...]
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Rifugio Lagazuoi and the WWI Gallery
A Historical Walk to Dinner through the Lagazuoi Tunnels Part of the culture of life in the Italian Dolomites is to share a dinner with friends in one of the many mountain huts (rifugi) – for us, this is habit. Sometimes we hike, other times it’s a ski approach, maybe a trail run, or even a mountain bike ride. [...]
Laugavegur Tour | Iceland
Trek in Iceland Iceland is one those places that will have your face pressed with enthusiasm against the window of your arriving flight. Upon descent to this small North Atlantic island, you fight to get a glimpse of what is to come. It has a reputation; poor weather, stunning landscapes, massive ice caps and Gnome-like [...]
Our Favorite Mountain Sport Trips
Janine and I get asked a lot about our favorite trips for mountain sports. While I loathe the idea of “Top Whatever Lists”, I am going to report my favorites because it is a good reason to delve into my own memories and see what has been most rewarding. As professional mountain sport photographers, we [...]
Hiking the John Muir Trail | John Dittli
The John Muir Trail coffee table photography book by John Dittli
“Walk the Sky” | The John Muir Trail by John Dittli
Good things are found in the woodwork. Or in this case, in the straw-bale. John Dittli, together with his wife Leslie Goethals, are good things. This morning, as I watched John cartwheel down Lower Rock Creek’s single track mountain bike trail, I decided he would make a great profile. We first started hearing about John [...]
