Posts by Alon Vainer
Skiing in Bariloche , Argentina
August 2018 We were lucky . For multiple reasons, not just coming back in one piece .We had perfect weather 3 out of 4 days .This is third time that I have been there , yet is the first time that I could appreciate so well the incredible lakes and mountains views .Despite being the “worst”…
Read MoreClimbing Dolomites 2018
by Albert0 De Giuli, (Italian mountain guide ) “Hi All I thank you again for the great time we all had. WARNING! if you don’t have time to go trough all my bullshits I just finished writing please go straight to the end of it. There’s an important link . When the weather is so…
Read MoreAntarctica 2018
Nov’ 2-13 2018 Terra Australis Incognita no more! (yes, this is what Antartica https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica) was called before being discovered-“Unknown Land of the South”) At least part of it. Crossing the Drake passage ? Crossing the Drake passage with winds of a level 3 Hurricane? Setting not only a foot, but actually Sking and touring in the white continent along with …Lori?!? …
Read MoreWestern Alps
Sep’ 2019 What a trip! After every BAM trip we say ”How can we top it?” This time will be actually hard to top it, having climbed quite high… We started 7, than 6, than 4-but it was always a blast. We have been in 3 countries, and have under our belt now three 4,000 m peaks -and…
Read MoreChile -103 hours
What can you do in 103 hours? Apparently a lot… Fly from Atlanta to Santiago, Chile (1,706 ft) at 10 pm. Drive from Santiago(1,706 ft) to Portillo (9,450 ft) and ski up to 10,860 ft , than have a Pisco at the Hotel. Than drive to Los Andes(2,687 ft), and after a shower driving to have have dinner at La Ruca restaurant in the…
Read MoreHaute Route-Chamonix to Zermatt
, April 22-28, 2018 April 23, 9:00 am . Altitude 9,500ft. *I just climbed with skins on my skis 1,500 ft, from the Argentiere glacier. I asked myself _*”What am I doing here?”_*. **I felt weak, tired-and +*I am not+* used to feel like this. It was hard to catch my breath.*Francis, my guide-looks…
Read MoreNorth Patagonia
This was my 2 second summer trip to Bariloche , on top of 3 winter trips there,and on top of another summer trip in central Patagonia ( El Chlaten ) and a spring trip to Tierra del Fuego in southern Patagonia.So this implies something… We went 4 couples .Lori and I , Abby and Rob ,…
Read MoreThe Seventh Continent Skiing-Africa
1 pm . Feb 26, 2022, Tizi n ‘Likemt mountain, altitude 10,229 ft.- location: Atlas Mountains -Morocco, North Africa. I change the bindings on my Alpine Touring skis to “downhill ski mode” from “touring mode”, remove the skins and started skiing down. _And so I completed skiing in all the seven continent_s. How and when did it…
Read MoreLofoten Alpine touring
Lofoten ,Norway – it’s all about location 68 degrees north in the Arctic Circle. This trip was suppose to take place in 2020. At that time we, (the BAM group)were due to go to Italy for a “chasing the snow “ ski trip . But -Covid had different plans . Italy was the first country affected first. So I l searched…
Read MoreThe Russia Trilogy
How did we get to go to Russia? By knowing someone who know someone…Francis, one of our mountain guides knew Marco Gaiani, who is a French guide from Chamonix that partially owns Heli Ski Russia, the company that organized all those trips.Our Italian guide Alberto accompanied us in all those trips. Kamachatka April 2019Along with me, the participants of this…
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