Panoramas of the French and Italian Alps

Photos taken during a walking holiday with Tony and Djuke, 2006

Parc National de la Vanoise, Savoie, France

Martin treks up a rocky valley in the Vanoise national park
Martin climbing resolutely

Djuke stands on a path at the side of a grassy apline valley
A bright new day

Martin stands on a knoll surounded by the mountain wilderness
The explorer

The wild landscape of a remote part of the Vanoise National Park
View from an old pill box (6MB)

300 degree panorama featuring Martin in the same walking pose nine times
Last day in the Vanoise
Double size (4.5MB)

Via Ferrata in the Italian Dolomites

A via ferrata above a snow field in a high and rocky alpine valley
It's a long way down

Tony on a via ferrata in a mountainous landacape of ice and bare rock
Tony reaches the col

Djuke on a via ferrata in a mountainous landacape of ice and bare rock
Djuke reaches the col

Martin on a via ferrata in a mountainous landacape of ice and bare rock
Martin reaches the col

Mountaineers on a knife-edge ridge
A knife-edge ridge

Close-up view of mountaineers on a knife-edge ridge
Djuke catches the group on the ridge

Martin holds on to the via ferrata cable above a rough, rocky ravine
Martin on the via ferrata

Martin stands on a narrow ledge with a sharp drop into a rocky, icy gully
Martin further along the edge

Djuke on a rocky ledge
On a ledge...

Zooming out, we see the ledge is on a cliff face
A cliff actually...

Zooming further out, we see Djuke on a small ledge in the middle of a big cliff
A big cliff...

Zooming further out, we see the via ferrata passing across the face of the cliff
A very big cliff...

Martin and Djuke traverse a cliff face using a via ferrata with a precipitous drop
Quite spectacular (4MB)
Double size (12MB)

Thanks Tony, Djuke and Martin for a great holiday!