Sommet des Diablarets

Did a ski tour to the summit of Diablarets last weekend. Skinned up to the summit through the fog and all.

Here's me, Carlos and Shane at the cross at the top of the summit in the fog....

Shane, Carlos and me



We actually are standing on snow here on the peak of a mountain....but it looks like we're just floating. Had to take the skis off to get to the peak because it was small and had a large drop off.




Addie, Carlos' loco amigo from Barcelona, me, Shane and Carlos







It actually was fairly clear when we skinned up...


Here's a view on the summit of Diablarets

Zermatt

I was able to open up the ski season at Zermatt last weekend.



Admiring the Matterhorn...


Getting ready to take off




This is on the chair lift. Luckily there was a wind shield on the chair...


Group shot with an epic background


Going up the lift admiring the Matterhorn...




View of Zermatt


Me with the Matterhorn in the back


Here's some of the views looking over into the Italian side from the top of the piste....






Another look at the Matterhorn from a different angle


Krysten


Me




And some group jumping shots after dinner at The Pipe


It took our photographer more than one try to get us mid air


Here, notice Jamie running through the front of the photo

Barcelona

Spent the most recent long weekend in Barcelona, Spain. Saw a lot of Gaudi's work which was incredible and ate so much delicious food.

One of the entrances to La Sagrada Familia, the church designed by Gaudi in the late 1800s that is still being built.


Inside La Sagrada Familia




Views from inside the church looking out











Krysten and me on the walk down from the top of the church with Barcelona in the background.


The park that Gaudi designed in Barcelona...intense mosaics






Me, Krysten, Emma and Tracy before a nice dinner in downtown Barcelona


Emma


Me and Krysten

Finale, Italy Climbing Trip Part II

I finally have some more pictures from our climbing trip to Finale, Italy. When we first arrived in Italy, we didn't have a book or a map to figure out where we should go climbing so we made the best of our time....at the beach...the Mediterranean coast of Italy.









Pondering whether we should go in the water...


We went for a swim...Here's Krysten, me, Ethan, Shane and someone blocked out by the drop of water on the lens.




We had fun with the water proof camera...


We decided to swim close to each other in a line at the camera, but I neglected to keep my arms close to me or change my swimming stroke. Here, I'm about to pummel Ethan in the face...


Paul fell asleep on the beach...




Post swim...taking in the scenery and the sun...Ethan hanging out, Hugh studying Italian (he was fluent at the end of the weekend!) and me resting for a moment.


The trusty LAS black van...




Gelato...





And we did actually do some climbing...




I'm up on the rock on the right...






Paul, Ethan and me climbing simultaneously







Breakfast at the campsite

The climbing spot...quite a good view from the top




We climbed until it was dark...

And of course, good food in Italy!






The "via ferrata" we had to do to get to and from the climbing spot on the third day...




Some group shots with the Italian friends we met at the climbing spot








And one final group shot from the last day before the drive home. We also liked testing out the self timers on our cameras. =)