Going far back into the past, this picture has been taken at the far end of Gschnitztal, a valley which is hiding between Stubaital and the Italian border #hiking#alps#austria#tyrol
My 16km #run today was a little bit special. It was cold, about 4°C and the weather gods were undecided what to do with the day. After I had been running for about half an hour, it started to snow lightly. But the weather gods apparently weren't having enough fun with it and soon it started to snow really heavily.
Over the past couple of years since moving in the close vicinity of the Alps I've been rediscovering my old love for landscape photography (or my own [low-budget] interpretation of it). As a kid I had my own DIY B&W photolab and it was my main hobby for quite a few years before encountering computers. Like everything, photography is a art/craft to learn, to exercise and to master, and so regularly spending more time again out here, exploring, learning, reading/sensing the elements, feeling/understanding your own limits & insignificance has also been a positive influence on body & soul and even had an impact on my software practice. Without a question, of my 23+ years in London, the most productive 10 years were when working almost daily outside on a bench (or under a shelter in wind & weather) in Highgate Wood. To this day, being surrounded by nature inspires & improves the quality of my focus & work more than any swanky office environment ever could (or did) and I hope 2024 will be the one I manage to do more of that...
Thank you for all the love, feedback & encouragement received on my pictures so far! Here're my 10 "most popular" pictures of the last year once more:
Day4 #Tyrol#Adlerweg Day7 (yesterday part 2). Despite the gorgeous landscape around Zireiner See, the 27 degree heat and the 900m+ climbed so far - there was still a really challenging 400m climb to a pass just below Rofanspitz (2200m). Fantastic views of my entire trip so far began to emerge during a painfully steep cabled route. It was an 8hr hike and I was flagging - all sorts of other long distance hikers would later bond over beer at the hut discussing exactly where they passed me.
Crossing Finailspitze on our way from Rifugio Bella Vista (#SouthTyrol#Italy) via Hochjochferner (glacier) to Martin-Busch-Hütte (#Ötztal#Tyrol#Austria) with my younger son and a trainer from our local Alpine Club in July, 2016.