Hiking is like being a lightweight pencil
On Altripiani trips, we often find that we are the only people in a certain terrain at a certain time. We are surrounded by nature and have the privilege to take in the landscape and photograpgh it, with no one else around.
No friends on powder days!
One Polo, three pairs of skis, poles, skiboots and our four pieces of luggage. We were all set for the first Winter Alpine Campus - five days of pure mountain.
HOW WE ARRIVED IN THE DOLOMITES AFTER ALREADY 4,500 KM HIKING
Crossing Southern Europe on foot from West to East is a huge challenge. Since we started, 9 months ago in Portugal, we hiked something like 4,500 km across 5 countries.
Simon Gietl and Patrick Seiwald climb new mixed route “Räuber Hotzenplotz”
On 26 December 2018, Simon Gietl and his partner in crime Patrick Seiwald opened a new and highly recommended mixed route in Tauferer Ahrntal in South Tyrol.
FRANCOIS CAZZANELLI JOINS THE SALEWA ATHLETE TEAM
We are pleased to announce a further new addition to our Athlete Team: Italian climber Francois Cazzanelli.
HUMANS OF THE ALPS
You can think of the Alps in many ways: a mountain range, a geographical region, a geological curiosity.
ANNA STÖHR JOINS THE SALEWA ATHLETE TEAM
We are strengthening our international Athlete Team by welcoming Anna Stöhr – one of the most ambitious and influential faces in the climbing world.
Himjung 7092 West Ridge
“Let’s go! Get up!” It’s 10pm on 31 October 2018. Things are slowly beginning to move inside the two-man tent on the foot of the west ridge of Himjung at 6180 metres above sea level.
NEW GROUND-UP ROUTE ON CIMA GRANDE BY ALPINE WALL TOUR TEAM
The Alpine Wall Tour adventure continues. After completing the Alpine Trilogy, sending their first big wall climb ever and confirming their skills by making the ascents of challenging Pan Aroma and Spanish Route Jacek Matuszek and Łukasz Dudek decided to reach out for their biggest dream.
HEADING BACK
Simon Gietl discovered the Karakorum mountains in a book: “Ogre”, written by Thomas Huber. He read it in a hospital bed, after one of his first winter ascents which did not have a perfect outcome.