North Face...for Virginie (Virginiese) by KarmaSong
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Description
I took this photo on the very first day of 2011, facing the spectacular and notorious north face of the Eiger summit (3,970 m /13,025 ft) that has caused the death of sixty-four climbers since the first successful ascent in 1858. After celebrating New Year's Eve down in the valley along with some friends from England at the end of a lengthy snowy and exhausting month of December, I found all was needed to start the new year beautifully, treading on pristine snow under a cloudless blue sky. Please zoom !
This photo is dedicated to Virginie (Virginiese), hoping she'll like it and find her own inspiration of it to make the right decisions about the right people in the right circumstances ;-)...! Also, I wish to say thank you very much for your comments on my previous posts.
Comments (59)
How nice to climb!!!! Great view Jean-Luc!!Wonderful view and very fine capture as always.Congratulations. (thank yu very much for like my litle doodles:)) i have a lot of fun doing them:))
Excellent
breath taking beauty and capture
This breathtaking mountain scene and superb dedication portend an auspicious year. Well done!
superlative image!!
Awesome capture of nature's beauty!!!!!!
Wow an amazing photo....
Very beautiful photo.
The famous and ill-fated north wall. Very nice picture!
This is a wonderful clear capture of this beautiful mountain and I love how you have caught the light on it too.
Fantastic capture!!! Bravo!!!!
That one tree seems to survive all the elements of winter. Beautiful capture. Aloha
You must've been up quite high to get this fantastically beautiful capture! I too wonder how at tree survives up that high, in such a rocky outcropping? But they do, don't they, and they find sustenance in the most unlikely places.
Nice shot !
Beautiful snow shot.
Excellent shot!
Magnifique prise de vue
A beautiful capture Jean Luc. I would like to see this area in winter, since I like the Alps better in winter anyway. When I was in high school we took a bus from Berlin to the Montafon, in Voralberg. We stayed in Partenen and lerned to ski on the slopes of the Silvretta Group. Priceless memories. Nowadays I have spent every other Christmas/New Year with my cousin in Oberammergau.
~Magic of the World~ AMAZING!!! Thanks for sharing
Wonderful capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
a wonderful job - wish you a nice evening
INCRIVEL FOTO MEU AMIGO,FANTÁSTICAS MONTANHAS COBERTAS DE NEVE.+++++++++5 BELA DEDICATÓRIA
a marvelous and grandiose view. superb!
belle montagne!!
SUPERBE vue !! belle présentation !!! VIVE LA MONTAGNE !!! :))))
Exquisite beauty, at it's finest! A most beautiful and gorgeous capture of this place... The Eiger Summit is definitely somewhere I could only keep in my dreams of visiting... as it would most certainly be dangerous for me! I love the colours, and the perfect sky! You've taken me somewhere very special with this composition!
Just fantastic!!! Thanks for sharing!
Nice capture
Fantastic place and photo !Great mountains 1