Around Public Places 1 – 5; 2006; Oil on Canvas 548 * 130 cm
This is a pentaptychon of people on public places dated from 2006. Now shown as a panorama so you can view it more easily – just click on it.
This is the original post and there is also a concept to the series to be found here.
2013, charcoal and chalk on paper, 1 * 6,5 meters.
Hundreds of mountaineers went there and many more want to go there. But little people so far had the opportunity to enjoy the view from the summit of Mount Everest without being in a hurry. Now, everybody can study the view – the first 360 panorama view without any clouds from top of Mount Everest is here.
You do not need to suffer low oxygen supply, bad weather and storms, congestion of climbers or simply exhaustion. There is no need any more to study every map, photo, drawing you get hold of. The pictures on the top lead you to an interactive photography of the drawing. The commented break-down of the drawing elucidates the main mountains (the numbers specify the rank of the mountain).
Continue reading for a detailed description of the panorama view, original photos without text, and a map including markers for most important viewpoints.
Mont Blanc region has been the source for Alpine tourism since the first summit in 1786. This tourism spurred the economical development of the whole alp region.
Today the most interesting white mountain is Dhaulagiri.
Photo by Evasiontrekking.com.
The sixth highest mountain of earth is located in central Nepal. Its surroundings like the Gandaki valley are already a very popular travel destination for local people. And it is within flying distance of many large Indian cities. Cities which will prosper and grow and be home to many people on the search for weekend trips.
Dhaulagiri is the new Mont Blanc.
Dhaulagiri – White Mountain |
Mont Blanc – Monte Bianco – White Mountain |
| Location and general description | |
|---|---|
| Graian Alps / France – Italy / 4810m – 15.781ft / 8.8.1786 – Jacques Balmat & Michael Paccard – reward of Horace-Bénédict de Saussuive / highest mountain of Europe until recently | Dhaulagiri Himal / Nepal / 8167m – 26.795ft / 13.5.1960 – Kurt Diemberger & Peter Diener & Ernst Forrer & Albin Schelbert & Nyima Dorji & Nawang Dorji / highest mountain of World between 1808 and 1838 |
| Topology | |
| Northwest face and southeast face drop 3km – other faces do not drop – 4km rise over Vougy (40km distance) / cable car to l’Aiguille du Midi – 3.842m / observatory on summit from 1893 until 1906 / tunnel underneath since 1965 – 11,6km | South face and west face drop 4km, north face drops 3,5 km, east face drops 2,3 km – 7km rise over Kali Gandaki gorge (30km distance) / no cable car / no observatory / no tunnel |
| State of tourism | |
| 20.000 ascents per year – climbed in two to three days – including one day acclimatization / twelve rescue operations each summer weekend – app. 0,01% death rate / routes are Voie des Cristalliers (normal) – la Traversée – Grand Mulets – Aiguilles Grises – Miage-Bionnassay-Mont Blanc crossing | Around 150 ascents in total – climbed in 30 days – including 14 days acclimatization / no rescue operations – 60+ fatalities in total – 40% death rate / routes are northeast ridge (normal) – southwest ridge – west face – southwest buttress – north face / south face unclimbed |
| Target segment | |
| Large part of Western Europe within 1000 km flight distance, app. 200 – 250 million inhabitants | Large Indian cities within 1.000 km flight distance including New Dheli, app. 200 – 400 million inhabitants |
| Influence on arts | |
| Painted 1802 by de la Rive – 1834 by Rousseau (group Barbizon) – 1862 by de Latour / illustrated 1775 by Bourrit – 1790 by von Mechel – 1842 by first travel guide (Baedeker) / marketed 1854 by Ruskin – 1852 by Smith (Egyptian Hall in London) – 1857 by Whymper for the Alpine Club (London) / photographed 1861 by Bisson | Unknown first paintings / unknown first illustrations / unknown first marketing efforts / unknown first photography |
| Directions from north | |
| Chamonix – at northwest face – Chamonix valley – France / 9.800 inhabitants – 10.000 beds / 995m above sea level / 47 ski lifts / railway station since 1901 / airport Geneva- Cointrin at 88 km | Zhongba – at 80 km air distance to north – China / 18,000 inhabitants – unknown number of beds / 4600m above sea level / no ski lifts / no train station / no airport |
| Directions from south | |
| Courmayeur – at southwest face – Aosta valley – Italy / 3000 inhabitants – 6.000 beds / 1.224m above sea level / 21 ski lifts / no train station / airport Turin at 147km | Baglung – at southeast ridge – Kali Gandaki valley – Nepal / 30.000 inhabitants – unknown number of beds / 1020m above sea level / no ski lifts / no train station / airport Pokhara at 60km |
A new studio – again. An update on my activities in the last month lasting only 30 seconds.
