Finally, I am presenting myself. Not missing, but painting in action In March 2015 I red “The Circle” from Dave Eggers, and I found the SeeChange cameras both, horrible and fascinating. SeeChange cameras in this book are everywhere and non-stop, 24/7. Just click the name of the individueal you are interessted in, and you see …
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Mount Everest has two normal climbing routes. The one from the North, from Tibet, is called Mallory route and uses the Northeast ridge of the mountain. The Northeast ridge has many rocky steps. The first, second and third step are best known.
Did you ever ask yourself whether a climbing rope can be torn apart? I did, but all I learned was, that this is unlikely. Climbing ropes loose elasticity but they will not break unless the have a damage seen from the outside. Then Silvio Baglioni [47] died. August 2nd 2013, Five-Fingers, Dolomits, Italy. His rope …
In December 2014 and in January 2015 I was able to perform in two shows at the WP8 in Düsseldorf. Thanks to Robert Pufleb for curating! Here are some impressions:
South Col, 2014, 220 *135 cm, Oil, Acryl and Tempera on Linen The South Col of Mount Everest is the highest Col one could imaginge. Almost 8.000 meters high it is the lowest point between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the highest and the fourth highest mountain of the world.
The Khumbu Icefall is located close to the Mount Everest base camp when approaching the mountain from the south. All climbers from the south need to pass this glacier because it blocks the way further up the silent valley (western cwm) , the main route to Mount Everest and also Lhotse. The Khumbu Icefall is …
The North Col is the first camp climbers reach if they climb Everest from the North side. Many tents are ready – build by Sherpas – for the climbers that go up there for acclimatization or the final attempt.
This article has been published on Medium. Mountains, especially the highest ones, are highly attractive. Some regions of the world got rich because they market their mountains perfectly. Since years Nepal tries to profit more from its miracles of nature – Swiss people have progressed further, fib a bit and profit.
In 2013 I exhibited “High Altitude” in the Gallery SK, which was well received. The main subject has been “Hight Altitude” including most of the work over Mt Everest I had done so far.
In this blog I highlighted some absurdities around high altitude and the Mount Everest especially. Looking on other developments on earth I found some more questions. Scenarios for the Future of the Highest This works shows some possible scenarios, which would help to answer many questions around Mount Everest. I have assessed the feasibility of …
