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Alpine mass tourism started with the European “White Mountain” – Mont Blanc or Monte Bianco – in the West Alps. The mountain has not only sparked mass tourism, but also disputes on borders on mountains: either France or Italy owns the summit. Today the summit is ascended by an average 20,000 mountaineer-tourists each year and […]
This article shows paintings you might know already. I painted over them and I put them in context of the concept of “High Altitude”. This series shows Mount Everest by describing its coldness, steepness, and scantiness – its extremes by painting. It shows what mountaineers see while climbing Mount Everest. These landscape paintings reflect views from
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Edmund Hillary (1919 –2008) was first to summit Mount Everest in 1953 with Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay. They took a southern route passing the Khumbu Icefall and the South Col before they reached and mastered a steep step – today called the Hillary Step.
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The summit of Mt Everest is tiny, and there is virtually no good picture available that shows the place. I have not been there, but I found the crowded place which is so difficult to reach interesting. On a good day over a hundred climbers stand there, one after the other. I had to paint
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The highest mountain in the world attracts many well-experienced mountaineers as well as novice climbers who are willing to pay substantial sums to professional mountain guides to complete a successful climb. The mountain, while not posing substantial technical climbing difficulty on the standard route, still has many inherent dangers such as altitude sickness, weather, and wind.
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David Sharp was an English mountaineer who died near the summit of Mt Everest after possibly reaching the summit of Mount Everest on his third attempt. David Sharp on Everest His death caused controversy and debate: While deceasing in the Green Boots Cave high up on Mt Everest he was passed by a number of climbers heading
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Green Boots on Mount Everest The Green Boots Cave is a small cave close to the summit of Mount Everest on the Northeast ridge at 8.500 m (27,900 ft) height. It is located alongside the main climbing trail from the north at approximately 450 m (1,480 ft) below the summit and 250 m (820 ft) above Camp
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This series shows eight visitors of documenta XII – eight of 754.301. They are shown in life-size and put in relation to all visitors.
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These canvases are driven by the painting process and the preoccupation with painting materials. The surroundings are outdoors and indoors which forced attention to painting the shadows of the persons. The first pictures that show human beings and their encounters result from the years 2003 to 2005. The ambient architecture still was an influential subject.
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