In French the word “Pisteur Secouriste” is not justly translated into “Ski Patrol” The Pisteur is he or she who sets out a trail in mainly above tree-line terrain.Also demonstrated the proper application of the winch cable of a snowcat. EnjoyDirected and written by the maker of “quarenta”.
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Ok, let’s get pumped for the season! Dispatch ski patrol exchange… La Flegere, Chamonix. Opening up in a series of three, plus the directors cut!!! Christmas came early with the five parallel episodes: Gliderman and Gliderwoman. Enjoy the next couple of days.Loosely scripted, no budget to speak of or stunt doubles […]
We had a little time before work got too crazy but also as the season progressed, European labor laws protect against the race to the bottom. We traveled to the south of France and shared some Travel, Paragliding and Friendship with our friends Martin and Coralie Johansen and their family. Enjoy some impressions of […]
By far, this has been my favorite project to date, ever! It pretty much embodies Mariposa Adventures. It is exactly what we do: “We travel through life and fly over UNESCO World Heritage places, to go see people and things. It is healthy to smile a lot and scare yourself […]
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Anniversary weekend in Southern Colorado. Thanks to Karl for making it happen, The prestigious “Goldhill” take off at 12250′. Thank you Telluride AirForce. Everything worked out and we had an am Milk run flight and an evening glass off later that day. Thank you to my wonderful wife Rachel.
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Since December 8, 2015, it has been my privilege to be serving on the Flégère ski Patrol. Secour PGHM Lachenal from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Patient pick up by the PGHM Helicopter. at the bottom of piste Lachenal.The Eurocopter EC145, now known as the Airbus Helicopters H145, is a twin-engine […]
In the morning 2/5/16 across the street Danno found a coffee shop and brought back cappuccinos and pastries! Then we both went back to have “another” coffee and use the toilet which just happened to be a true “squatty potty”! The kind with the porcelain foot placements and small hole […]
After a day at the spa we went to Courgné, Italy where my favorite restaurant is located and they were closed-wah wah wah! Danno was disappointed but you can’t really go wrong with Italian food:)! So we met up with our friend Flávio who lives there and owns the paragliding business.Flávio […]
Pré-Saint-Didier is a town and comune in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy, at 1,004 metres (3,294 ft) above sea level. Things here are great, not great snow but beautiful views! We went to Italy for my bday weekend! Just through the Mont Blanc tunnel there are thermal baths! […]
(The Three Valleys) is a ski region in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie département of France, to the south of the town of Moûtiers, partly in the Vanoise National Park.Since 1973, it has been possible to ski the interlinked valleys using a single ski pass. Thus, Les Trois Vallées is one […]
This weekend we have to take care of some administrative affairs which leads us to Geneva, well not a lot of smiling going on here. Downtown Geneva from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo.
Today is January 3, 2016 we finally have snow and I take a beautiful run through the fluffy snow trails while Danno is working! On January 3, 1913 this very day my grandmother Coletta (Gill) Kiko was born. She would be 103 years young. Happy birthday grandma may your lucky […]
Rayray and Mayday from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Finally Danno let Rachel drive a little bit. After hiding the key all this time she was finally allowed to excercise her right to drive… To: Suisse.
Finally we get snow and have the day off to enjoy it!!!! We headed out for a hike and started creating snowballs. The snow was so wet and since we had gravity to our favor we were able to create BIG snowballs. It was awesome until it came time to […]
…and then it snowed. Jan 2nd it arrived. As the holiday crowd checked out, Mother Nature checked in with storm #3 and stayed for 10 days and delivered 3m of snow, rain, sleet and more snow, and then snow and wind, lots of it. Arming collu de la Trappe from […]
Sometimes it’s just plain old fun to play the tourist in your own town. We try to do this every weekend, as Rachel is chuckling next to me. We took the bus to downtown Chamonix where we were able to catch the Mer de Glace Train. A day of […]
People always ask me, “What do you do while Danno is at work?” Well on any ordinary day I find myself eating escargo with the Simonds, Jean Marc not shown in photos…
Heli Pick up from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Today there was an avalanche just off-piste at the Grand Montets. It involved 3 climbers from Lithuania. We had 30cm of fresh snow after over six weeks of static weather. Everyone rallied in the rescue efforts, including 3 patrollers from La Flégère. […]
Fashionably late. Winter arrives! Au contraire what one may think, Rachel and I have not minded the late arrival of snow. We have had such a dynamic past 3 years, a little “bon vivant” has been a welcome tempo change. For it, the drought, I have gotten to know my co-workers […]
We spent New Year’s Eve in Annecy, New Years Day in Chamonix. It doesn’t matter how often I get to visit Annecy, it always makes me happy to be here. We camped on top of Col du Forclaz, which we had to ourselves and in the summer is impossible to […]
Plan Praz Take off from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Today we had Karl from T-ride/ Tignes visit. I had taken two personal days and we were finally able to fly there Brevent Sorry to some of the more loyal followers of the blog… Sometimes I’m in the middle of posting […]
Aiguilles Rouges from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Today was a good day. Boxing Day it is called by some. I went to La Flégère while Danno was working and I took off on a solo hike! No snowshoes needed due to the lack of snow. Beautiful blue sky day. My […]
Running a call in French isn’t as easy as you think, however today was the first time I handled the call all by myself. From initial guest contact to opening up my pharmacy and handing over a Band-Aid, all in French.
Upperbody Bootpacking from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo. Finally a mini “perturbation” (= front) moved through with not much more than some rain below 2500m. However building character with mon frere Cedric is priceless, boot packing for the upperbody
Beautiful hike with minimal visibility! Ibex in the misty distance Balcony of Chalet des Pyramides 1895M Same Beautiful Hike with improved visibility!!! the circle of life: tree growing from tree:) Ibex in camouflage “Danger” The Chamonix Valley from balcony of Chalet des Pyramides 1895M and l’Aiguille du Midi 3842M is […]
Christmas tree at 221 Rout du Mont from Mariposa Productions on Vimeo.