Thin Air

Another year begain

2012-01-09T23:27:00.000+01:00

foto by Leona Gem

!!!2012!!!

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wild freedom dance

nature is God creation

Christmas day

2012-01-06T17:36:00.000+01:00

I've always been impressed by the villagers in the Apuseni Mountains, who live in an amazing simplicity, receiving life as a gift from God and living each moment in peace and quiet.

Their izolation, devides them by a commercial society, based on consumption. All they have is the nature surrounding them , and animals which is a daily occupation .

These last communities from Posaga valley are one of the most isolated in Europe.Their lifestyle had not changed for centuries . Here, the beauty of wild nature, interweaves with the beauty of people.
We started from a simple sense, sharing the joy of Christmas with these simple people, entering in a lost world where ancient traditions still exist.
We looked for the most isolated houses ,our goal was to help some helpless viligers to pass the winter easier, giving them some food and some clothes, and for the children, we brought some gifts.

foto : Ruxi Capusan, Georgiana Hinoveanu.

pure joy

special thanks to Ruxi Capusan ,Nicu Capusan, Łukasz Kin, Georgiana Hinoveanu, Paula Dan, and Diana Dan .
This project was possible only with the help of GOD

A way up ' Monviso

2011-06-25T18:10:00.002+02:00

Happiness is not in happiness, but on the way to it

I started alone in a rainy day, for a special place, leading to a dream. I decided to take my camera with me and, at least, to surprise, the moment and the time that will remain forever. Since from the first months in Turin I was impressed by Monviso , a peak towers up in a singularly solitary fashion, and is therefore well seen from the

Piedmontese plain and elsewhere.Monte Viso is well known for its pyramid-like shape, and because it is higher than all its neighbouring peaks by about 500 m it can be seen from some distance, My plan was to try making one of the crest in a solitary manner, but from the beginning, snow in abundance, and highly bad weather, have made this exit one of the best, where i found myself completely.

Start on

everything was misty and rainy, but curious at the same time

Viso , in the flames of clouds

reffuge Q. Sella

a single point inappropriate, in a perfect silence the supply helicopter

The speed at which clouds move on Monviso , is downright amazing . Due to strong currents, the performance of clouds at the meeting with the wall is fantastic.

The Ibex goats often prefer to come near the refuge for grassland, goats meeting with the man in this area is not unusual. Actually if you have some food is even possible to feed them personally.

Face to face

After 2 days in refuge enduring the worst possible weather , the time on the Piedmont centrifuge was lastly perfect. Since the beginning i took only the strictly necessary equipment ,knowing that the weather can change here immediately, so the plan of going into a fast and light manner was the best suited. I started the ascent at 4.13 from ref.Q Sellea , initially my plan was to make east crest 1200 mt from Q. Sella Refuge,Difficulty IV, E exposure, but due to the snow and winter condition, I opted for to southern face 1400 mt from Q. Sella Refuge. Normally, this route, in optimal conditions, is achieved in 5 - 7 hours, but i needed to move faster'' now was the time for which I trained .

the begainig of the rocky face

I forgot the rope

From the wall, the sunrise made a fantastic show, playing with the mountain in some unseen colors' was truly a amazing experience, climbing , following the sun.

The rock culoar

I reached the peak at 6.56 after 2 hours 43 minutes of ascent in a fast and light style.

Words can not describe what you see, what you feel, what you breathe, when you're up there.

Is just a dreeam far away from reality in to another world.

Most often what we call happiness is what we do not know.

i was finaly happy

ulalalala

fragile link

me, God and the mountain

All the rods have an end

South face

After a successful solo ascent, has not nothing left, but to thank God for all my adventure, enjoying the landscape from the Viso glacier .

On returning I was not rushed at all, and I enjoyed every moment, but seeing the lake, by a blue infinity color, a old habit was keep on saying: you have to take a bath ... but still the water was frozen... so I only managed to get refreshed''

wildlife is downright spectacular 'on Monviso,. is one of the places where you can touch it

Now little by little i begin to regret the weather, that was really too good. Given my sensitivity to sunlight, the descent from refuge to Pian de Re was not so easy.Soon, evan the cream which I had not longer cope.

a perfect creation, by a perfect Artist''

each one with his summit

Just no more word ! A bath now!

the end

Travelling through Europe

2011-05-08T16:49:00.005+02:00

Prague ' mystery city

On The Charles Bridge

       In contemporary society ...
                  we pay the rent of our life through suffering

Nurenberg ' life in Bavaria

tipical german protest in Nurenberg

Smile be happy

view of the life in Nurenberg

Zurich' Swiss perfection

beauty and necessity

forgotten dream

With my dogs home , in Scarita Belioara

2011-02-01T21:20:00.000+01:00

My diear Elamys - this month makes 3 years -

Elamys puppies

Aslan , Narvik , Elamys

Living on Earth may be expensive ... but includes a free trip around the sun every year ...

Fallowing The Noamds

2011-01-17T19:57:00.005+01:00

a simple life that is based solely on the travel, by some forgotten lands
those are the nomads ... my friends

even if I could say I've searched all my life this... we did not found them ..
They found us

boundless beauty

even if they are an entire village ... They are all brothers

Just sitting and talking with them in a language which nobody knows, meant more than any peak in my life... I found their dreams, feelings, their life, for a while I was one of them.

Curios

                         Standing with them, i could not stop smiling, every time was something new.
    was like a dream from which I did not want to wake up.

Like them the food is simple , but somehow have an amazing taste.

They travel through the desert for months with animals, until they find a good place full of resources to established the camp, they can live in one place for years .

We were treated like kings ,we did't missed anything.

life\

                    They never complain, and they always have a reason for joy.
             The happiness is in the simple things, in places where usually no one seek for it
   but they live in a place like this - in Joy

Oamad

Sain

our bedroom

I will newer see them again.. or maybe i will newer find them,

but in one way or another, I realized what are the important things in life...

The Way to east

2011-01-17T19:57:00.004+01:00

So it begain ...

Way through the Antolia Plateu took us almost a week, but the landscape colors were indescribable

Agri town

Here many small children working in various fields, to raise money for their families, this is a habit that is practiced in most cities in the Middle East, poverty here is quite high.

In Agri Town we met many children who followed us and laughed at every step becouse we were a very interesting phenomenon for local area, so they were very sociable, but in one way or another, they always asking us to give them something, and , finally we brought a bag full of candy and we shared between them. Was a total madness, half of the town gathered around us, I really felt like a missionary, but I was so happy that I could bring joy to those children .

Palace of Isak Pasa is one of the most important points, in Kurdistan, both in terms of history, but also because it is in the border area with Iran, a strategic point since the Middle Ages.

Agri Dagi

Way up but still far away.

Adep and his horse Laya

Nomads People were fascinating, they travel each year, hundreds of miles, until they could find the right place for them, and their animals.In most cases women are dealing with animals,and men working as guides or as sherpas on Ararat- already a tradition job in this area.

Tee is a real cultural value that keeps nomads spirit alive for centuries in Kurdistan

People here were incredible beauty,with a deep and mistique air , still untouched of the society. I could stay hours just to look in the eyes of this girl ,and to see all the secrets of the world gathered in one place.

simple

Kurdish Sherpa led the expedition equipment up to 4200m to the advance camp. But the horses where always in a deplorable state, being forced to cary heavy weight up and down the mointain, over 4000 m l.d .I always saw something special in those horses becouse they whare able to make an incredible effort on a very difficult terrain.

Advance camp - 4200m South Face

Stone Avalanshe-

Iran peace

Romanian Team + Iranian Team

Kurdish songs were one of the things that impressed me profound ,sit with them, dance, sing, and then lern first words in Kurdish, was an experience that i will never forget.

Dogubayazid

On the summit

Omer- smoking at 5000m

The shadow of the Giant

Iran Plateu

The glaciers in the southern face of Ararat, are almost invisible. Due to global warming, they have retreated under rocks, leaving place to huge rock avalanches.

view to the summit

incredible life

In the way to Iran

Long Way Home...



                              Adem, Our friend...

Ani - The lost City

2011-01-16T23:26:00.002+01:00

It was once the capital of a medival Armenian Kingdom that covered much of present day Armenia and eastern Turkey. The city is located on a triangular site, visually dramatic and naturally defensive, protected on its eastern side by the ravine of the Akhurian River and on its western side by the Bostanlar or Tzaghkotzadzor valley.

Huge cathedrals and mosques, are abandoned for hundreds of years,nobody knows what happened... with the people,and with all the life in this city.

At its height, Ani had a population of 100,000–200,000 people and was the rival of Constantinopole, Bagdad and Cairo .Long ago renowned for its splendor and magnificence, Ani has been abandoned and largely forgotten for centuries.

A small town remained within its walls at least until the middle 17th century, but the site was entirely abandoned by the middle of the 18th century. The depopulation of Ani was paralleled by the depopulation of its rural hinterland as a result of political unrest in the border region during the Ottoman-Iranian wars and a fragmentation of central control by either of the empires.

Georgia- Kazbek

2011-01-16T23:26:00.000+01:00

socialist life through communism in Caucaz

mystery and still color in a forgotten place

Even though, I was far away from home, in a country that seemed to be at least 20 years ago,
I was enjoying every moment, Just that strange and Communist feeling , was so interesting.

Traveling in socialist style

The Capital - Tibilisi - under construction

highways in Georgia

An incredible country

way through the Caucasus to mother Russia

nothing has changed

We ware near the border with Russia, but the landscape was changing permanently ,a rare fealing was in our face- colors, the rivers ,the chechen villages , were part of a picture stopped in time, silence was everywhere.

many times a single image can put you in a forgotten world

So it begins

Is really hard to find beauty, but when you find it .. you will certainly feel it.

Old Gergeti trinity monastery

The giant was in front of us now...from here on ,
everything would be a dream, a story and finally a memory.

little tired after heicking 2000 m l.d in 6 hours

More than friends

base camp -free day

      I realized that mountains are God's gift for men
             the last untouched creation
                               if you managed to be one with what's around you.
   you can hear the wind as scratching the rocks

Climbing on a new rute through the west- southtern glacier was a hard nut

snow, high winds, fog, crevices, ice wall, rock fall

All in one- only on promotion

On a baffling time we reached the peak at 14.30 with a delay of over 3 hours from the initial plan.
From the top you could not see anything becouse the wind was unbeatable,but the release that after 10 hours of climbing on a icewall full with crevices was finaly over... was fantastic/

Dyevdorak Glacier

In the old basecamp, cleanliness is entirely missing

On last view to the main glacier valley

Now was over

Amazing life in Gergeti village

Kackar Dagi

2011-01-16T23:13:00.001+01:00

Nature is full of surprize in Kackar,
plant and wildlife diversity make everything becoming a portrait of God creation.

Full Green

Kackar Dagi

Best place for my dream bath

Sometimes colors can be so powerful , that stops you from running and invite you to a discussion

I started alone the climbing to the top , following the eastern ridge with some portions of wall .
I reached the summit after 3 hours ,being dehydrated because I forgot down my water- bad mistake. But the feeling here was a limitless ...I could see the black sea in the distance, and all the memories of my trip, now were coming in to my mind...this was the last peak...and an amazing adventure.

The main Glacier

Trabzon







                                      Craudly market in Trabzon



                                way home through the Antolya desert

   In the end, our journey was tremendous, full of problems, but also fulfilling, but most important, it was a fantastic lesson for me ... I have learned now, that ultimate satisfaction is not on top, but the way you get on top.
     After more than a month in the Middle East and Caucasus, I knew now who I am, and what I whant.

           Dreams can allways become reality...important is to believe and fight for them...

Spania - Pirinei

2010-07-03T15:36:00.017+02:00

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Pico de Aneto - Pirinei , Spania

Ghetarul Aneto

...

Lumina este umbra lui Dumnezeu

Amintire

Otz Alpen

2010-01-20T18:21:00.006+01:00

2009-12-13T20:13:00.020+01:00

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Viata e mult mai mult ...

Ghetarul Rinului -Elvetia

Castor si Pollux gemenii Alpilor

Liskamm

Inca tot ma lupt sa inteleg... cum a creat Dumnezeu asa ceva...

albastru infinit

Gornergletscher

Liber

Tabara de baza Monte Rosa

Monte Rosa

Grenzgletscher

Vederi de pe vf. Dufourspitze

Fiecare om are destinul sau; singura regula este sa-l accepte si sa-l urmeze oriunde l-ar duce.

Eiger Nordwand

Venise clipa...In fata mea visul era aproape..dar in aceelasi timp atat de departe'

White Spider

. in umbra Capcaunului

Franta

. Aiguille du Tacul

les Droites

peretele Aiguille du Moine

Monte Blanc

Grandes Jorasses

Mer de Glace

Viata e mult mai mult...

Oameni

2009-11-07T10:30:00.007+01:00

Nimic nu e mai interesant decat sa cunosti, sa vezi ,sa traiesti cu oameni ca si tine..in existenta lor, atat de obisnuita.

Polonia

Acesta este omul, domnilor. Rezista la multe, dar in final ,il doboara golul din jur.

gheata, o parte din mine

2009-10-08T22:08:00.004+02:00

Norvegia

In imensitatea lor ei dispar

Aceea culoare...mi se reflecta pe retina, era albastrul imaculat, vechii de mii de ani, unic si fara greseala... era fantasticul superioar... culoarea perfecta de pe pamant.

Linistea de gheata era atat de pura incat devenise inofensiva

Am cautat in lumea asta totul...dar un singur lucru mi-a oprit sufletul intodeauna... ghetarii. Nu am vazut nicodata ceva mai frumos si mai pur... Ei sunt vii.

2009-10-08T21:55:00.000+02:00

2009-06-21T21:09:00.002+02:00

Copacul

de Alexandru Bradut Serban

Ai observat vreodata la copaci
tendinta lor de a-si lua zborul?
Copacii nu au crengi, au aripi
cu care incearca in zadar
o viata-ntreaga sa se ridice.
ei fac un efort infinit sa zboare
dar nu-i lasa radacinile.
Radacinile sunt prea adanci
ii tin legati de pamant,
de pe pamantul din care-si trag viata,
prin radacini.
Dar iata: un copac a reusit,
s-a desprins din tarana si acum zboara
s-a urcat deasupra celorlalti.
Sarmanul
E doar un spectru, a murit
cand s-a smuls din glie
iar acum pluteste-n inertie.
va cadea, se va mistui.
Dar ce sunt copacii?
Tentaculele intre pamant si cer
intre radacini si aripi, viata si vesnicie.
Dar cine sant copacii? Cine sa fie
Sant copaci ca toti oamenii...

2009-06-18T16:22:00.006+02:00

Vedere spre Valea Ariesului

Scarita Belioara- Santinela Motilor

M. Fagaras-vedere de pe varful Buteanu

Ce am ajuns?

2009-04-19T10:27:00.007+02:00

Viata ...ce e viata de fapt.? Un vis, o realitate, sau doar un simplu joc, intr-un sistem corupt?
Intrebarea mea e...Traim ca sa murim? sau Murim ca sa traim..?
Sincer, eu sunt pentru a doua varianta, si daca cuget putin.., mi se pare, chiar absurd ca un om sa gandeasca altfel...dar avem un test de trecut inainte...Viata.
Stateam acu cateva zile, pe un deal deasupra orasului, si ma uitam surprins la aceasta societate, la oameni.. .Imi par a fi ,mai mult ca furnicile decat ca o rasa inteligenta..Aceeasi rutina ,acelasi scop si drum printre niste betoane create chiar de ei...
Vietile oamenilor furnici se sting repede... nerealizand nici macar un moment ce e viata, frumusetea Creatiei, Libertatea Vantului...Ei mor , se nasc si mor din nou.
Ciudat e, ca doar cand simti ca mori ..stii de fapt ca traiesti, pana atunci totul pare a fi o siguranta oarba.
Sunt oameni de fapt furnici? Personal nu vad nici o diferenta intre cele 2 specii, doar numele probabil. De fapt si orasul privit de sus ,arata identic cu un mare musuroi, organizat cu o disciplina pierduta in proprile reguli complexe, care creeaza de fapt acest sistem ...Un sistem ,care parca ironic ,da nastere unor roboti ,cu niste metode tiparite de functionare, dar in aceelasi timp ucide pe altii care refuza sa intre in rutina acestei societati ,care fura vise si omoara iubiri..aceasta e lumea in care traim.
In prezent totul se invarte in jurul unei mari iubiri de hartie- banul...De multe ori fara el poti suferii ba chiar nu poti traii...Unde am ajuns?
Privesc uneori pe cei saraci si vad in ochii lor , o bucurie ascunsa..o fericire numai a lor..o scanteie...si doar atunci realizez...Un magnat sau un om cu 5 facultati, nu va fi niciodata asa fericit, pentru ca visele ii sunt ucise de propria dependenta de sistem. Cu toti doresc sa ajunga in varful societatii , fara a tine cont , ca in drumul rutinal , ei calca pe altii.
O lupta continua in musuroi, o batalie surda unde Libertatea si Iubirea putrezesc intr-un colt prafuit...in schimb regulile ,puternic imprimate in robotii furnici capata cu totul alt inteles...
Aici jos oameni traiesc ca sa moara..
As vrea sa cred, ca eu cel putin ,Mor ca sa Traiesc vesnic..alaturi de Creatorul Libertatii

dar cine sunt eu....?

2009-02-15T19:12:00.003+01:00

''Cand Viata e de-abia o picatura intre minutu Acesta care bate si celalalt, imi pare neinteles si trist ca nu privim la cer mai des , ca nu culegem flori si nu zambim... Noi care asa de repede murim...''

Magda Isanos

2009-02-15T08:04:00.013+01:00

M. Alpi - Grossglokner , Austria

''Aceasta e o lumea pe care oameni de jos inca nau putut-o imblanzi , Nu e bine sa lupti aici , pentru ca nu vei castiga nicodata... Mandria aici ,e o arma oarba ,ramai om nu deveni soldat...Aici doar, am descoperit o fortareata a cerurilor, in care oameni nu mor nicodata''

Austria 2007.

Monte Rosa , Lingsam, Castor, Polux- Giganti Elvetiei

Zerrmat vally-Elvetia

Matterhorn in fundal- d.p vf Britehorn

Masivul Doufspritze- Varful Britehorn -Elvetia

Unde ghetarii s-au stins, se ridica acum imense vai glaciare, care poarta cu ele amintirea gigantilor inghetati care odinioara serpuiau prin aceste locuri...Peste tot in Europa, Ghetarii se topesc...si sincer...imi par a fi mai degraba finte vii care mor, decat doar fenomene ale naturi.

Erz Johan Hute - Austria

P .Studelgrat- Austria

Peretele Studelgrat - Austria

''Urcand printr-viscol inimaginabil spre un varf care e demult disparut in furtuna de zapada, totul pare a fi fara sfarsit..., P. Studelgrat e mai greu decat am crezut initial, desi poate ghinionul meu e,ca in aceste conditi de iarna totul pare infinit mai greu...Pana la bivuacul de la 3500, am intalnit alte 3 echipe care sunt blocate in perete de cel putin 2 zile...si cu toata bunavointa din lume nu le-am putut ajuta cu nimic...sincer nu vad ce sanse ar avea intr-o furtuna care transforma corzile in colaci lungi de lemn.. si carabele in simple fiare inghetate.''

jurnal Austria 2007

Spre cer'

2009-02-13T18:32:00.008+01:00

Monte Rosa Masiv

''Stau in fata lui, si ma gandesc ca mai am cateva ore , pana sa porenesc catre varf , unde e totul sau nimic.. inima imi bate cu putere, si in ochii apare sclipirea care aduce cu ea visul.
oglindindu-se in ghetarul de la baza sa, peretele estic e un gigant adormit in care oricand poate porni infernul... sunetele pietrelor inghetate care cad imi ineaca speranta in fiori... Nori se abat cu putere asupra uriasului , muscand parca din acesta , totul se transforma intr-o lupta agresiva in care parca si sangele - mi ingheata ... dar zicea cineva odata...-Cuceresteti frica si astfel iti vei cuceri moartea... e timpul.''

- jurnal Matterhorn, peretele estic solitar.
2 septembrie 2008

Vlad Capusan'

Deasupra norilor, O alta lume'

2009-02-13T13:01:00.006+01:00

Monte Blanc
In memoria celor 10 prieteni luati de avalansa din 24 August 2008.

Aguile du Midi

''Stau si ma uit cum viata trece pe langa mine ca o picatura, ma-asez apoi,si privesc in jos catre lumea pe care am lasat-0, catre orase... ca la un musuroi de furnici care harnice ridica idealul perfectiuni ca mai apoi sa fie distrus de iarna...dar furnicile traiesc si incep din nou si din nou acelasi lucru ,aceasti rutina perfecta si complexa... totul e la fel , a fost si va fi..la fel... dar aici e diferit''

jurnal Mont Blanc -Aguile Du Midi 2C
22 august 2008

Grande jourase

Les Droites

Glacier des Bossones

''cele mai frumoase apusuri din lume le au pe retina doar cei care indraznesc sa priveasca orizontul de pe marile inaltimi...''

In negura timpului... Munti din Romania

2009-02-12T22:48:00.014+01:00

M Fagars vf Arpasu Mic

'''Nu cunoastem decat ceea ce imbalnzim.Iar oameni nu mai au timp sa cunoasca nimic...Cumpara lucruri facute gata de la negustori.Si cum nu exista negustori de prieteni...oameni nu mai au prieteni..''

Antoine de Saint- Exupery

M. Mare Scarita Belioara

M Fagaras - In negura cetii

M Fagaras -vf Buteanu

M. Fagaras

M. Fagaras -Creasta Arpasel

M. Fagaras - Peretele Marelui V

M. Fagaras -Creasta Arpasel V-E

M. Fagaras

' 'Opreste Doamne clipa cu care masori eternitatea''
Lucian Blaga

M. Fagaras, Piscul Bali

M. Parang, Valea Lotrului-Cai salbatici

M. Mare -Scarita Belioara

M. Fagaras - Caltun

M. Fagaras -vf Galbenelele ...Vorbe cu Domnul''

' ''Am invatat ca toata lumea vrea sa traiasca pe varful unui munte, fara sa stie ca adevarata fericire este in felul in care urci pantele abrupte spre varf''

M. Parang , Lotrului -cai salbatici

''Ma doare tot ce iubesc acum, pt ca presimt in orice, frumusetea sfasitului, dar poate ca asa arata adevarata iubire. Bucurate de acest dar vremelnic striga o voce in mine...,Caci nu exista decat daruri vremelnice...''

Octavian Paler.

M. Rodnei -Crucea din piatra-