E.O.F.T. Magazine 2021

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CLIMBING IS FREEDOM NASIM ESHQI OPENS MINDS & ROUTES IN IRAN HIGHLINE HIGHLIGHT MATHIS DUMAS & HIS DREAM SHOT

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WE ARE BACK WITH AN ALL-NEW PROGRAM! The E.O.F.T. is finally back, bringing you seven inspiring and captivating films. Join new faces and familiar acquaintances in celebrating adventure with us in all its many facets. After a year without a tour, we’re so excited to be on the road again.

We’re glad you’re here!

ALPINE DOCUMENTARY

ADVENTURE

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p. 6 (39 Min) AMAZONIE Eliott “Le Minimaliste” Schonfeld traverses the jungles of French Guiana in the footsteps of his role model, the great explorer Raymond Maufrais.

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(13 Min) CLIMBING IRAN Iranian climber Nasim Eshqi leverages her sport to transcend the social restrictions of her homeland.

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(19 Min) OUT OF FRAME Outdoor photographer Mathis Dumas fulfills his dream of capturing a singular highline shot in the French Alps.

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Photos: Eliott Schonfeld, Nanof, Jordan Manoukian

PORTRAIT

CONTENTS

WINGSUIT FLYING

SNOWBOARDING

Photos: Mammut Sports Group, Richard Sidey, Jonas Deichmann, Carlos Blanchard

PORTRAIT

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(15 Min) I AM NORTH Alpinist and mountain guide Caro North leads us on a demanding ascent of the Schreckhorn in Switzerland.

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(5 Min) SPELLBOUND An unexpected perspective on wingsuit flying in New Zealand offers poetic insight into one of the riskiest sports in the world.

ADVENTURE

p. 38 p. 40 (15 Min) MILES AHEAD Endurance athlete and adventurer Jonas Deichmann is doing a triathlon around the world; the biking leg takes him through Siberia.

(4 Min) PLAYING GRAVITY Elias Elhardt and Sebastian Schieren search for new perspectives via drone in this fast-paced snowboarding race through the powder.

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AMAZONIE

IN THE GREEN HELL

Weeks on the river enduring countless hardships have taken their toll on Eliott. No matter what surprises may be waiting for him around the next bend, there is only one way to go—forward.

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AMAZONIE

Adventurer Eliott Schonfeld feels an overwhelming desire to traverse the jungles of French Guiana. Perhaps he wants to test his mettle, or maybe it’s to fulfill an imagined promise. Either way, the jungle cares little about his motives.

“The jungle liberates me from the nostalgia of having been born at the wrong time.”

Eliott Schonfeld

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AMAZONIE

It rains as if it will never stop. Heavy droplets slap the tarp Eliott Schonfeld has stretched above his hammock.

He lies protected, but by no means dry. He cannot recall the last time he was fully dry. The rainy season should be over, but the jungle is literally steaming. Welcome to French Guiana, a country located on the northeast coast of South America that lies mostly within Amazonia, a tropical rainforest where parrots shriek, iguanas lurk, and anacondas slither through the undergrowth.

Eliott Schonfeld is not finding the jungle to be a hospitable environment.

The young French adventurer urgently needs to sleep. This expedition is more exhausting than anything he has ever done before. He has prescribed himself a day of rest and is AVENTURES EN GUYANE just dozing off in his ham(Adventures in French Guiana), mock when a storm rolls the travel journal of Raymond in. The unrelenting thunder Maufrais, was not found until after makes the jungle quake, his death. It is still available today and it’s impossible for him at www.lecerclepoints.com.

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to sleep. He actually needs eat something, too. He considers cooking some food, but a fire will not burn in this weather, so Eliott postpones his meal until tomorrow. It’s not the first time, and it won’t be the last.

Eliott examines his arms and legs. They’re bruised and scratched like they were yesterday, but what’s the black spot on his toe? Eliott pulls a well-worn book from his backpack. It is the travel journal of the French adventurer Raymond Maufrais. This book is the reason Eliott is here, the inspiration for this trip. He discovered it in a Paris library and read it in one go. Now Eliott hopes it will offer some guidance, even in the middle of the jungle.

That black dot … hadn’t Maufrais described something just like it at some point? He finds it. It’s the bite of a sand flea. This miniscule beast lays its eggs in the wound and then ... no, that’s really disgusting. To prevent it from becoming worse, Eliott takes a knife and pries the flea and its eggs out of his toe. He can’t properly disinfect an d bandage the wound, but that’s the least of his problems at the moment. It’s just one of many.

Inspiration cannot be explained. There’s no rational reason why a 26-year-old adventurer would follow in the footsteps of another explorer who didn’t even live to be his age. Yet Raymond Maufrais is something of a kindred spirit to Eliott. Maufrais first made the journey Eliott is on now in 1949. He wanted to cross French Guiana to find an Tour Information: WWW.EOFT.EU

All photos: Eliott Schonfeld

Sleeping, eating, paddling: When every day is the same, you lose track of time. This actually works for Eliott, who would love to turn back time, at least for a little while.

AMAZONIE

“Oh primitive life, so harsh and so beautiful!”

Raymond Maufrais

indigenous people who, at the time, were supposedly still living as if in the Stone Age. We will never know if he succeeded—he never returned. But his journal, found by chance by a member of the indigenous Teko people on the banks of the Tampok River in early March 1950, was published posthumously.

Now the journal is returning to its point of origin, via Eliott Schonfeld’s backpack. Eliott is driven to complete Maufrais’s journey. He hasn’t gotten very far yet; he’s still a long way from Dégrad Claude, the place where his role model and imagined mentor disappeared on this journey 71 years ago. From Dégrad Claude, it’s another 120 kilometers to his destination, the place that Maufrais never reached.

Eliott covers the first leg of the journey in a very small pirogue on the Waki, a tributary of the Tampok. The locals here swear by this type of boat, a narrow canoe made from a single tree trunk. But, when Eliott bought the pirogue, they laughed at him, saying it was made for a child. He wanted to keep his equipment as narrow and light as possible, and the pirogue can carry him, so he deems it sufficient. Eliott soon finds out that sometimes he’ll be the one carrying the pirogue. The Waki is not raging whitewater, but it’s also not a relaxed paddle. Fallen trees continuously block his way, and he has to heave the boat over river terraces made of stone. He also encounters unpassable rapids, where he has to drag the pirogue through the forest, at which times his machete becomes his best friend.

This goes on for days, and it will go on like this for weeks, but the question is, how? Eliott is so exhausted that he is not even hungry and has to force down food. On good days, he paddles his mini-pirogue up the river with smooth ELIOTT SCHONFELD strokes. The deeper he ventures into the jungle, decided at age 21 to become an adventurer. He has traveled to Alaska the clearer it becomes that and Mongolia, and he crossed the there is no easy way out; Himalayas with his horse Robert (”Le the way back is just as arMinimaliste“, E.O.F.T. 19/20). Fascinated by the travel journal and the duous as the way forward. fate of French adventurer Raymond And besides, if he were to Maufrais, who disappeared in the junturn back, he would have gles of French Guiana in 1950, Eloitt to admit to failure and be decided to venture there himself.

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Guyana Venezuela

Suriname French Guiana

Colombia Ecuador AMAZONIA

Brazil Peru

Bolivia

FRENCH GUIANA A network of rivers and tributaries guides Eliott Schonfeld on his expedition through French Guiana. Ninety-seven percent of the country is rainforest, a habitat that is home to a quarter of all animal and plant species on earth. On the forest floor, in the treetops, and even in and on the river, Eliott must be wary of countless dangers.

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humiliated in front of the locals. Or face the officials who issued him a permit for the Waki, which, strictly speaking, should only have allowed him to travel for seven days.

No. Eliott does not want to turn back— even if the supplies run out and the way forward becomes more demanding. Something pulls him on, further up the river and into the jungle.

Time seems to stand still in the rainforest. Eliott has the impression that not much has changed in this corner of earth, CHECK INTO THE that he could have made this same jourRAINFOREST! ney 70 or even 200 years ago. “The jungle liberates me from the nostalgia of having been born at the wrong time,” Eliott says.

In his documentary AMAZONIE, we see if he succeeds in turning back time, at least for a little while, and adapting to this primitive environment, whether he learns to read the jungle, master its hazards, and—unlike Maufrais—arrive safely at his destination.

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CLIMBING IRAN

FREEDOM Nasim Eshqi loves techno and pink nail polish.

She also likes setting challenging new alpine climbing routes. She’s not the only woman to enjoy such things, but probably the only woman from Iran.

In our interview she shares some thoughts about her life, her sport, and the difficulties she faces as a woman in her home country.

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CLIMBING IRAN

High above the ground: This is where Iranian climber Nasim Eshqi feels most comfortable. When climbing, she pushes herself to her personal limits and is a source of inspiration for the women of her country to try things they previously thought impossible.

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CLIMBING IRAN

NASIM ESHQI Nasim Eshqi discovered climbing at the age of 23.

She grew up in Tehran, Iran, and holds 10 successive national titles in kickboxing.

Since turning to climbing, she’s become a prolific sender, with hundreds of first ascents and even more first female ascents, and establishing many new routes. She focuses on pushing her limits, climbing in Iran, Turkey, Oman, Emirates, Armenia, Georgia, India, and Europe.

In 2018, she received the Albert Mountain Award for her remarkable willpower, courage, and strength, surpassing her own limitations on rock as well as those set by the environment. She has gained recognition on the international climbing scene and is a source of inspiration for young athletes worldwide.

“The sport truly saved my life.”

Nasim Eshqi

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Photo p. 10/11: Moritz Latzka. p. 12: Wojciech Ryczer

CLIMBING IRAN

Nasim, in “Climbing Iran”, we are introduced to you as a strong and independent woman, but it wasn’t always this way. In your teenage years, you wanted to be a boy. When did you start to be comfortable with being a woman?

When I went to university. There I met my lecturers, very strong and very confident women, and I realized I didn’t have to be like a boy or a man. I could be like them.

Today, you are a role model yourself as well as a climbing instructor. Your clients are mostly girls and women, but you also teach men. What is it like working with them?

Most of my students really want to be independent and progressive thinkers, but sometimes men feel embarrassed to have a female instructor, even if they have studied at university and “You won’t solve seem to be open-minded, anything by crying.” talking about equal rights Nasim Eshqi for men and women. I had to kick out some clients after two or three sessions because they did not respect me and other girls as women. The sad part is, some women also don’t take me seriously because they are used to obeying a masculine voice, not a feminine voice. So, when they ignore my instructions, I explain to them, if I was a man telling you this, you would do it immediately. Then, they start thinking and admitting that yes, it is true, and they start to behave differently.

Rethinking one’s own behavior can be a first step toward change. Do you think that you can make a difference and maybe even encourage the process of improving the situation for women in Iran?

It’s not only about what I would like to do, it is also about society in general. I can never make my students improve if they don’t want to, physically or mentally. Iran is a male-dominated country. We woman talk about our rights a lot, but when it comes to reality, not all women are willing to do the work improve it.

We also have a lot of women who don’t want to be independent. It’s been part of our culture for such a long time, so it’s very difficult to make them believe that it can improve.

You could have chosen a different life, maybe an easier path, but you seemed to be seeking out challenges. Why is that?

We usually learn a lot more when things are hard, so difficulties are very precious. At times, I was missing a lot of things in my life, and because of that, I got to

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TURKMENISTAN

IRAQ

IRAN

AFGHANISTAN

Persian Gulf

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN The legal system in Iran, Sharia law, places women at a severe disadvantage. Islamic law categorically excludes equal rights for men and women, as well as for Muslims, non-Muslims, and those without religion. Not all professions are open to women, and married women are in many respects dependent on their husbands.

know a lot of people and we helped each other. All these imperfections concerning the budget or the visa situation or lacking equipment in Iran, it taught me so many things. That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.

Since it is rather difficult for you to travel to Europe or America, you have done a lot of climbing in the Middle East. Has this been an advantage, to open dozens of new routes in not-so-developed climbing areas?

It was a really good opportunity for me. Climbing is more interesting when I explore new areas. It’s also more challenging for the brain. But then, when I am trying to set up a new route, it takes time to clean and equip the route. It takes a few extra weeks than if it was already established, so my progress in some aspects will be slower. Sometimes I’d rather be in a place with a lot of ready routes, like Chamonix or the Dolomites. Also, if you want to improve your climbing, you should climb a lot of other people’s routes. I might be climbing higher grades right now if I could have repeated more routes earlier.

Thank you very much for the interview!

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“I always wanted to be the person behind the photo, capturing an extraordinary achievement in the moment.”

Mathis Dumas

OUT OF FRAME

The sharp, heavily pinnacled ridgeline first caught Mathis Dumas’ eye when he overnighted with friends in the tiny Périades hut on the Mont Blanc massif (Haute-Savoie, France). From there, he had a clear view of the two exceptional rock spires that ignited his idea.

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OUT OF FRAME

Mathis Dumas has taken a truly unique photo in a spectacular location. We talked to him about his profession and the remarkable project.

Have you always been interested in photography?

I wasn’t particularly creative as a teen. I think, at that time, photography interested me no more or no less than other kids my age.

How did you initially get into photography?

It started when I was a student. I was on the French national ice-climbing team, and there were two photographers who took all our team photos. I was very interested in what was happening behind the camera, so I began helping them and eventually worked with them as an assistant. They taught me how to take photos as well as how the business works.

What do you think when you look back at the first photos you took?

You can see right away what I did wrong! But my perspective on the subject hasn’t changed much over the years. I have made a lot of progress in image editing.

When you start working with Lightroom, you tend to overdo it, especially with the colors. Years later, you say to yourself, “Oh, man, that was a bit much!” I don’t use Photoshop at all now and try to keep my images natural.

Do you think photos always tell the truth?

If you take a really good picture, people are sometimes disappointed when they see the place in real life, because they come at MATHIS DUMAS the wrong time of day, or is a certified mountain guide as well the weather is different. If as a filmmaker and photographer. you want to, you can hide Whether he’s ice climbing, freeskiing, a lot in photos. Like in Chaor paragliding, his approach is to closely shadow his photo subjects. monix, you can take a picHis images have won awards and ture in one direction, and it been on the covers of leading looks like complete wildermagazines, including National Geographic. Mathis lives in Chamonix. ness, but right behind you

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is actually a lift! But it’s good to make people dream with your photos.

What’s it actually like to photograph climbing pros like Conrad Anker?

It’s always a bit stressful. People like Conrad have worked with so many good photographers, you don’t want to disappoint them. I wouldn’t say it’s easy, because they test you a little bit; they want to know, “How fast is he? Can he pull the trigger at the right time?” But once you gain their trust, it gets easier.

Were you raised in the mountains?

No, I grew up in the south of France! The most I ever went to the mountains was with my parents for a week of skiing or hiking. We are all passionate about sports, but the mountains are something that I discovered for myself. From age 15 to 19, I was on the national ice-climbing team, where I met a lot of strong alpin“There are images that ists who helped me become a mountain I am obsessed with. guide. A friend I knew Photos that I absolutely from school wanted to have to take.” be a guide, too, so we Mathis Dumas moved to Chamonix together and started climbing and taking courses.

Back to your film. How complicated was it to set up the highline?

Well, first, we had to get onto the spire. We hauled up tons of gear because we didn’t know what to expect up there. Then it took us the whole second day to set up the highline. The conditions were perfect for highlining that day. No wind at all. Then, just as the sun was setting, I started taking pictures.

Was it easy to convince Antoine, your highliner, to do this project?

For Antoine, the key was knowing how long the highline would be. We couldn’t tell him exactly, but we roughly estimated that it would be between 50 and 100 meters. Anything under 200 meters would have been okay, so that worked for him.

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OUT OF FRAME

It’s a wrap! Mathis Dumas, Jordan Manoukian, the director, and Florant Andreani, who assisted during the shoot, are happy with what they’ve captured and finish up the shoot.

Photos: p. 16: Mathis Dumas, p. 19: Jordan Manoukian, Mathis Dumas

The Vallée Blanche is typically a skiing destination in the winter. The alpine ridgeline—with the two rock spires—above the valley attracts few climbers in summer. Even so, Mathis and his team were surprised that apparently no one had ever climbed the spires; at least they found no information about it and no remnants of ropes or bolts in the rock.

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TOUGH TRIALS At last, our toughest times seem to lay behind us; and we’re not referring to the ones in the mountains, but those at home. Not being able to go out and enduring so much time at home instead was a test for us climbers, bikers, and ski tourers. In Gore’s development and test labs, ’enduring’ has a different meaning. The Martindale abrasion test, Five-Finger-Scratch-Test, or the Dynamic Shoe Flexer push the products to their limits and beyond.

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feel. We’re looking at the relationship between materials science and the human perception of comfort,” says Ray Davis, Comfort Lab Manager. Gore has a unique laboratory and research centre to study clothing physiology – including a unique-in-the-world environmental chamber that simulates more than 85 percent of the world’s climates in a controlled setting. But the decisive factor is on the mountain, in nature, playing sports. That’s why extensive field tests with GORE-TEX athletes take place during the development period, which lasts several years.

High-altitude mountaineer Tamara Lunger and extreme climber Stefan Glowacz have already been using new GORE-TEX PRO laminate versions on their expeditions since 2016. And learning from their impressions, it was possible to specifically improve certain properties in the laboratory.

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With this award we celebrate the most inspiring adventurers of our time.

And you can help decide which of the nominees will win!

Via bike, camera, kayak, or even barefoot, the nominees of this year's award find their own unique path to adventure. They face new challenges and experience unforgettable moments. Whether they are crossing an entire country sans shoes, making first descents down wild waterways, or discovering another world far from their own from behind a camera lens, the adventurers of the 21st century are

characterized by their curiosity, their courage, and their gift for sharing their personal experiences with us. These are stories that touch us and inspire us to seek and find our own adventures!

The 21st Century Adventurer Award is endowed with 10,000 Euro in prize money, which is given to the winner to help fund their next expedition.

THE NOMINEES

RENAN OZTURK FILMMAKER & ALPINIST

NOURIA NEWMAN EXTREME KAYAKER

RON RUTLAND LONG-DISTANCE ADVENTURER

Starting out as a climber, Renan Ozturk found his true calling when he first picked up a camera. Since then, the photographer and filmmaker has documented stories in the most remote corners of the world for award-winning films.

For Frenchwoman Nouria Newman, happiness on earth can be found navigating its rivers. There is hardly a waterfall or river rapid too risky for the extreme kayaking world champion. Through countless expeditions, she finds her flow on the water again and again.

If you lead a life of travel like South African Ron Rutland, the journey is the destination.

Whether he's crisscrossing Africa, crossing Mongolia, or cycling from London to Tokyo, his adventures always exceed the 10,000-kilometer mark.

VOTE NOW & ENTER TO WIN. Take part! In this year's award, your vote for the adventurer of the 21st century is your entry to win an adventure with Land Rover—an unforgettable driving training course at the Land Rover Experience Center!

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ANNA MCNUFF ENDURANCE ATHLETE

JENNY TOUGH SOLO ADVENTURER

Run 100 marathons barefoot across the UK? Sure! Endurance athlete Anna McNuff loves crazy challenges. Swimming, biking, and running, the author and adventure mum has already covered 32,000 kilometers worldwide.

The Canadian Jenny Tough wins one ultra bikepacking race after another. In her long-term global challenge, Jenny Tough is traversing a mountain range on every continent—as always, solo and self-supported. After all, most people can't keep up.

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We’re celebrating our 20th anniversary and the athletes whose stories have inspired us over the past 20 years to seek our own adventures!

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Andy Lewis has had a defining influence on the sport of slacklining, transforming the former pastime into a full-scale art form and adventure sport.

His inventive tricks and combos have made him a legend. These days, he has left behind competing in the sport professionally and now slacklines for the pure enjoyment of it.

“I’m not the same Andy I was ten years ago!”

Your film was in the E.O.F.T. ten years ago.

What you up to now?

I envy my younger self. I wasn’t thinking about the future and just lived in the moment. Now, I plan out what I want to accomplish in the future. I’m at a point where I’m trying to be an adult but would still like to be Sketchy Andy.

What does “trying to be an adult” look like?

I have my own business and offer tandem BASE jumps around Moab. It’s a great feeling when you jump with people who have never done it before, almost like doing it yourself for the first time. I also have to cook and clean and maintain my home, so sometimes I’m an electrician or a plumber.

Have you left record chasing behind you?

When Spencer Seabrooke broke my free solo slackline record, I knew a new generation was taking over, but I still have my sights set on new records. I used to define myself by being the best in other people’s eyes; now I care more about what I want for myself.

FILMS “Sketchy Andy” (E.O.F.T. 12/13) “Masters of Slack” (E.O.F.T. 15/16)

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20 YEARS OF ADVENTURE

20 YEARS OF E.O.F.T.

Photos: Jason Ball, Dieter Deventer for E.O.F.T., The North Face, Benedikt Böhm

“Both summits had a huge impact on my life.”

After a failed attempt to climb Hkakabo Razi in Myanmar with a full team a few years earlier, Hilaree Nelson, along with partner Jim Morrison, succeeded in making the first ski descent of Lhotse.

BENEDIKT BÖHM

HILAREE NELSON

20 YEARS OF E.O.F.T.

When you compare these two expeditions, what was the biggest difference?

They were both pretty audacious goals. On Hkakabo Razi, except for the fact that we all came back home in one piece, almost everything went wrong. Things went much smoother on Lhotse. We were more successful than I could have ever imagined. I didn’t leave my house for weeks after Myanmar; that’s how much the experience took out of me.

Lhotse was a very big success for you.

Are first ascents still an important goal?

In recent years, one hears more and more about so-called “last descents”. When glaciers melt and disappear, access to certain areas and summits becomes more difficult and ski descents are no longer possible.

Do you think you have already inadvertently made a “last descent”?

I hope not! As a mountaineer, you experience the effects of climate change firsthand, on the ground. I have photos, I have films, and I have stories to tell.

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Light and fast. We know Benedikt Böhm as a ski mountaineer who climbed several 8000-meter peaks with a deft combination of speed and skiing. Today, the busy CEO and father of three balances job, family, and sport.

“I am a big fan of simplicity.”

How do you fit your training sessions into your busy everyday life?

Sport is a very important outlet for me. I try to do it in the morning, in the golden hours before 9 a.m., when no one knows I’m gone. I can’t get anything done in the evening, so I prefer to get up and out an hour earlier in the morning.

Are you done with the 8000ers?

Not entirely. But after my partner Sebastian Haag died in 2014 [while climbing Shishapagma], things came to a halt. His death left a gap that can’t even come close to being filled. If I were to do an 8000-meter peak today, it would probably be on my own.

Do you try to pass on your passion for ski touring to your children?

Yeah, for sure. During the winter of the COVID pandemic, we went on ski tours all the time. My two boys are already skiing up by themselves; my youngest is in my backpack on the way up, but she skis down herself. The secret was to take lots of the kid’s friends along. Obviously you have more descents if you take the lift, but after a ski tour, you come home with a totally different feeling.

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In our film portrait I AM NORTH, Caro North takes on the Schreckhorn traverse.

MEASURES The alpinist and mountain guide must balance many extremes in her life. How does that work?

On the Schreckhorn, Caro North and her climbing partner Nadine Wallner battle exceptionally demanding conditions.

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Caro North is booked solid. It’s summer 2021 and her schedule is full. Almost every day, the mountain guide is on a different alpine tour. Rocks, glaciers, and peaks— that’s the world wherein she feels comfortable and desires to live. As a mountain guide, she mainly travels in the Alps, but her expeditions have taken her all over the world—India, Antarctica, the Yosemite Valley, and, of course, Patagonia. There, in 2015, she and Christina Huber succeeded in becoming the first all-female team to make a free, unsupported ascent of Cerro Torre. With this ascent, Caro made a name for herself, and to this day it is one of her greatest alpine achievements.

At the moment, Caro can’t imagine going on expeditions solely as a professional alpinist. “For a while, I’m good at following through with my “You can’t let yourself projects and pursuing a get intimidated specific goal, but at some at the start. You just point, the questions start have to go for it.” to come, like, Why am I acCaro North tually doing this? Who am

I doing it for? And what’s the point of it all? Climbing just for myself doesn’t work for me; I have to give something back to other people.” Mountain guiding has given her the opportunity to share her passion for the mountains with others and at the same time keep at bay the questions and doubts she’s been carrying around for quite a while, despite her accomplishments.

In the past, she tried to avoid asking herself these questions. She was always on the go, climbing everywhere and with everyone. Looking back, she can recognize and admit that she was actually on the run from herself. “I was running away from dealing with myself.

When you’re on the road, you’re constantly distracted by new, external input and stimulation. You’re actually fine because you’re living in the present and don’t have time to look inward. I was doing that quite a bit.” Today, she takes more time to reflect on her experience, but the question of her purpose remains. It’s not an easy answer, even if you’re doing what you love and have proven to everyone else that you’re good at it. Because in the end, you have to believe in it yourself, and that’s often the biggest challenge.

On the 4078-meter Schreckhorn, Caro North and Nadine Wallner take in the endless vistas of the Bernese Alps.

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I AM NORTH

CARO NORTH

NADIA ROYO CREMER

NADINE WALLNER

is an alpinist and mountain guide.

She studied geosciences in Lausanne and has already traveled to Patagonia, Alaska, South Africa, and the Himalayas for climbing and mountaineering expeditions. In 2015, she succeeded in making the first all-female team ascent of Cerro Torre. She has friends all over the world; we get to know two of them in the film.

discovered climbing and mountaineering 11 years ago in the Pyrenees. Born in Belgium and raised in Spain, she now lives in France and has turned her pastime into her profession. She has been a climbing coach since 2015 and is committed to encouraging women to get involved in the sport. She also leads an all-female trad climbing team in the French Alpine Club (FFCAM).

stood on skis for the first time at the age of three. After racing for a few years, the Austrian discovered freeriding and, in 2013, became the youngest athlete to win the Freeride World Tour. She is also a climber, mountaineer, and paraglider.

Fortunately, Caro can rely on a strong network of family and friends. To this day, she is grateful to her parents for awakening in her a love of the mountains through the holidays they spent together in Switzerland and for signing her up for the DAV Darmstadt climbing club as a child.

They also provided her the opportunity to study abroad in Argentina when she was 16, which gave her independence a big boost. “I used to be more of an outsider at school. It wasn’t always easy. I was constantly trying to fit in and not stand out. Then I discovered that climbing was something I really enjoyed and could really get into.

As a result, my self-confidence has grown immensely.”

Caro had found her passion. When her classmates shook their heads at her career aspiration of “mountain guide,” it no longer bothered her. In fact, she was even more determined to pursue her goal.

While other students were out clubbing on the weekends, Caro was climbing. She was on the handball team but gave it up because she knew she wouldn’t be able to give it a hundred percent. She knew she would choose climbing over training. “I’m not someone who can do anything halfway,” she says. She’s a bit hard on herself in that regard. Her friends appreciate her enthusiasm, but they know that when Caro sets her mind to something, she follows through—even if it might take three years to reach a goal, like it did with Cerro Torre. t’s possible that

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Caro is always seeking out “Climbing has new challenges because provided me with then, while she’s in pursuit extremely high of an achievement, her self-confidence.” doubts disappear. When Caro North you are taking on a new challenge, you have lower and far fewer expectations of yourself. The fire of enthusiasm can sometimes be ignited as quickly as it burns out after reaching a goal.

Caro North embraces these extremes. She knows that there are good days and bad days, but she also knows that the good days outweigh the bad and that she can inspire other people with her energy. “I think that’s one of my mottos for life: If you want something, you can achieve it. You can’t let yourself get intimidated at the start. Sometimes you just have to go for it. Then you see whether or not it works out.”

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SPELLBOUND

LIGHT & “Darkness is near, but I stay in the light.”

David Walden

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With “Spellbound” filmmaker Richard Sidey has succeeded in capturing his singular perspective on the extreme sport of wingsuit flying. How did this project come about?

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SPELLBOUND

Richard Sidey is a man who makes keen observations. As a filmmaker, his focus is on wildlife and nature films, but he is always open to new experiences. His hometown of Wanaka is home to the New Zealand Outdoor Film Festival, which Richard attends every year. “It’s a great source of inspiration.” The last time he was at the festival, he saw a film that particularly impressed him. It was “Skirr”, by and starring David Walden, a wingsuit flyer from Wanaka. Richard was transfixed by the footage, not only by what the athletes were doing but also by its cinematic quality. He decided to contact David to ask if he was up for a joint film project.

Richard and David discovered they share a common interest—paragliding. When they met up to go gliding, Richard told David he wanted to make a film about him.

David, who even shies away from being interviewed, was skeptical at first, but Richard was determined to convince the reticent athlete of his intention to portray David and his sport in a different light. To help David understand, he showed him a series of films—artistic films that were far from the usual fast and flashy action-sport narratives. Richard didn’t want to portray wingsuit flyers as thrill-seeking adrenaline junkies; he wanted to show that they were chill and “I wanted to make contemplative people who a slow film about knew exactly what they were getting into, people a fast sport.” who simply loved being Richard Sidey in the mountains. This approach actually changed David’s mind.

It turns out that David also has a creative side, which came as a pleasant surprise to Richard. “Two days later, David sent me a voice message via WhatsApp. It was a suggestion for the voiceover, which can now be heard in the film almost exactly as it was originally recorded. He wrote the text himself and expressed how he feels when he flies. We ended up adapting the film to that.” So, what we hear in “Spellbound” is David’s own words, in his own voice.

The recurring theme of light and dark reflected the way Richard wanted to capture the wingsuit flyers on camera. “We shot in August, in the middle of the New Zealand winter, when the light here is particularly contrasty. That usually makes filming quite difficult, but for

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this project it was perfect.

I wanted a lot of light and shadow.”

Filming was done exclusively in the area around Wanaka. Richard recalls, “We left town in the middle of the night, RICHARD SIDEY drove for a couple of hours, and set up camp. is an award-winning wildlife and nature filmmaker based in Wanaka, We got up at 5 a.m. and New Zealand. “Spellbound” is his first hiked up the mountain for action-sports film, to which he has four to five hours. At the added his distinctive style. summit, I positioned my cameras on the ground to film the takeoff, and I attached a camera to David’s helmet and set off a drone.

Then David went to the edge … and jumped. Two seconds later, he was out of sight.” All Richard could do then was pack his bags and hurry back down the mountain.

Richard relied on David’s friend Gregory Noonan to provide the flight footage from a wingsuiter perspective.

Fortunately, that wasn’t difficult for him; Greg is a skilled wingsuit cameraman “As a filmmaker, and had already taken shots I’m an observer. of David—the very images I just observe what’s that had inspired Richard at happening.” the film festival. “I asked if I could use that incredible Richard Sidey footage in my film as well, and Greg said yes. Because of that, half of the film—all the main flying sequences— was in the can before we even started shooting.”

Still, it’s primarily due to Richard’s creative vision that the film “Spellbound” looks the way it does. In the end, what is created is the result of bringing all the pieces— your ideas and images—together. In this case, a breathtaking ode to flight.

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PLAYING GRAVITY

“We always asked ourselves, ’Is this a drone shot or could it be filmed with a handheld?’”

Sebastian Schieren

“The default way snowboarding is typically captured has been done so many times. I’ve done it myself, and I didn’t want to do that again.”

Elias Elhardt

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PLAYING GRAVITY

During the filming of “Playing Gravity”, a drone was Elias Elhardt’s constant companion.

Innsbruck | COVID Winter 2020/21. A snowboarder and a drone pilot set out to make the best of an unprecedented situation. Because of the pandemic, ski resorts are closed and mostly deserted—not the worst conditions for an outdoor film project. We spoke with Elias Elhardt and Sebastian Schieren about their short film “Playing Gravity”.

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has been a professional snowboarder for many years and now also produces films in which he explores new approaches and perspectives to convey the intricacies of his sport.

“Playing Gravity” is your first project together.

How did you two get to know each other?

Sebastian: Actually, I first saw Elias at an E.O.F.T. event in Innsbruck where he was presenting his film “Contraddiction”. Later I met him through some mutual contacts, and then last winter, he asked me if I wanted to take some shots of him with my drone.

You filmed exclusively with drones. Why? Elias: The default way snowboarding is typically captured has been done so many times. I’ve done it myself, and I didn’t want to do that again. It was refreshing to create shots where you have the feeling—Wow! Now this is something! It totally gives you the motivation to keep after it, even if the error rate is much higher with this kind of filming.

What did you want to highlight in particular?

Sebastian: We wanted to take shots where I could get close to Elias with the drone, even in the air. But that’s not totally safe. We had to weigh the risks of what we were doing so that we didn’t put him in any danger.

We always asked ourselves, “Is this a drone shot or can it be filmed by a handheld?” When in doubt, we didn’t shoot.

What’s different for you as a snowboarder when you’re filmed by a drone?

Elias: Usually it’s assumed that the filmmaker has 99 percent of the shot in frame when the rider tries a difficult trick. In our case, both Sebastian and I tried so many things and failed repeatedly! But we just approached it with humor and made fun of each other all the time about our latest failure.

Anything that was particularly time-consuming or frustrating?

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is a Rhinelander who was drawn to Innsbruck because of the mountains.

His film production company specializes in drone photography.

He assembles and optimizes his drones himself; for this shoot in the snow, he had to modify one to make it waterproof.

to slowly work our way closer until we had the shot in frame. It was the most difficult drone project I’ve ever done. Everything was working against us. It was super cold, the batteries died really fast, and we had to search for the drone in the snow every time it crashed.

Then you have reception problems in the mountains.

It was not the best conditions, but that’s what makes it so exciting and is probably the reason why no one else has ever really tried to do this before.

Did you crash your drones a lot?

Elias: Yes, but we recovered them all! On the very first day, a drone crash-landed in a tree, and Sebastian had to climb up and get it. A second one crashed somewhere in a relatively big, open field. We looked at the footage to reconstruct its flight path to see where it might have come down. I need to point out that Sebastian is an insanely good drone pilot. The fact that the drones crashed is because he calibrates his equipment to react to the finest subtleties, and the shots we took were just super complicated.

You didn’t shoot exclusively in semi-abandoned ski resorts; you were also in the backcountry. Sebastian, were you able to keep up with Elias’s riding skills?

Sebastian: I’ve been snowboarding for a long time, also in the backcountry, but not at Elias’s level. I probably wouldn’t have dared to do a lot of the stuff we did during the shoot if I was on my own. I was really thankful that Elias was there, because apart from doing a ton of filming, we also just snowboarded a lot and a great time.

Thank you very much for the interview!

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Jonas Deichmann is both an adventurer and a competitive athlete. He has already set several records, and with his triathlon around the world, he is taking on his biggest challenge yet— 40,000 kilometers of swimming, cycling, and running.

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THE IDEA

MILES AHEAD

“I’d already done the toughest and most interesting things possible on the bike. For example, there was the Pan American race in 2018 and then the Cape-toCape record a year later, when I cycled across Africa.

After that, I kind of ran out of challenges. Like every

GERMANY Munich 26 September 2020

CROATIA Karlobag 1 October 2020

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adventurer, I always dreamed about circumnavigating the globe. I asked myself, how? by bike? But that’s been done so many times before. And then came the idea to do a triathlon. That was something new and added two new disciplines.”

456 km SWIMMING

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SWIMMING

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The Adriatic did not deliver the balmy Mediterranean conditions Jonas had imagined.

The currents, wind, and saltwater take their toll. He battles inflammation in his mouth and throat and has to replace his damaged wetsuit after just four weeks.

After 54 days and 456 kilometers, Jonas finishes the swimming leg in Dubrovnik.

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“The moment when you get out of the water and can finally get on your bike is the most beautiful thing about the triathlon.

Cycling is so much easier and more enjoyable.”

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CYCLING

MILES AHEAD

“The highlight for me in Russia was Lake Baikal. I spent the night in the same place as I did four years ago when I set the Eurasia record. The lake was still frozen. I hacked a hole in the ice with stones and went swimming.”

CROATIA Dubrovnik 26 November 2020

TURKEY 4-Week Involuntary Break

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RUSSIA Vladivostok 17 May 2021

Finally on the bike again! But Jonas is stuck in Turkey for four whole weeks. His entry into Russia is in question. Family, friends, and various sports associations work on getting him a visa. For Jonas, “Border closures were the most difficult thing for me mentally. If there’s a snowstorm or if my legs hurt, at least that is under my control.”

The involuntary break means Jonas can’t ride during the cold Russian winter as planned, which is now drawing to a close. The snowpack is starting to melt, and his bike repeatedly sinks into the slush. “At minus 20 degrees, cy40

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cling with the right equipment is no problem at all. When it’s around zero degrees and the snow melts, everything gets wet and then freezes at night. My bike chain froze on me a bunch of time times. I had to pee on it to de-ice it.”

In Russia, Jonas mostly kept his body fueled up with pelmini (Russian tortellini) and blini (Russian pancakes).

Many of the restaurants precook the food and reheat it to order, which is problematic with some dishes and often gave Jonas stomach problems. But he is tough. “I continued to ride even when I had food poisoning. It’s not pleasant.”

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“Russians are incredibly hospitable, and that increases the further east you go.

You can’t turn down vodka. I’ve always had to drink with them.”

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From Vladivostok, Jonas flies to Mexico via Japan. He actually wanted to sail, but because of the Coronavirus, no boats were available.

In Mexico, Jonas soon becomes a national celebrity.

Major media outlets report on his project and celebrate him as the “real Forrest Gump”. And, with his beard and cap, a certain resemblance cannot be denied.

MEXICO Tijuana 10 June 2021

Jonas describes how the challenges changed with each discipline. “When I was cycling, I never knew where I was going to sleep at night. With running, I planned at least a day ahead. In Baja California, finding a camping spot wasn’t a problem, but now it’s just become a bit more dangerous. I had a few encounters with narcos and gangs.”

When he has reached Cancun, Jonas will cross the Atlantic Ocean and cycle from Lisboa back to Munich.

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“I am now more famous in Mexico than I am in Germany. In the Mexican cities, there are always about 20 to 50 people running behind me.”

JONAS DEICHMANN

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came to realize while in university that there was a latent adventurer inside of him. He studied in several countries, but he rarely spent a day in class. During his semester abroad in Singapore, he escaped the crowded megacity to study in his hammock on the paradisiacal Tioman Island. He loves breaking records, but he doesn’t just chase numbers. The opportunity to spend time on a deserted island like Robinson Crusoe is something he certainly won’t refuse.

“When I transitioned from cycling to running, I had this brutal achiness in my legs the first week because it’s just different muscles. I have the endurance, but the first few days, in the evenings, I could barely walk.”

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PARTING SHOT

Most adventurers would likely agree with that sentiment, as would their loved ones awaiting their return. What is the second-best thing you can bring home? Perhaps it’s the photos you have taken that remind you of the trip, a souvenir you couldn’t have gotten anywhere else,

a connection with someone you might never have met otherwise, or simply an idea for your next trip, the next adventure.

We hope the films in this year’s tour have inspired the traveler and explorer in you!

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“THE BEST THING TO BRING HOME FROM TRAVELING IS ONE’S SKIN INTACT.”

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