I have been waiting for her return from Japan after 6 years. Nolik is a born professional from Chamonix, daughter of TORU NAKANO. Japanese Himalayan climber and photographer.
Some of the most difficult and the most dangerous routes was opened by Japanese in the alpes and in the Himalayas…..so one can only sit and waite, to see the dimention She will break into now.
Fabricant de sacs de couchage en duvet des Pyrénées, Valandré (Belcaire) signe un accord avec «Un important distributeur américain, qui va distribuer nos produits aux USA à partir de février 2012, annonce Michel Bostvironnois, dirigeant associé (50 salariés). Le potentiel escompté est équivalent aumarché français et pourrait nous permettre de doubler le CA à moyen terme ».
Le CA 2011, en croissance, s’élève à 1,6M€. «Nos marchés historiques, la Corée et le Japon (15% du CA) ont retrouvé le niveau d’avant la crise », se réjouit le dirigeant. L’entreprise a reçu pour la 2e fois la médaille d’or Innovation pour sa veste d’alpinisme au salon professionnel des vêtements Outdoor à Friedrischshafen (Allemagne).
Le beau temps est de la partie pour ce WE de septembre. Coup de fil avec Fred pour papoter projets de courses…
…Ce sera, sur le fil des 4000 entre France et Italie…
Quels mots pour qualifier cette course : magnifique itinéraire, d’ampleur, engagée, élégant, où l’on peut jouer au funambule, avançant sur un fil se découpant sur l’azur, arête arienne, vertigineuse et très effilée après la pointe Marguerite, panorama exceptionnel vers les cimes et glaciers du massif, ambiance majestueuse et austère, solitude, descente sauvage … Bref, parcours tantôt sur un fil de neige vertigineux (le vent a sculpté ici de magnifiques œuvres d’art…), tantôt le long de lignes rocheuses aériennes (les lignes fuient de tous côtés…) tantôt en face nord….
August 23, 2011 — Liberty Mountain, a leading independent distributor of technical outdoor products and climbing brands in the U.S., is pleased to announce its partnership with Valandré. Starting immediately, Liberty Mountain will offer Valandré’s line of high end technical down products.
The French company is a high-end manufacturer of down sleeping bags and outerwear for mountaineers and alpinists, such as the Austrian female climber, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, who has just become the first woman to successfully climb all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks without the use of bottled oxygen.
“Climbing to these heights without supplementary oxygen requires down gear that offers extreme warmth and better insulation due to reduced blood circulation. We are proud that Gerlinde has summitted K2 (North pillar – Japanese route), the second highest mountain in the world and her 14th 8,000er without supplemental oxygen, wearing our Valandré Combi,” said Niels Friisbol – President, Valandré.
Austrian mountaineer, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, has just become the first woman to climb the world’s 14 highest peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen. She finished this amazing feat with an impressive climb up K2 using a different, and not very often climbed route – the North Pillar. Gerlinde and her husband, Ralf Dujmovits, were climbing with a team of four other mountaineers and during their expedition they had to overcome extreme difficulties. They had to deal with avalanches, rock fall and breaking trail through hip-deep snow at dizzying altitudes above 8,000m. On 23 August at 6.18pm, Gerlinde together with three other climbers, stood on top of the second highest peak in the world and with this achievement, she certainly wrote mountaineering history.
After having been on the mountain for more than two-and-a-half months, the couple arrived in Germany on Saturday, 3rd September and instead of getting a rest at home, Ralf and Gerlinde went straight to ‘das aktuelle Sportstudio’ to share their remarkable experience.
