Kluane Lake in Yukon, Canada. In May, the lake was still frozen after the Canadian winter. Due to the low clouds we waited 9 days before being able to fly to Logan Base Camp.
Logan Base Camp at 2900m. Note the two sets of tracks by the ski plane that brought us there. Our tents to the left, with no tracks up the mountain yet. Mt. Logan is not visible, behind King Peak in the center.
Rest during late afternoon at 4800m on Mt. Logan looking across King Col towards King Peak (center, 5173m) and Mt. St. Elias (center left, 5489m). We paused while roped up, clients on left, guide Rich on the right.
Main Summit of Mount Logan, 5959m, highest peak in Canada. Behind the guides Rich (red) and Martin (blue) is the Pacific Ocean, some 6km lower... Mt. St. Elias to the right.
View down the East-Ridge from Summit of Mount Logan; Kluane Ice Fields some 4000m below. (Photos courtesy of guide Rich Prohaska)
View South-West from Summit of Mount Logan. Mt. St. Elias in the center, the distinctive and sharp King Peak to the right above King Col, where we had our Camp 2 at 4200m. (Photos courtesy of guide Rich Prohaska)
View North from Summit of Mount Logan. Standing on this summit on June 1st, 2009 with this view was one of the most satisfying moments of my life. (Photos courtesy of guide Rich Prohaska)
Rainbow over pipeline next to Dalton Highway, Alaska.
Approaching the Brooks Range and Atigun Pass in Northern Alaska on the way from Prudhoe Bay to Fairbanks.
Viewpoint along the Dalton Highway South of the Brooks Range, just North of the Arctic Circle.
River near Tok, Alaska.
Alaska Highway in Yukon, Canada, South-East of Tok.
Dam on the Peace River, below the grand Bennett Dam in British Columbia, Canada.
Peace River Valley, British Columbia, Canada.
Rural stretch of road through Washington State, North of Seattle.
Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco, California. I think this is the best known landmark of my entire trip.
Pre-Sunrise view of Owens Valley below Horseshoe Meadows, California.
The road from Lone Pine up to Horseshoe Meadows high above Owens Valley; the remains of Owens Lake to the right.
Summit of Mount Whitney, California. At 4412m this is the highest peak in the Continental US (without Alaska).
High Sierra with Mount Whitney in center. Lone Pine, California.
Ventura Harbor. This photo is taken from the building of the Channel Island National Park visitor center. (I had stayed at a nearby campground and then considered a day-trip to the Channel Islands.)
Dana Point Harbor, California. A sign next to this viewpoint claims that Dana Point has the best climate in the entire US.
360 deg view from summit of Malinche (4500m), an acclimatization hike for Orizaba. Note the dog (center front) who accompanied me all day!
Summit of Pico Orizaba, 5640m, highest peak in Mexico and 3rd highest in North America.
Summit 360 deg view from Volcan Tajumulco, 4200m, the highest point in Guatemala. Behind the Caldera in the right half of the picture is the view out to the West over the Pacific.
Inside the Talamanca Reserve at the base of Cerro Chirripo, Costa Rica.
Summit of Cerro Chirripo (3820m) in Costa Rica. On a clear day you can see both the Atlantic (to the right, sun rising in East) and the Pacific Ocean (left, shadow pointing to West) from this point.
Kayaking in mangroves (left) and on the Pacific (right) in a Nature Preserve on the Osa Peninsula in Southern Costa Rica.
Summit 360 deg view from Volcan Baru, 3400m, highest point in Panama. Again, without clouds one could see both Atlantic and Pacific Ocean from here.
Candelario Mancilla, South Chile. I got stuck here for two days due to the cancellation of a ferry boat, the only means of transportation continuing North towards the Carreterra Austral (Villa O'Higgins)
Perito Moreno glacier near El Calafate, Argentina.
90km into strong headwind in Patagonia, heading from El Calafate to El Chalten near Lago Viedma. Note the weather line: Clouds and humidity to the West over the Andes, sunshine and aridity to the East over the Pampa.
Almost untouched valley near Puerto Yungas, South Chile.
Cochrane on the Carreterra Austral in South Chile.
360 deg view of Esquel, Argentina, from a 400m hill above town.
Rooftop sunset view from Hotel Horcones in Santiago de Chile. The sunlit mountains to the right are part of the Andes, with Aconcagua not far from there.
Aconcagua Base Camp, Argentina. After Everest BC this is the second largest BC in the world (here already partly disassembled since it was late in the season).
View from Camp Colera at 6,000m on Aconcagua, Argentina.
Sunset view (near 360 deg) from Camp Nido de Condores, 5400m, on Aconcagua, Argentina. The park ranger cabin is in the center, our tent and Antoine to the right.
View from near the entrance of Aconcagua National Park towards the valley of the road Mendoza to Santiago.
Aconcagua Summit, 6962m, on March 6, 2010 in perfect weather conditions. Chile is to the right (West), Argentina to the left (East).
The mining town of Copiapo in Chile, 500 miles North of Santiago.
Town of Chilecito in Argentina, North of Mendoza.
Lake near San Jose de Jachal en route to Salta, Argentina.
View of Belen from Virgin Statue above town
Quebrada Las Conchas North-East of Cafayate, en route to Salta.
Camping on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.
City of Oruro, Bolivia.
La Paz, Bolivia. Center right on the horizon shows Illimani, a 6400m peak!
Copacabana on Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.
Panorama view of Puno on Lake Titicaca from hotel room across the Bay
Pacific Ocean view from Miraflores, the upscale tourist quarter of Lima, Peru.
Lagoon on Rabida Island in the Galapagos.
Pinzgau valley as seen from road to Buerglhuette above Mittersill, evening before my motorcycle tour. Directions from left: East, South and West.
Morning panorama from the Edelweiss-Spitze, at 2575m the highest point of the Grossglockner-Hochalpenstrasse. Directions from the left are to the West, North, East (sunrise) and South.
Lake behind Koelnbrein-Dam at the end of the Malta-valley, Kaernten, Austria
