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The 4000m ALPENGLOW project, after 300,000 photos and over 10,000 hours work, is finished. The book is now available !

Ben Tibbetts is an alpinist, artist and adventure photographer who shoots in some of the most demanding conditions on the planet and works with some of the most successful brands in the industry.

Ben is an IFMGA certified mountain guide and has worked in extreme locations across the Antarctic, climbed many of the largest faces of the Alps and made first descents of steep ski lines both in the Mont Blanc massif and in Greenland.

Between expeditions to the Antarctic and Greenland Ben has spent much of the last decade on an epic project to climb and photograph the 82 highest peaks in the Alps for “ALPENGLOW” a large format book of photographs, stories and drawings describing “The Finest Climbs on the 4000m Peaks of the Alps”.

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– Film –

see this PROJECT

– Drawings –

“Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.” Henri Cartier-Bresson

Vallot refuge, Mont Blanc, France. Pencil on Paper, 15 x 10 cm

Matterhorn, Switzerland. Pencil on Paper, 15 x 10 cm

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– Posts –

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” Edward Abbey

MAGAZINE COVERS – A bunch of covers over the last few years…

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Fou de Fouly, 5.2, 45º, 600m

“Vivian Bruchez, Tristan Knoertzer and Ben Tibbetts skied a new line down the West Face of Pointe de la Fouly (3611m) in the Mt. Blanc massif. The 600m long, 45° steep Fou de Fouly is a highly committing outing graded 5.2 with climbing up to M5.”

Earn your turns...?

Mont Blanc (4810m) via Grand Pilier D’Angle North Face – (Cecchinel-Nominé/Boivin-Vallençant) TD+, V 5, 1400m

Of all the faces in the Mont Blanc massif the Grand Pilier’s North Face is one of the most inaccessible and committing places to climb. An epic face that gives a hint of climbing in the Greater Ranges

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Col du Plan – North Couloir, Aiguille dU Midi, Chamonix

D+, 4, 1500m

Ski – 5.3, 50º

Committing skiing down the North Face of the Aiguille du Midi…

Go SKI!

Col des Cristaux, Chamonix

Short video of the mega-classic Argentiere steep ski.

AD,III, 500m

Ski – 5.1, 47º

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Interview with Nick Santora from “Classic Kicks”

Answering a few questions…

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20 Top Tips for Mountain Photography

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“A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SKIER AND PHOTOGRAPHER …”

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Grandes Jorasses via Polish Combination/Michto – ED (V, WI5, M5) 800m

The north face of the Grandes Jorasses is one of the steepest and most beautiful in the Alps. At 1.5km wide and 1200m mile high it is an impressive sight. Alongside the Eiger, Drus, Matterhorn, Piz Badile and Cima Grande di Lavaredo it is one of the six ‘classic’ north faces of the Alps.

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