Tag Archives: mountains

New Zealand summer with Zalps

Posted on March 6, 2018 by

It’s been another amazing summer in New Zealand. Of course there has been plenty of “tramping weather”, but even a flight a week is well worth your while here. After some good flights before I arrived on 4 January, we … Continue reading →

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Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 10 France

Posted on December 12, 2017 by

Late on day 12 I finally crossed by air into France for the first time of the race. It was the last night of the race, but the adventures weren’t over yet.

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Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 9 Matterhorn

Posted on November 5, 2017 by

Matter tal this morning. Have tagged Matterhorn turn point and climbing up to Italian border on foot #redbullxalps A post shared by Nick Neynens (@nneynens) on Jul 13, 2017 at 3:40am PDT The main obstacle on day 12 was to … Continue reading →

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Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 8 Italian lakes

Posted on October 12, 2017 by

On day ten (yes, a rather long race this year), I needed to put some points on the board after the hit and miss diversion of my northern sojourn. I slept alone at a mountain hut, waking up in time … Continue reading →

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Red Bull X-Alps 2017 – Episode 7 northern sojourn

Posted on September 14, 2017 by

Day 8 and 9 saw me take a large detour, some kind of nostalgia for the 2015 route perhaps. Initially, on day 7, I drifted north off the route because I could not stay on the route without landing early (in … Continue reading →

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