Editorial - December 22, 2024

You are probably preparing for the holidays, whether to host your family or to go and visit them. That time of year is a little obligatory, but deep down it makes everyone happy. Welcome to the editorial of December 22, 2024.

2024

I think back on the year that just passed, without wanting to make a review of it, because I do not really think of time that way. In January 2024, I started my YouTube adventure as a photographer. I had imagined combining that activity with vanlife. And it was possible… but in the end I did not do it, for other reasons.

If I want to talk about photography and mountains, what is the point of doing it without being in the mountains? So I dedicated my year to organizing my transition. Goodbye vanlife, hello life in the Pyrenees. Here I am now, settled down, not far from Pau.

Climbing

While preparing my return to the Pyrenees, here I am back in dear Vendée. Thank you Redzone Challans for existing; I can finally boulder even while I am in this flat land full of marshes.

I think a lot about my relationship with this sport. Climbing attracts me enormously. Looking through my iCloud photos, I realize this passion has expressed itself in episodes: a few intensive weeks, followed by long breaks.

It was in February 2022 that Alexandre introduced me to this sport, then Pauline accompanied me from May to July 2023.

The mind is funny. I have always felt like I had been climbing for a long time, even though I climbed one week in 2022. Eight weeks in 2023. Three weeks in March 2024. Then this return at the end of October 2024. It has now been 7 weeks that I have been climbing two to three times a week, and I sent my first red problem last week. I am happy. With my move to the Pyrenees, I intend to fully invest myself in this sport I love so much.

Snow, walking

What I am waiting for most is walking, summits, snow and ice. I cannot wait to become the alpinist I imagine myself to be. I already know the discomfort that implies, just like climbing, training my photographic eye or any other demanding activity. But effort makes satisfaction even more intense.

My activities match the way I am: nothing is easy, but everything is lived through effort, for the most pleasant reward.

Photography

Pyrenees, I am finally coming. I am going to photograph them from every angle and create videos for my YouTube channel.

I do not have main character syndrome. I do not want to be at the center of my photographs. My dream is to meet experts in their fields and capture them in action: an experienced skier, an exceptional climber, a snow sports ace, or someone in an icefall. I want to tell our adventures, film our journeys and show what drives us to undertake them.

Today, modern gear from brands like Simond, Patagonia or The North Face makes all of this more accessible. The comfort of lightweight equipment lets us go further and further.

Quiet life

I had written an article about living slowly, around coffee. I am still in that rhythm. Soon to be a homeowner, I will have the chance to have time to train often in the mountains.

I hope to meet many people and build a solid circle with whom to move forward together. Corentin Houssein, for example, seems to have always known how to surround himself well, and I want to do the same in the mountains: take the time and move forward calmly.

So, 2025?

This year has been a period of transition and preparation, but above all it marks the beginning of a new adventure. Between photography, mountains, climbing and encounters, I feel ready to fully embrace this life in the Pyrenees. For me, the essential thing remains to cultivate passion and effort while taking the time to enjoy each moment. A new chapter is opening, and I cannot wait to share it with you.

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