Mountain Shots


We like mountains – for the exercise, for the exhilaration of success, and for the opportunities they give for satisfying and sometimes impressive photos. Here are the spots and shots we most want to remember, most recent first. (In later years, we've relaxed the 'mountains' criterion a bit, to cover cliffs, gorges, islands and hills ...).

The sets are indexed below, by year. There are two 3-column tables:

Logically enough, the bulk of our serious walking was done later in life, when Roger could make more time available amidst the hurly-burly of overseas travel for conferences and occasional assignments, and Linda could make more time available to join him. Roger turned 50 shortly after the Gallery starts in 1999, and Linda was 3 years younger.

The most significant of the areas and walks are in bold-faced type.

Switzerland (CH)
Other European Alpine Areas
The Dolomites (IT)
2023
2022 Jul 2022 — Italian Alps, incl. Liguria, N. of Brescia, N. of Bergamo, and
French Alps, incl. The Vanoise, Haut Savoie, Fer-au-Cheval and Ecrins (SW)
Jul 2022 — Dolomites
2021
COVID
2020
COVID
2019 Jun 2019 — Italian Alps, The Aosta Valley (IT) Jun 2019 —
Dolomites
2018 Jun 2018 — Le Mont Blanc (FR), Lago di Garda (IT), Zillertal (AT), the Vanoise (FR)
2017 Jun 2017 — Zermatt Jun 2017 — Flumet (FR), Val d'Ubaye (FR) Jun 2017 — Dolomites
2016 Jul 2016 — Berner Oberland Crossing Jun 2016 — Czechia (CZ), Tuxertal (AT) Jun 2016 — Dolomites
2015 May 2015 — Obertoggenburg May 2015 — Sellrain (AT) Jun 2015 — Dolomites
2014 Jun 2014 — Säntis, Zentralschwyz Jun 2014 — Zillertal and Tuxertal (AT) May 2014 — Dolomites
2013 Jun 2013 — Kitzbuehel (AT)
2012 Jun 2012 — Zell-am-See (AT) Jun 2012 — Dolomites
2011 Jun 2011 — Beneath Säntis Jun 2011 — Dolomites
2010 Jul 2010 — Berner Oberland, Stoos, Zentralschwyz Jun 2010 — Pitztal (AT) Jul 2010 — Dolomites
2009 Jun 2009 — Dolomites
2008
2007 May 2007 — Zentralschwyz
2006 Jun 2006 — Dolomites
2005
2004 Jun 2004 — Berner Oberland Jun 2004 — Dolomites
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999 Jun 1999 — Berner Oberland Jun 1999 — Dolomites

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U.K.
Other European Areas
Australasia
2023 May 2023 — Italy (Southern), incl. Agerola/Amalfi and Abbruzzo Apennini, then Sicily (Eastern) and The Aeolian Islands
Sep 2023 — France and Spain, incl. Bretagne, Spanish Basqueland, Iraty and the Ossau
Jan 2023 —Australian Alps
2022 Jan 2022 – Namadgi
Apr 2021 – Tarkine, Tassie Overland #3
2021
COVID
Jan 2021 – Australian Alps, Mt Tennent, Booromba Rocks ACT
2020
COVID
2019 May 2019 — Sicily (IT) and Malta (MT) Sep 2019 — Tasman Peninsula,
Dec 2019 — Kosciusko Area
2018 May 2018 — Cornwall, Sth Coast Jun 2018 — Madeira (PT) Nov 2018 — North-Eastern Victoria
Dec 2018 — New England N.P., Cathedral Peak N.P.
2017 Jun 2017 — Gorge du Verdon (FR) Jan 2017 — New England N.P., NSW
Feb 2017 — The Main Range, Snowy Mts, NSW
2016 Jun 2016 — Pyrenees (FR)
Aug 2016 — The Rondane (NO)
2015 May 2015 — The Ridgeway, Cornwall, Nth Coast, Snowdon May 2015 — Harz Mts (D)
Jun 2015 — Cinque Terre (IT)
Mar 2015 — Tasmania
2014 Jun 2014 — Cairngorms May 2014 — Dordogne (FR), Auvergne (FR)
Jun 2014 — Triglav Region
2013 Jun 2013 — The Orkneys May 2013 — Pyrenees (E)
Jun 2013 — Picos di Europa (E),
Triglav Region
2012 May 2012 — Cornwall, The Lizard Jun 2012 — Triglav Region Jun 2014 — NE England
2011 May 2011 — Southern France (FR), incl. Gorges du Tarn, Pyrenees West, Ossau, Pyrenees Central, Pyrenees East, and
Jun 2011 Mt Triglav 2864m (SI)
2010 Jun 2010 — Bled (SI)
2009 Jun 2009 — Yorkshire, Scotland Jan 2009 — Tasmania
2008 Jun 2008 — Northern Spain (E) Nov 2008 — Queen Charlotte Sound (NZ)
2007 Dec 2007 — Tasmania: Overland Track #2
2006
2005 Nov 2005 — Mt Gower, Lord Howe Island
2004
2003
2002 Dec 2002 — Spain (PHOTOS YET TO BE SCANNED) MTH? 2002 — Tasmania (PHOTOS YET TO BE SCANNED)
2001
2000 Feb 2000 — Tasmania Overland #1 (PHOTOS YET TO BE FOUND!?)
1999

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June-July 2009 – Dolomites, Yorkshire, Scotland

Catinaccio / Rosengarten
in the Western Dolomites
10 Jun 09
Catinaccio, approaching
Rifugio Principe
10 Jun 09
Looking West from
Passo de Sello in
the Sthn Dolomites
11 Jun 09
Nr Bardon Fell
above Bolton Abbey
(Yorkshire Dales)
2 Jul 09
Near the top of
Ben Nevis,
looking NW
6 Jul 09
Kittiwake
at Neist Pt,
Western end of Skye
8 Jul 09
Beneath the
Red Cuillins, Skye
9 Jul 09
The Quiraing,
Skye
10 Jul 09
From the top
of Bla Bheinn
11 Jul 09
Northern end of
the Black Cuillins,
a la Magritte
11 Jul 09
Just to prove
we were there
11 Jul 09
Coming down the South Wall
was even tougher than
going up the Western Ridge

January 2009 – Tasmania

Hartz Mountains in SW
with Tassie Waratah
15 Jan 09
Hartz
15 Jan 09
Hartz
15 Jan 09
South-West Cape
17 Jan 09
South-West Cape
17 Jan 09

Outlet of
Lake St Clair
18 Jan 09

Mt Rufus
looking south
19 Jan 09
Mt Rufus
north to Mt Olympus
19 Jan 09
Richea pandanifolia
Return Walk
19 Jan 09
Coral Fern Lakes
in the rain
19 Jan 09
Bruny Island
Lighthouse
21 Jan 09
From Mt Wellington
West to Hobart
24 Jan 09

November 2008 – NZ (Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island)

From the Air
22 Nov 2008
From the Ground
23 Nov 2008
Rapids
24 Nov 2008
The Sound
25 Nov 2008
Waterside
25 Nov 2008
The Sound
25 Nov 2008
The Sound
26 Nov 2008
North Side
26 Nov 2008

June 2008 – Northern Spain

San Sebastian Coastline
22 Jun 08
Garganta del Cares
Picos di Europa
30 Jun 08
Rio Duje
Picos di Europa
1 Jul 08
Pico Uriella
Picos di Europa
1 Jul 08
Pico Uriella Descent
Picos di Europa
1 Jul 08
Continued ...
Picos di Europa
2 Jul 08
Ditto
Near Lake Covadonga
Western Picos
3 Jul 08
Ezaro, Galicia
8 Jul 08
Cabo Finisterre
(Western Extremity)
8 Jul 08
Rio Sil
above La Cueta
11 Jul 08
Above El Cueta
12 Jul 08
Other Side
with Iron Mine
13 Jul 08
Ditto
Nr Valle de Lago
13 Jul 08
Pico Almanzor
Sierra de Gredos
15 Jul 08

December 2007 – Tasmania – The Overland Track

The Start
3 Dec 2007
Crater Lake
3 Dec 2007
Black Bluff
3 Dec 2007
Tassie Snow Gum
E. coccifera
4 Dec 2007
Lakes
4 Dec 2007
Pelion West
4 Dec 2007
The Path
5 Dec 2007
Mt Oakleigh
5 Dec 2007
The Peak
5 Dec 2007
The Peak
5 Dec 2007
The Peak
5 Dec 2007
The Peak
5 Dec 2007
Back down at 8pm
5 Dec 2007
On Ossa
6 Dec 2007
Tassie Waratah
6 Dec 2007
Old Camp
7 Dec 2007
Myrtle
7 Dec 2007
Triffids
7 Dec 2008

Lake St Clair
and Mt Olympus
8 Dec 2008

Two-Timing
Survivors
8 Dec 2008

May 2007 – Swiss Alps

Klausenpass
Uri (east of Glarus)
28 May 2007
Lilacs in snow
Stoos SZ
29 May 2007

Grossmythe
looming over Stoos
30 May 2007

Church at Bauen on
Vierwaldstaettesee
(Lake of Lucerne)
30 May 2007
South towards
Fluelen and
the Gotthard Pass
30 May 2007
Swiss Air Force
hard at work
30 May 2007
Above Seelisberg
West to Luzern
with Bürgenstock
30 May 2007
Mythen, Schwyz
and Brunnen
30 May 2008
Near the top of
Fronalpstock
above Stoos
31 May 2007
Looking down on Seelisberg, to
Luzern and Pilatus
31 May 2007
Smugness
atop Fronalpstock
31 May 2007
Only in Swiss Mountains
31 May 2007

June 2006 – Dolomites

Falzarego, from just East of
Cortina d'Ampezzo
Half-way up Falzarego,
looking South-East
Getting higher,
same angle
Concentration needed,
looking NE into the range
Looking down on the Val de Lana
and the car-park
And further
westwards
And south-eastwards
Driving along
Val de Lana
Above Fedaia, looking at
the Western end of
the Marmolada
Photographing the rare
Eritrichium navum
Out of the window of
the Dolomites Inn, Penia,
eastwards towards Fedaia
Penia Village,
looking southwards

November 2005 – Mt Gower, Lord Howe Island

Mts Lidgebird (L)
and Gower (R),
from the other end
of the island
The forbidding north ridge
from the water to the east
The roped section
up the north ridge
From Mt Gower,
south to the first shot,
Mt Lidgebird on R
Hardest walk I've done,
'though only 870m!?
Steeply back down
the north ridge
Home along the 'Lower Road',
the easy bit

June 2004 – Dolomites

From Colfosco
(near Corvara)
Looking North
from Colfosco
Looking East,
towards Val Gardena
On the ridge North of Fedaia, looking South
Southern side of
the Sasso Luongo
Northern side – an
accidental alpine garden
Lunch. This is not
a flower collection!
Oh, alright, just one then.
A rare Lady's Slipper Orchid

June 2004 – Berner Oberland

Panorama of the Central Berner Oberland
From First,
across Männlichen
to the Jungfrau
Commercial shot
from Schynnige Plateau, to Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau
The view beyond
the Sefinenfurka
The postcard view beyond the
Sefininenfurka
Getting back down
the Sefinenfurka
Back 1400m lower,
greeting the locals
Going down the Grimsel Pass,
Furka Pass high left

June 1999 – Dolomites

Val Gardena
(nr Wolkenstein)
Looking East
along Val Gardena
South to Sella
From the same spot
Pinnacles near
the top of the walk.
Note the hiker

June 1999 – Berner Oberland

Panorama of the
Central part of the
Berner Oberland

From Wengen,
looking past Lauterbrunnen
to Stechelberg
Climbing above Stechelberg,
at the end of the
Lauterbrunnen valley
Higher up the
Sefinental
View of the Silberhorn,
c. 1650m above
where we started
Looking down on Gimmelwald
and (far away) Stechelberg,
and north to the Jungfrau
Oeschinensee
Oeschinensee
Panorama

This is a page within the Clarke-Spinaze Photo Gallery. The site home-page is here
Contact: Linda or Roger
Created: 26 Jul 09; Last Amended: 30 Oct 23