{"id":58461,"date":"2017-03-18T18:06:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/?page_id=58461\/"},"modified":"2019-02-17T18:47:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T17:47:28","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”h1″ text_font=”font-190999″ text_transform=”uppercase”]About[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”100″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”1″ bottom_padding=”1″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ shape_dividers=””][vc_column column_width_percent=”90″ align_horizontal=”align_center” override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”1″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”4\/12″][vc_gallery el_id=”gallery-166127″ medias=”54377″ style_preset=”metro” gutter_size=”3″ screen_lg=”1000″ screen_md=”600″ screen_sm=”480″ single_width=”8″ single_height=”12″ single_overlay_opacity=”50″ single_padding=”2″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”70″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”8\/12″][vc_column_text]Passionate about the Mountains and the Polar Regions, I try to escape there as soon as possible …<\/p>\n

I started the hiking in 2008 in Chamonix. The love at first sight was immediate, I immediately enjoyed this freedom in the Great Outdoors and the spectacle that the mountain offers. This passion then developed further with my first “big” trek : the Tour of Annapurnas in Nepal and multiple hikes in the Alps. I also discovered mountaineering, which explores another facet of the mountain that is even more intimate thanks to the commitment it requires.<\/p>\n

I only recently started to explore the (Great) North with, first, Iceland then Norway with Svalbard and Lofoten Islands and then Sweden with the Kungsleden. I do not stop to be amazed by this “region” of the world and all the possibilities of treks that it reserves.<\/p>\n

Trekking is a great activity. We walk in the most beautiful landscapes that are, we take the time to savor, we think, we get lost. Introspection is strong when one escapes into the great inhuman spaces, it is time to discover oneself and to discover those who accompany you, as the Icelandic proverb says “the needle of the compass leads only to yourself”. It is also the opportunity to leave behind TV, internet and smartphone and to return to the basics : to move forward, to have warm, to eat …<\/p>\n

I wanted to share this passion, thanks to this blog, through my notebooks but also thanks to what I learned on the ground. I hope you escape for the time of a reading, find ideas for an upcoming adventure or answers to your questions about equipment and preparation.<\/p>\n

So walk, run, climb ! Escape to the mountains, to nature![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”90″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ width=”1\/1″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”h1″ text_font=”font-190999″ text_transform=”uppercase”]About[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”100″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”1″ bottom_padding=”1″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ shape_dividers=””][vc_column column_width_percent=”90″ align_horizontal=”align_center” override_padding=”yes” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54377,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nAbout - Why hiking and sharing it - SUMMIT CAIRN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why do I hike and why a wanted to share it with you ? This quick "about" will answer this and will share with you my "vision" of hiking.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About - Why hiking and sharing it - SUMMIT CAIRN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Why do I hike and why a wanted to share it with you ? This quick "about" will answer this and will share with you my "vision" of hiking.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SUMMIT CAIRN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Summitcairn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-02-17T17:47:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/002.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/\",\"name\":\"About - Why hiking and sharing it - SUMMIT CAIRN\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/002.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-03-18T17:06:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-02-17T17:47:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"Why do I hike and why a wanted to share it with you ? This quick \\\"about\\\" will answer this and will share with you my \\\"vision\\\" of hiking.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/002.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/002.jpg\",\"width\":820,\"height\":1100,\"caption\":\"Diptique Norv\u00e9gien\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"SUMMIT CAIRN\",\"description\":\"Treks, voyages et conseils\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a50cadfa2f614bb49668df749b3b3ae3\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a50cadfa2f614bb49668df749b3b3ae3\",\"name\":\"Summit Cairn\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/157be28237e69c9a234983148e93f9d1?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/157be28237e69c9a234983148e93f9d1?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Summit Cairn\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"Passionn\u00e9 par la montagne et les r\u00e9gions polaires, j\u2019essaie de m\u2019y perdre d\u00e8s que possible\u2026 J\u2019ai commenc\u00e9 la randonn\u00e9e en 2008 \u00e0 Chamonix. Le coup de foudre a \u00e9t\u00e9 imm\u00e9diat, j\u2019ai tout de suite ador\u00e9 cette libert\u00e9 dans les grands espaces et le spectacle qu\u2019offre la montagne. Cette passion s\u2019est ensuite d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e d\u2019avantage avec mon premier \u00ab grand \u00bb trek : le Tour des Annapurnas au N\u00e9pal et de multiples randonn\u00e9es dans les Alpes. J\u2019ai \u00e9galement d\u00e9couvert l\u2019alpinisme gr\u00e2ce auquel on explore une autre facette de la montagne encore plus intime gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019engagement qu\u2019il n\u00e9cessite. Ce n\u2019est que r\u00e9cemment que j\u2019ai commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 explorer le (Grand) Nord avec, d\u2019abord, l\u2019Islande puis la Norv\u00e8ge entre le Svalbard et les Lofoten et la Su\u00e8de avec la Kungsleden. Je n\u2019en finis pas d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e9merveill\u00e9 par cette \u00ab r\u00e9gion \u00bb du monde et toutes les possibilit\u00e9s de treks qu\u2019elle r\u00e9serve. La randonn\u00e9e en autonomie est une activit\u00e9 formidable. On \u00e9volue dans les plus beaux paysages qui soit, on prend le temps de savourer, on r\u00e9fl\u00e9chit, on se perd. L\u2019introspection est forte lorsque l\u2019on s\u2019\u00e9vade dans les grands espaces inhumains, c\u2019est le moment de se d\u00e9couvrir et de d\u00e9couvrir ceux qui vous accompagne, comme le dit un proverbe islandais \u00ab l\u2019aiguille de la boussole ne m\u00e8ne qu\u2019\u00e0 soit m\u00eame \u00bb. C\u2019est aussi l\u2019occasion de laisser derri\u00e8re TV, internet et smartphone et de revenir \u00e0 la base : avancer, avoir chaud, se prot\u00e9ger, manger\u2026 Je souhaitais donc partager cette passion, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ce blog, au travers de mes carnets mais \u00e9galement gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ce que j\u2019ai pu apprendre sur le terrain. J\u2019esp\u00e8re que vous trouverez de quoi vous \u00e9vader le temps d\u2019un r\u00e9cit, de quoi vous donner des id\u00e9es pour une prochaine aventure ou les r\u00e9ponses \u00e0 vos questions sur le mat\u00e9riel et la pr\u00e9paration. Alors surtout marchez, courrez, grimpez. \u00c9vadez vous dans les montagnes, dans la nature !\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Summitcairn\/\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/summitcairn\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About - Why hiking and sharing it - SUMMIT CAIRN","description":"Why do I hike and why a wanted to share it with you ? This quick \"about\" will answer this and will share with you my \"vision\" of hiking.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About - Why hiking and sharing it - SUMMIT CAIRN","og_description":"Why do I hike and why a wanted to share it with you ? This quick \"about\" will answer this and will share with you my \"vision\" of hiking.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/","og_site_name":"SUMMIT CAIRN","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Summitcairn\/","article_modified_time":"2019-02-17T17:47:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":820,"height":1100,"url":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/002.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/","url":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/","name":"About - Why hiking and sharing it - SUMMIT CAIRN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/002.jpg","datePublished":"2017-03-18T17:06:02+00:00","dateModified":"2019-02-17T17:47:28+00:00","description":"Why do I hike and why a wanted to share it with you ? This quick \"about\" will answer this and will share with you my \"vision\" of hiking.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/002.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/002.jpg","width":820,"height":1100,"caption":"Diptique Norv\u00e9gien"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/about\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/","name":"SUMMIT CAIRN","description":"Treks, voyages et conseils","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a50cadfa2f614bb49668df749b3b3ae3"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/a50cadfa2f614bb49668df749b3b3ae3","name":"Summit Cairn","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/157be28237e69c9a234983148e93f9d1?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/157be28237e69c9a234983148e93f9d1?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Summit Cairn"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"Passionn\u00e9 par la montagne et les r\u00e9gions polaires, j\u2019essaie de m\u2019y perdre d\u00e8s que possible\u2026 J\u2019ai commenc\u00e9 la randonn\u00e9e en 2008 \u00e0 Chamonix. Le coup de foudre a \u00e9t\u00e9 imm\u00e9diat, j\u2019ai tout de suite ador\u00e9 cette libert\u00e9 dans les grands espaces et le spectacle qu\u2019offre la montagne. Cette passion s\u2019est ensuite d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e d\u2019avantage avec mon premier \u00ab grand \u00bb trek : le Tour des Annapurnas au N\u00e9pal et de multiples randonn\u00e9es dans les Alpes. J\u2019ai \u00e9galement d\u00e9couvert l\u2019alpinisme gr\u00e2ce auquel on explore une autre facette de la montagne encore plus intime gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019engagement qu\u2019il n\u00e9cessite. Ce n\u2019est que r\u00e9cemment que j\u2019ai commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 explorer le (Grand) Nord avec, d\u2019abord, l\u2019Islande puis la Norv\u00e8ge entre le Svalbard et les Lofoten et la Su\u00e8de avec la Kungsleden. Je n\u2019en finis pas d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e9merveill\u00e9 par cette \u00ab r\u00e9gion \u00bb du monde et toutes les possibilit\u00e9s de treks qu\u2019elle r\u00e9serve. La randonn\u00e9e en autonomie est une activit\u00e9 formidable. On \u00e9volue dans les plus beaux paysages qui soit, on prend le temps de savourer, on r\u00e9fl\u00e9chit, on se perd. L\u2019introspection est forte lorsque l\u2019on s\u2019\u00e9vade dans les grands espaces inhumains, c\u2019est le moment de se d\u00e9couvrir et de d\u00e9couvrir ceux qui vous accompagne, comme le dit un proverbe islandais \u00ab l\u2019aiguille de la boussole ne m\u00e8ne qu\u2019\u00e0 soit m\u00eame \u00bb. C\u2019est aussi l\u2019occasion de laisser derri\u00e8re TV, internet et smartphone et de revenir \u00e0 la base : avancer, avoir chaud, se prot\u00e9ger, manger\u2026 Je souhaitais donc partager cette passion, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ce blog, au travers de mes carnets mais \u00e9galement gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ce que j\u2019ai pu apprendre sur le terrain. J\u2019esp\u00e8re que vous trouverez de quoi vous \u00e9vader le temps d\u2019un r\u00e9cit, de quoi vous donner des id\u00e9es pour une prochaine aventure ou les r\u00e9ponses \u00e0 vos questions sur le mat\u00e9riel et la pr\u00e9paration. Alors surtout marchez, courrez, grimpez. \u00c9vadez vous dans les montagnes, dans la nature !","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Summitcairn\/","https:\/\/instagram.com\/summitcairn"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summitcairn.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}