Adamello Ultra Trail part I: We are doing this!
Facts & feelings from my 2024 Adamello Ultra Trail. With all the highs and lows that 35h 166k and +11500m of fine mountain racing can offer
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Natalia Roman Lopez: mountains, low-carb, type 1 diabetes
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Jul 23, 202315 min read
Pyreneean Trilogy: Aneto - Perdiguero - Posets
Chronicle of my solo traverse of 3 pyrerneean giants: Aneto, Perdiguero & Posets. Bonus: T1D management.
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Jul 18, 202314 min read
Trilogía Pirenaica: Aneto - Perdiguero - Posets
Crónica de la travesía Aneto, Perdiguero, Posets Julio 2023 desde Benasque. Relato sobre ruta, emociones y diabetes tipo 1 T1D T1DM.
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Aug 4, 202217 min read
Ultra Trail Verbier San Bernard: vindication
TVSB 140k, a 27h journey through the swiss alps. The ups & downs of ultra running + some nutrition and T1D learnings.
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Jul 17, 202211 min read
DOLOMITI XTREME TRAIL 103k
Dolomiti Xtreme Trail (DXT). A loop of 103k +7200m in the Val di Zoldo. Time to take the learnings, the moments, the smiles, the miles.
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May 19, 202210 min read
Urner Haute Route - variante Tiger!
URNER HAUTE ROUTE – nothing exotic for someone like me based in the central swiss alps. A logic high line between Andermatt and Engelberg.
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Feb 14, 20229 min read
The winter of my dreams (part 3)
With the ‘unofficial’ change of season, come the big dreams too. Dreams of high mountains, of sunsets in a hut, and apre-ski drinks.
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Dec 10, 20217 min read
The winter of my dreams (part 2)
Part II of the 2021 magnificent backcountry skiing season in the swiss alps. Snow, friends, lowcarb food and normal blood glucose T1D
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Jul 17, 20219 min read
The winter of my dreams (Part 1)
Backcountry skiing isn’t just a sport but a way of expressing ourselves in nature. It is the incontrollable laugh as the first flakes of...
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May 24, 20213 min read
The winning in failing
Be humble to win & loose. Be flexible to adapt without shame. Be grateful for the learnings.e accountable for your freedom.
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Apr 13, 20217 min read
Glaciers: classic & new stories
Glaciers are fascinating. It is tempting to call them ‘a frozen world’. However, glaciers are far from being frozen. Constantly evolving,...
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Feb 28, 20216 min read
The making of a Pyreneean tiger
Everyone has a place where it all started – whatever your ‘ALL’ is. My love for mountains started in the Spanish Pyrenees as a child....
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Feb 7, 20217 min read
The beauty of the known
My answer to ‘How is the nepali Himalaya like?’ tends to disappoint. It is like a world shifted 2000m upwards. Banana plantations at...
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Jan 27, 20213 min read
A summer of adventures and sugar
The days or weeks prior to a type 1 diabetes diagnosis look very much alike for most people: extreme thirst, blurry vision, urgent &...
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Jan 11, 20215 min read
2020 in a run
‘A single mountain range is enough exploration for a lifetime’ Rickey Gates Trips, races, exploration… we all had big plans for 2020....
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Dec 24, 20203 min read
A nerdy experiment fueled by fat & speculation
Before low-carb/Bernstein/keto (20-30g carbs a day, high protein, moderate fat) there was a full year of training and racing on a...
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Dec 20, 20204 min read
Around Monte Rosa (IV) - Day 3: Gressoney to Macugnaga
It turns out I clearly overdosed with ultra-rapid insulin before bed. Seeing that blood glucose line creep up because of the pizza...
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Dec 15, 20203 min read
Around Monte Rosa (III) - Day 2 Zermatt to Gressoney
4 eggs were left from yesterday’s groceries. I cook them scrambled in butter with cheese, chopped tomatoes and leek. To top it up, a...
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Nov 29, 20203 min read
Around Monte Rosa (II) - Day 1 Graechen to Zermatt
Early wakeup at home followed by almost 4h by train and bus to get to Graechen. Today’s route follows an imaginary high line linking both...
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Nov 13, 20202 min read
Around Monte Rosa (I): the trip before the trip
Kora. A journey of self-discovery; a meditative state of putting one foot in front of the other over and over again; an appreciation for...
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