This winter, Sam Beaugey and his friend François traveled to the “white continent” to attempt rock and mixed climbing first ascents on never-before-climbed summits. They completed an entirely self-sufficient 12-day traverse of the Holtanna Range via “train kite.” An ingenious combination of skis and sleds propelled by kite!
Sam and François were kind enough to share a trip report of their recent adventure…

After 4 years of traveling through Queen Maud Land, Antarctica is no longer terra incognito for Sam. In 2010, he, Géraldine Fasnacht, Seb Collomb-Gros and Manu Pellissier, made the first BASE jump ever in this vast realm of ice, christened “Holstinnd 2041,” from the summit of Holstinnd Peak (in the Holtanna range).
This year he returned to the very same mountain range with the desire to show and share with his friend one of the most spectacular landscapes on the planet, Antarctica! This uninhabited land where, when the wind dies down, the light and silence turn it into a sight far beyond anything one could ever imagine.

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