Remember Baksan valley and Mount Elbrous...

July 1990, as the Berlin Wall fell just a few months ago and the Iron curtain is still freshly torn, .I’m invited to take part in a high altitude expedition organized by CPEA (Centre Pilote d’Escalae et d’Alpinisme) French mountain club. The mountainers : A group of very young french and russian alpinists (from 10 to 15 years old) supervised by a medical and sport team , Our Goal reach the top of the Elbrous mount (5600m). As a press photographer trained to high altitude climbing and able to practice my job in difficult circumstancies, I’ll cover, during several weeks, both medical and sport aspects of this amazing challenge. Last week, I was contacted by one of the young kids, now aged 43, A meeting that could be the occasion of new editorial or film projects…