AlpinVisionen: Wetterstein

Border crossings between Alpspitze and Zugspitze

Christian Pfanzelt spent three years photographing the Wetterstein mountains in all seasons.

Idyllic pictures with a wow effect are just as much a part of the truth as the drudgery, risks and doubts. Subtle, thought-provoking mountain sports themes are elegantly combined with authentic mountain sports experiences: Why do we go to the mountains? How do we get into a real flow? How do we experience risk and adventure? And what does the term "rope team" mean?

It also gets personal when it comes to a topic that Mann - he feels - doesn't talk about, or at least doesn't like to: the distribution of roles among strong women in the mountains. His wife Julia is one of them. Among others, Christian Pfanzelt addresses these questions - and gives his views on them. With the subtitle of his multivision show, Christian Pfanzelt is not only referring to the physical extremes, but also to those topics that we take for granted in the mountains.

Christian presents this multivision live on stage, which is thought-provoking, motivating and inspires and encourages enthusiasm for the outdoors.

For Christian Pfanzelt, mountain sports in all their facets are as much a part of life as the air he breathes. He started climbing at the age of nine and is still climbing today up to the tenth degree of difficulty. Pfanzelt knows many of the big Alpine walls, including various big walls on El Capitain in the American Yosemite Valley. In December 2019, Christian was awarded first place as Photo Award Winner at the mountain journalism prize "Bergwelten 2018".