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Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

Five years ago I skied the Vallée Blanche for the first time.
This year I returned.
After a few beautiful days with my dear friend Timothée and his family, I drove back to Chamonix. The journey felt different this time. More conscious. More grateful.
Timothée and I founded NOWATCH five years ago. The whole idea behind it was simple: trust yourself. Learn to read your own body. Make decisions from the inside out. I had no idea then how personally I would come to live that message.
I checked into a small hotel with a sauna, my room looking straight at Mont Blanc. 4,807 meters of presence. It made me both anxious and happy at the same time.
My guide was waiting at 08:00. He was 73 years old, calm, wise, deeply connected to the mountain. He reminded me of Gandalf of Mont Blanc. Finding him felt like a small blessing.
The Vallée Blanche is not a ski resort. There are no pistes, no grooming, no safety nets. It is raw glacier, entirely in the backcountry. From the Aiguille du Midi at 3,800 meters we stepped onto the ice and found our own way down. Almost 20 kilometers of descent, dropping nearly 2,800 vertical meters through one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Alps.
At the end we skipped the little train and took the old way. Crampons on, climbing the steep path up from the Mer de Glace before skiing the final stretch into Chamonix.
Five years ago I left this mountain with a damaged knee and a Baker’s cyst. It forced me to rethink a lot.
Living with PXE changed how I relate to my body. I stopped drinking, started strength training, and became much more aware of my own signals. Tracking my biomarkers helped me actually listen, instead of just hoping for the best. “Trust yourself” turned out to be advice I needed to give myself first.
Five years later I returned feeling stronger and more grateful than before.
Health is the most precious thing we have.
And sometimes the mountains quietly remind you how good it feels to be alive. Time is now!

🌞Today marks the Equinox, symbolizing balance, renewal, and fresh beginnings. It’s also my 50th birthday,a milestone I celebrate with immense gratitude, feeling stronger and healthier than ever. This week, I enjoyed an amazing concert by reggae legends Steel Pulse, also celebrating their 50-year tour. It reminded me how much wisdom and energy the next chapter can hold.

Turning 50 feels like halftime in a match, a moment to reflect, adjust, and play the second half smarter and stronger. Five years ago, inspired by health and balance, NOWATCH began its journey. Living with PXE has deepened my commitment to health, allowing me to cherish passions like surfing with greater resilience and joy.

I’m also welcoming Bobby, a delightful 10-week-old Bombay/Siberian kitten, gifted by dear friends, joining Marley, my 6-year-old Bombay cat.

Life’s fragility reminds me to cherish every moment deeply. Here’s to embracing life fully in this next chapter.

ONE LOVE. Time is now.

🌞Today marks the Equinox, symbolizing balance, renewal, and fresh beginnings. It’s also my 50th birthday,a milestone I celebrate with immense gratitude, feeling stronger and healthier than ever. This week, I enjoyed an amazing concert by reggae legends Steel Pulse, also celebrating their 50-year tour. It reminded me how much wisdom and energy the next chapter can hold.

Turning 50 feels like halftime in a match, a moment to reflect, adjust, and play the second half smarter and stronger. Five years ago, inspired by health and balance, NOWATCH began its journey. Living with PXE has deepened my commitment to health, allowing me to cherish passions like surfing with greater resilience and joy.

I’m also welcoming Bobby, a delightful 10-week-old Bombay/Siberian kitten, gifted by dear friends, joining Marley, my 6-year-old Bombay cat.

Life’s fragility reminds me to cherish every moment deeply. Here’s to embracing life fully in this next chapter.

ONE LOVE. Time is now.

🌞Today marks the Equinox, symbolizing balance, renewal, and fresh beginnings. It’s also my 50th birthday,a milestone I celebrate with immense gratitude, feeling stronger and healthier than ever. This week, I enjoyed an amazing concert by reggae legends Steel Pulse, also celebrating their 50-year tour. It reminded me how much wisdom and energy the next chapter can hold.

Turning 50 feels like halftime in a match, a moment to reflect, adjust, and play the second half smarter and stronger. Five years ago, inspired by health and balance, NOWATCH began its journey. Living with PXE has deepened my commitment to health, allowing me to cherish passions like surfing with greater resilience and joy.

I’m also welcoming Bobby, a delightful 10-week-old Bombay/Siberian kitten, gifted by dear friends, joining Marley, my 6-year-old Bombay cat.

Life’s fragility reminds me to cherish every moment deeply. Here’s to embracing life fully in this next chapter.

ONE LOVE. Time is now.

Trial and Error. Our existence has been build on this beautiful mechanism :) Recently started foil surfing after seeing my friends play in the water when it’s normally not an ideal day or time. It’s an exciting new adventure. Playing with the same natural elements, in the same open field and using the same muscles as surfing means ….falling uncountable times 🤬😂. Still I love every moment of it as it keeps me fresh and pulls me in the only time that matters.
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Tiger’s eye is a variety of Chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of silica. It’s made up of fine intergrowths of moganite and quartz. The Tiger eye we use for NOWATCH has been intentionally sourced and crafted in India by our local NOWATCH team in Jaipur as the operation is directed by @akvilevarn. At this very moment she sourced some amazing raw Tiger stones for a new batch. I saw a tiny bit of the cuts and they are magical! It was my favorite stone when I grew up and Tiger eye has valued by many cultures in ancient times. They believed that it afforded them protection and strength. Roman soldiers especially trusted that it was powerful due to its resemblance to an eye. Eyes represent omnipotence, a quality highly sought on any battlefield. Certain cultures attribute the ability to ward off the Evil Eye to this stone as well.The Ancient Chinese credited it with bringing good fortune to the wearer. In Eastern folklore, tigers depict courage, power, and integrity. This is why it was thought that these qualities were embodied by the stone. Tiger’s Eye has inspired me since I was young and keeps on intriguing me with it’s multilayered natural waves. Love warriors here we come; Time is now! www.nowatch.com
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The Monastery festival has been amazing and being there with friends, NOWATCH team and the entire Gardens family is so grateful and special that makes me realize again that dancing 60km in the NOW makes the soul replenish in an unique way. New friends, New insights, New chapter, New energy. The movement of the Now is vibrating in the summer of love. Time is Now.

I’m super excited to share that NOWATCH is selected as one of 50 top tech companies to represent The Netherlands at CES 2022 and I’m in Las Vegas at a time when, right here, and all over the world people are grappling with anxiety and stress at higher levels than before. Our mission has never felt more relevant. Keep you posted about the NOWATCH team in Vegas.
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The Aiguille du Midi is the highest point that can be reached by cable lift in the Chamonix valley. The station is located at 3842m and is situated directly across from Mont Blanc. The second stage of the journey, from the mid-station at Plan de l'Aiguille, is an unbelievable steep ascent to the top station at 3778m. A single cable takes you over Les Pelerins glacier up the North Face of the Aiguille du Midi to the top terminal.

Feeling complete humbleness and respect for nature where time has a different meaning therefore it’s difficult to explain how impressive this ride is. Viewed from below it seems to hang from the sky, suspended in nothingness as the flying cable car parks into the distant granite face. You only feel an overwhelming sense of awe as you been taken effortlessly up the Aiguille with ancient glacial flows finding it’s path down the vertical sides below you. From the mid station to the summit is 1461m yet it flies to the top station in just ten minutes.

Stepping out at the top you’re welcomed almost immediately with a narrow supporting bridge which connects the Piton with the Aigulle itself, located high above the 55’ degree Cunningham Couloir. This is the first of many inviting challenges you’ll encounter on this trip, like the sudden wind. It’s almost always incredibly windy and you’ll also notice a huge difference in temperature from the valley. It’s an adventure that will be printed in your soul & cortex forever! :
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My experience of the Vallée Blanche in Chamonix which is an off-piste ski route 20km long with a vertical descent of 2700m, was amazing. It was 1 day before the first lock down which made this trip even more surreal. The views are stunning and on this photo you see an avalanche almost hitting the group up there. The high mountain environment provides an unique sensation of wilderness. This is memorable life experience as my dad made this tour as well in 1970 and showed the foto album from time to time. It always inspired me.

If the conditions are good, this journey into the largest glaciated domain in the Alps, the Mont Blanc massif is truly life changing and brought me in a transformable flow.
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When you are surrounded by mountains and the sound is silenced by the snow you feel you’re in that magic flow of your life. This small ski resort in the Massif des Ecrins is dominated by the mighty La Meije peak, La Grave is all about empty slopes of untracked powder and epic backcountry terrain with steep gullies, huge drops and some of the best tree runs in the Alps.

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La Grave is located in the southern part of the France Alps and is the backcountry ski resort for many mountain lovers around the world. It’s the place where my father took me to learn to ski deep powder and make me do an avalanche course when I was 16. When the powder days are epic it’s a playfield in heaven where my dad always shows his unconditional love. I will keep on coming to this precious place to remember his legacy.
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Walk of Life during Covid summer at Chambre d’Amour, Anglet. Reset, transform, manifest with the ocean by my side. Time is NOW.
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