STEVE RAZZETTI MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY AND JOURNALISM

ETHIOPIA 2009

In November 2009 I led a group of 16 clients on a trek in the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia for KE Adventure Travel, culminating in an ascent of Ras Deshen, highest peak in Ethiopia and 4th highest summit in Africa.

Images shot with Nikon D300

All Copyright Steve Razzetti 2009

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A stitched panorama of four images, taken from the road between Debark and Sankaber Camp
   
At the National Museum in Addis Ababa
   
The Lion of Judah.Statue belonging to Haile Selassie, nw in the National Museum, Addis Ababa
     
  
A bust in the National Museum, Addis Ababa
   
A bust in the grounds of the National Museum, Addis Ababa
   
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
Portrait of a Moslem girl
   
Trekking groups camped above the village of Geech (Gich) in the Simien Mountains National Park
     
  
Portrait of a young shepherd boy
   
Portrait of a young shepherd boy
   
A giant lobelia - Lobelia rhynchopetalum - silhouetted against the setting sun. These plants grow up to 10m in height and live for up to 20 years before flowering once and then dying.
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
At Geech village
   
This is a stitched panorama of six images taken from the viewpoint at Chennek in the Simien mountains. The original file is over 100Mb and 13,000 pixels wide
     
  
A stitched montage of four images taken from the viewpoint at Chennek in the Simien mountains. Original file is over 80MB and 10,000 pixels wide.
   
A panorama of two images stitched together from this viewpoint between Imet Gogo and Inatye
   
Our guide in the Simien Mountains National Park
     
  
A telephoto looking north from Inatye over the district of Tellemt
   
A view west from near Shayno Sefer
   
A view along the northern edge of this precipitous escarpment from Inatye
     
  
Capra Ibex WalieOn the escarpment edge at Chennek
   
Capra Ibex WalieOn the escarpment edge at Chennek
   
Capra Ibex WalieOn the escarpment cliffs at Chennek
     
  
A lone gient heath - Erica Arborae - on the escarpment edge
   
A view along the escarpment to Inatye and Imet Gogo
   
Members of our crew at Chennek camp
     
  
This is a stitched panorama of five images, looking NNW along the escarpment from the viewpoint at Chennek in the Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. The cliffs fall away from this point by over 1000m
   
On the clifs at ChennekSimien Mountains, EthiopiaNikon D300, 180mm
   
Simien MountainsEthiopia
     
  
   
In the Mesheha valley, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
   
In May 2009 the road from Chennek into the Mesheha valley was completed by Chinese contractors, and this village is experiencing something of a boomSimien Mountains, Ethiopia
     
  
At Chiro Leba villageSimien Mountains, Ethiopia
   
Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
   
Simien Mountains, EthiopiaRas Dashen (45533m) - highest peak in Ethiopia and 4th highest in Africa - is on the skyline
     
  
Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
   
A pair of Gelada baboons emerge from their overnight sanctuary on the cliffs below and await the warming rays of the sunSimien Mountains, Ethiopia
   
Our guide on this trip, from Kibran Tours in Addis Ababa
     
  
On the cliffs near the Bwahit PassSimien Mountains, EthiopiaNikon D300, 180mm