ANDloïse Barbieri, born in 1970, is a traveler, mountaineer, photographer and director. He lives in Aosta. He crossed parts of Tibet, India, Pakistan and Nepal on foot. He participated in the first en-rose attempt to cross the Patagonian Hielo Continental and in the mountaineering expedition to reopen the Wakhan corridor in Afghanistan. He has climbed three eight-thousanders without the aid of oxygen and numerous peaks in South and North America. He turned Nenet, the nomads of the Tundra in Siberia e In my footsteps, I travel to the other Afghanistan.
6 hours
“I recently” adopted ” stray kittens and I wake up earlier than usual to have them find food outside the front door. When I return, I have breakfast with cereals, soy milk and a banana, my “daily dose” of potassium; it’s the flavor I miss most when I’m traveling around the world ».
Breakfast that gives Eloïse the right amount of potassium and energy.
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Three days a week Eloïse Barbieri practices mountaineering or cross-country skiing.
“In my professional life, from my beginnings in the marketing of a multinational to my current commitment as an independent filmmaker, I have always chosen experiences that did not involve a work routine. My pursuit of freedom does not mean that I am not very disciplined; far from it! My job requires a trained physique and I dedicate to sport a minimum of three days a week; I practice mountaineering or cross-country skiing, climbing or ice falls, often in the company of friends with whom, at the end of training, I stop for a sandwich with a beer ».
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Eloïse Barbieri edits the documentaries of his travels. Here you are in Pakistan, in the Chiporson Valley.
“If I’m not traveling, I take care of editing or writing my documentaries in the studio I set up in my house at the gates of the Gran Paradiso, in the Aosta Valley. Lately I have necessarily chosen destinations where there were fewer restrictions due to the pandemic. Last spring I went back to Pakistan, pushing myself into the Chiporson Valley. The aspect that I try to highlight in my work is the ethnographic one; when I discover a community of particular interest, my goal is to empathize with them. I always travel alone and I adapt to the rhythms of the families that host me: I go to pasture, work in the fields, eat and sleep with them. They often ask me how I can not be afraid; I try to explain that the world is a place frequented by much kinder and more welcoming people than we imagine. For the nomadic populations or those who live in inaccessible environments with whom I accompany me, it is normal to give hospitality without asking for anything in return, they know that they will also need help. They don’t think they are self-sufficient like us ».
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“My mother lives in the apartment above mine and every now and then she invites me to have tea with her friends; she complains that she often finds me already preparing a frugal dinner based on vegetables and proteins. I don’t like having a late dinner “
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21 hours
“Wherever I am, to fall asleep I have to read at least two lines. I don’t like taking books on trips because they create distance between me and my host and distract me from the environment around me, so I often end up reading the medicine leaflets I carry around in bed. I’m leaving for Colombia and I tried to download some sudokus ».
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