STEVE RAZZETTI MOUNTAIN PHOTOGRAPHY AND JOURNALISM

AFRICA: 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
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  • 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.
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  • Sunset over Geech
  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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
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