Who's riding ?

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Anne DUSSERT

Currently a high school teacher in a small town in the French Alps, I am fond of travelling, cycling, photography and anything which has to do with mountains. I grew up reading Alexandra David-Neel's narratives of her adventures through Tibet.

My first encounter with the Himalayan high plateau was in 2005. I immediately fell in love with this enchanting and fascinating world which inspired me some long term photographic work. I returned in 2007, and in the winter 2008 for a short cycling trip in the Lhasa area. First 5000m passes, intense emotions ...

The Indian Himalaya then offered me some wonderful ground for adventure in the summer 2008 : 1,300km and 20,000m of climbing, by bike and on foot across the regions of Spiti and Laddakh.

On the strength of this experience, I now set off for the new adventure "Transhimalaya - three wheels to the roof of the world".

Previous adventures and travels :

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Cycling across fields, ...................Mountain biking in Guangxi.
Yunnan (China), 2005 .........................(China), 2003......

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....The Reunion, 2004 ................Madagascar, 2004 .................... Finland, winter 2003

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Canada, 2003 .................... Benin, 2000 ..................... Mali, 1999

summers 1998, 1999, 2000 : humanitarian- oriented projects in Burkina Faso (renovation of a children's hospital in Ouahigouya, then set up of a summer activity centre for kids, supported by the NGO "Jérémy" and several partners). Publication of a photo report on Burkina Faso in the French magazine "Photo Amateur".


1998 - 2002 : based in Cayenne (French Guiana). Several trips to the Amazonian basin (French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil). Trekking in the Andes (on the Venezuela side). Several photo exhibits.

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Sept 1996 to April 1997 : Gap Year, backpacking in the Pacific (L.A. – French Polynesia – Fiji – New Caledonia – New Zealand – Tonga – Samoa – Hawaii)

Summers 1992, 1994, 1995 : Working and travelling in the United States as part of the "Work and Travel" programme (summer jobs in Colorado, New Mexico and Hawaii, followed by some travelling across the US and Northern Mexico).

1993-1994 : Erasmus student at the University of Liverpool, England.

Eté 1991 : First big solo trip away from home, to French Guiana.