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Travel writer, author of reports and books, Christophe Cousin has decided to live his life and devote part of it to adventure and
travel.

In search of his own geography, he devotes himself to
expeditions of various kinds combining discovery and surpassing oneself.
The mystery of distant lands is its quest, the modes of transport
slow its means, raising awareness of the diversity of our planet and of humankind one of its objectives.

Aged 29, he has just completed a world tour by bike to meet the happiness of others. Resulting from this trip, a book published by Arthaud: “Happiness at the end of the handlebars”, and a film.

He is currently preparing other projects, each time nourished by this same desire to do, to share,
to write and dream.
2002-2004: 27 months around the world by bike.
2005: Release of “Happiness at the end of the handlebars”.
2006: Immersion project in utopian communities around the world.

Frédérique Delrieu alone represents courage, determination and
success. Its particularity: crossing the highest mountains without oxygen,
not for the exploit, but to be as close as possible to one’s own truth.
Touching your limits is part of the game and the experience is all the more
edifying.
The youngest woman in the world to climb Everest in 1991 at the age of 24, she already has the greatest European summits under her belt.

This young image reporter aims for the highest, the hardest, the strongest but above all the most intense in terms of discovery of self and others. It is towards the Himalayas that she will experience her greatest sensations. She thus carried out six expeditions over 8000 m between 1991 and 2005 and multiple others at lower altitudes, all over the world.

Always accompanied by her trusty digital camera, alongside her exploits she produces films and reports covered by the media around the world.

Specialist
eight miles without oxygen Frédérique is also a fan of the Himalayas where she lives more than six months a year.

Beyond the sporting challenge represented by its climbs, each of them is above all a very strong human adventure.
Frédérique takes a step of sharing with everyone she meets, and her sensitivity, her open-mindedness and her curiosity make her a very endearing adventurer.

Michaël Pitiot discovers the pleasure of traveling in Africa during stays in the deserts of Niger,
Mali and Mauritania, and in the forests of Zaire, Burundi and Rwanda where he made his first
reports.

After a childhood spent in Algeria, he pursued engineering studies
at the University of Technology of Compiègne. Every summer break is
the opportunity to hit the road. Often the least paved: the slopes of the
Hoggar in the south of Algeria, driving a used car bought for
the trip. A real annual rite.

At 23, forgetting his engineering degree, he opted for the production of television documentaries and went to Vietnam to coordinate a first series of films. He remained in this country for six years as an audiovisual attaché at the French Consulate in Saigon. At the end of his contract, this lover of adventure, whose childhood was influenced by Kipling or Monfreid, cannot see himself leaving Asia other than aboard a junk.
He therefore built Sao Mai, a 40-ton junk, and set sail, heading
the west, as captain with 30 crew members on a hazardous journey that will last two years.

Films, books: the job becomes clearer during the trip.
His encounters will bring him back to the south at the age of 30 with the organization of another maritime expedition but this time aboard a racing sailboat: Portes d’Afrique, the complete tour of the major ports of Africa with a crew of writers (Orsenna, Le Clezio, Rufin, etc.) and journalists (Le Figaro, Arte, RFI). Then it will be the east, with Afghanistan, the plains of Central Asia and Bhutan.
Today he is heading north, heading to the Arctic for a polar project.