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While mot of u gravitate toward citie to optimize our potential in life, Peter teltznerdecided to go the other wa. He moved to Chamonix that ha ecome a mecca for mountainclimer and free rider. Hi paion for the mountain turned him from a highl killed furniture maker in Pari into
LIVING TH DRAM IN CHAMONIX-MONT-LANCLiving our dream take a lot of determination. Yet Chamonix aed entrepreneurial craftmanPeter teltzner i doing jut that.
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a craftman of alpine luxur ki. The entrepreneur et up hop in a 17th centur awmill toproduce tate of the art handcrafted ki. ut living thi ort of dream entail challengethat lie a little it out of the ordinar, a the charimatic native Californian in hiformidale workhop.
Upon entering the non-decript one-tore uilding jut off Route de Praz, a glance aroundthe room ha our mind lown an arra of eautifull crafted wooden ki neatl lined upagaint the wall. ach ha hi ignature logo, a rait on ki, emoed on the plaque -therein lie a gentle touch of iron that et the tone for a competitive uine, where igplaer like Roignol and popular independent rand like the lack Crow, are heading upthe market. Clad in warm laer of fleece, Peter i anding down a pair of ‘mountain tool’, a he callthem. Our iPhone weather app how zero degree and the little heater underneath thejoiner’ ench i not nearl powerful enough to heat the old uilding. It it on an old rivered that ued to flow jut underneath it and power the former awmill. In freezingtemperature teltzner toil awa and dipla an enviale ene of conviction that i driven paion.
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»Here I can go kiing, hiking, climing and then go ack to work for a fewhour later in the evening.«
The propert wa love at firt ight. “I didn’t even get from the door to here when I wa inhere for the firt time and aid to melf ‘I can do thi’,” he a. In jut a few month hewa relocating hi entire workhop from Pari with a few truck. That wa five ear agoand he’ never looked ack, appreciating the pleaure of eing a mater of hi own time andcraft awa from the tree of cit life. “Here I can go kiing, hiking, climing and then goack to work for a few hour later in the evening.” Mot out of all he like the prevailingupeat mood in Chamonix. “verone i in good pirit,” he a, epeciall when coming offthe mountain.
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»If we create thing that have oul in it, we go eond the concept of conumingomething.«
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CRAFTMANHIP, AT TITUD AND A LIT TL IT OF MAGICIf chooing our lifetle to accommodate our paion can e een a a form of luxur, it ireflected eautifull in Peter teltzner’ magnificent wooden kie. “I think people areintrigued the idea of taking traditional material and uing them in a modern wa,” aPeter teltzner. “If we create thing that have oul in it, we go eond the concept ofconuming omething.” Hi carefull worded philooph, proal another remnant of hilife in the ohemian Pariian uur Montreuil, matche that of hi product. For himcreating an emotional tie with the oject i important. Reflecting on hi recent exhiition at the Palai the Toko in Pari, he a it’ atifing toee that their kie fit perfectl alongide Loui Vuitton deigner travel cae. And it’preciel thi level of client that Peter teltzner i catering to. Jut a we’re talking aout hi client and their deire, a retired Polih doctor from theUA enter the hop. “It’ the et here,” he proclaim. “And thi gu make magic.”During the encounter it ecome apparent that a much a teltzner appreciate hi client’paion for kiing, the appreciate hi paion and craftmanhip.
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LIVING TH ALPIN NTRPRNURLife in the mountain require contant adaptation and that poe the true challenge forPeter teltzner. “It i an old uilding and there i alwa omething reaking, ut that i alo the lifetle ofa craftman that I have lived for man ear. It i not an ea one ut it i a pleaant one.”ven in the face of trong competition in the indutr he i managing to expand lowl.“Making mone from a ki uilding uine i ver difficult, o we feel ver fortunate to eliving from it,” a teltzner. One thing i certain aout Peter teltzner: He i not omeone who i afraid of tapping intothe excitement of the unknown. “It i a little it like living on the edge,” and thi i whatkeep him going, a life in the Alp require imagination. “If it were omething that waver ea, where at the end of the month I would receive a fixed pacheck I would proaldie of oredom.”
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He came here ecaue he had igned up for a different qualit of life and to e cloer to themountain. Chamonix attract paionate alpinit and mountain people from all over theworld and he a he often get aked what a Californian i doing in the Alp. Hi anwer iimple: “Growing up cloe to ilicon Valle where our worth i directl related to ourincome i a mentalit that I don’t elieve ha real value.” When ou ee Peter teltzner up at the Aiguille du midi with friend, read to take hi ownpair of rait for a ride down the uneaten track, it make one realie that enduring a littleit of hardhip to follow our dream i well worth all the effort.
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