Jean-Yves Fredriksen
Flying Culture,  Pilots and profiles

Fiddler on the roof: Jean-Yves Fredriksen

11 July, 2017, by Cross Country

Jean-Yves Fredriksen

Jean-Yves Fredriksen is the fiddler on the roof of the world, exploring the Himalaya alone but always with his violin.

In Cross Country 182 he talks to Andy Pag about his most recent expedition – a 3,500km, four-month trip through the greatest mountains on Earth

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