- Making drawings on land, on quite a large scale

is something people have been doing

for thousands of years.

I'm Simon Beck and I make drawings in the snow.

(wind blowing)

It started as a bit of fun

but gradually it's taken over my life.

(panting)

A ballpark estimate of footsteps,

about 5,000 steps in an hour.

(pulsing music)

A big drawing,

two hours measuring, eight hours work.

(snow crunching)

You're looking at 40,000 steps.

(chiming music)

I started doing it as an easier alternative

to hiking up the mountain when I wanted some exercise.

You start with a drawing on a piece of paper,

or else a drawing in your mind.

Just treating it being like an orienteering touring map.

You're just going a certain distance

in a certain direction,

determining distances by counting paces.

It's a very physical exercise.

It's equivalent to a long day's walk in the hills

when you make one of these big drawings.

I'm just about the only person in the world

doing anything like it.