
Nanga Parbat First Ski Descent of the Rupal side for Tiphaine Dupérier and Boris Langenstein, Paragliding for David Göttler
It’s the highest, most secret side of Nanga Parbat, Pakistan’s 8126 m. giant: the 4500 m. high Rupal. You read that right. On June 24, the trio of French Tiphaine Dupérier, Boris Langenstein and German David Göttler reached the summit via the Rupal Face Schell route, without bottled oxygen and in alpine style. This was followed by the first ski descent of the Rupal from the summit of...

Mont Blanc, new FKT : William Boffelli tells us about his new speed record on the roof of the Alps
Records are made to be broken, but little did we know that new Benjamin Védrines’ FKT on Mont Blanc would last just seven days. On May 31, Italy’s Wiliam Boffelli shaved more than ten minutes off the time, clocking a round trip from Chamonix church to Mont Blanc, 4810 m, in 4h43min and 24 seconds. In this in-depth interview, he tells us all about his short preparation and high level...
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Rope Solo Ascent of the Nose on El Capitan by the young Frenchwoman Soline Kentzel
At just 23 years of age, young French climber Soline Kentzel completed a rope-solo ascent of the Nose on El Capitan. Over and above her physical prowess, Soline redefines women’s high-level...

Aiguille Verte : first wingsuit BASE jump for Antoine Pecher and Eric Jamet
The Eternal Flame duo continue their exploration of the finest wingsuit lines in the Alps. On April 11, Éric Jamet and Antoine Pecher marked a new page in the history of mountain flying by making...

Benjamin Védrines and Léo Billon complete the Eiger-Matterhorn-Jorasses north face trilogy
When the most efficient rope party in the Alps passes by, the north faces bend over! In just six days, Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines roped together the three legendary north faces of the Alps :...

The Annapurna Sherpas who died for others
It was midday on Monday, April 7, when an avalanche swept down the Annapurna face, killing two Nepalese Sherpas. Rima Rinje and Ngima Tashi were above Camp 2, at around 5600 meters. They were in...

Walter Bonatti, February 1965 : his farewell to mountaineering with the winter solo on the Matterhorn’s North Face
On February 22, 1965, sixty years ago, Walter Bonatti reached the summit of the Matterhorn after soloing a new route on the north face. Bonatti, “the world’s greatest mountaineer” was the...

The forgotten north face, great mountaineering at Punta Pioda
Lost among the “forgotten north faces” of the Alps, Punta Pioda has seen the opening of a new extreme route. From March 6 to 9, Roger Schäli, Silvan Schüpbach and Filippo Sala braved the cold and...

Annapurna rescue: French Speed Climber Vadim Druelle injured after crevasse fall
French climber Vadim Druelle fell into a crevasse on his way down from Annapurna Camp 3, March 30th. The Himalayan speed climber was rescued by Sirbaz Khan, a Pakistani member of his team, when he...

Janja Garnbret claims first female ascent of legendary 5.14c from the 90s in Slovenia
After ticking off her third 5.14b on sight three weeks earlier with “Popolni Mrk” at Mišja peč, Slovenia’s mythical cliff, Janja Garnbret continues by signing the first female ascent of “Za...

Pierra Menta 2025, still the greatest ski-mountaineering race
The world’s biggest ski-mountaineering race, the Pierra Menta, ended with a double French victory for Axelle Gachet-Mollaret with Lorna Bonnel, and for locals William Bon Mardion and Xavier...
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Video: Babsi Zangerl’s historic Freerider flash on El Capitan
Last November, Barbara Babsi Zangerl completed the amazing flash-style ascent of Freerider (VI 5.13a), the 1000-meter big wall on El Capitan, Yosemite. Openend in 1995 by Alexander Huber and...
Painting the mountains, full movie
The Patagonian mountains attract the best climbers, but more rarely skiers, and for good reason: the tawny granite spires that streak across the skies of El Chalten are big walls where there is...
Ice climbing : the new guidebook for Briancon, the French Ice Climbing Mecca
350 pages, 850 ice and mixed routes: it’s been a long wait, but not in vain! Twenty years have passed since the previous topo, and now the new guidebook for ice climbing around Briancon,...
Their First Ascent: how they do it… and how they tell it
It’s a popular drawing by French artist Samivel published in his collection Sous l’oeil des choucas in 1937. The first box of the strip shows two mountaineers climbing a small, debonair...