
Six new 8000ers official peaks in Nepal
The Nepalese government has just officially recognised six new peaks over 8000 metres in Nepal, which already had eight. This brings the total number of 8000-metre peaks in Nepal to fourteen, and twenty in total. A publicity stunt? Some of these ‘new’ summits are well individualized, others less so, and one of them is still unclimbed. If it’s a PR coup, it’s a...

Jost Kobusch’s solo Everest in winter: “It will take time, but I will be back”
Jost Kobusch’s quest is a singular and long one. For almost six years, the young German mountaineer has been attempting to climb the world’s highest peak, Everest, alone and in winter, via the little-used West Ridge route. After reaching the highest altitude ever attained by these extreme standards (7537 m), Kobusch finally put an end to his expedition on the 11th of January. Where...
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Carrington-Rouse at Les Pèlerins (Mont-Blanc) : Rébuffat revisited
Could Gaston Rébuffat have imagined that one of his climbing routes would become a classic … of mixed mountaineering? Opened on the north face of Les Pèlerins, the Rébuffat-Terray has become a...

Avalanches: thank you for staying out of trouble
It’s a sensitive subject. For the victims above all: mourning a death in an avalanche is simply unbearable. The death of a 14-year-old teenager in Les Arcs on 25 December, that of Swiss...

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake severely affects Tibet (China)
In Tibet (China), a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the canton of Tingri on the night of 6 to 7 January. It has already claimed more than hundred lives and injured dozens more. Emergency services are...

Jost Kobusch’s determination Everest solo in winter
Among the host of Everest ascents and a list of increasingly various records, there remains one never-before-done climb that really deserves attention. It meets four criteria that can only be...

What you should know about Piolets d’Or 2024
1. Special Mention. For the past two years, women have been entitled to a special mention at the Piolets d’Or awards. This year, it’s Italian Nives Meroi who receives it “for...

French Alps : Big New Climb on Barre des Ecrins 4102 m.
In just two days, from November 30 to December 1, French Victor Garcin, Baptiste Obino and Nicolas Jean opened a major new route on the south face of the 4102-meter Barre des Écrins in the Écrins...

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...

Barbara Zangerl, First Climber to Flash El Capitan
In Yosemite, Barbara Zangerl has just achieved an exceptional feat that no-one else has managed before. She completed thirty pitches of Freerider on El Capitan (7c+ or 5.13a), without a single fall....

Jirishanca, the story behind the film
Jirishanca is the new film about Josh Warton and Vince Anderson’s superb ascent of the summit of the same name in Peru. Spectacular images that fuel rave reviews on YouTube, but a narrative...
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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...
Chamonix Photo Festival: the meeting place for image enthusiasts
It’s the autumn rendezvous of the mountaineering capital: the Chamonix Photo Festival. From October 25 to 27, it’s the place to be for lovers of photography and the mountains. On the...
Climbing never die : Wartime climbing in Ukraine, as seen by Matt Groom
It’s a movie that moves oneself. The jury at the last Chamonix Film Festival made no mistake in awarding it its Grand Prix last June. Climbing never die is an on-board report from the heart of...