La Croisade, a new mixed climb on Aiguille des Pelerins by Symon Welfringer and Tom Livingstone
Above Chamonix, France, the Aiguille des Pélerins is a Mecca for mixed climbing, with what is undoubtedly the most famous mixed route of the Mont Blanc massif, Beyond Good and Evil (Andy Parkin, Mark Twight, 1992). This winter French Symon Welfringer and Brit Tom Livingstone send a new line right of Beyond, a steep route that they named La Croisade. Words by Symon Welfringer. It’s been a while...
Grandes Jorasses’ Gousseault-Desmaison In A Day by Vedrines and Billon : a new era ?
On February 15, Leo Billon and Benjamin Vedrines climbed the Gousseault-Desmaison on Grandes Jorasses’s North Face in 9 hours and 10 minutes from the bergschrund, starting from Chamonix on foot. On March 4 and 5, in 21 hours of effective climbing and a bivouac, Frédéric Dégoulet and Thomas Auvaro climbed the same route. We talk with them and Stéphane Benoist on the feat of the Billon...
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Chris Davenport, steep skier, guide and entrepreneur
He has skied the Baruntse and the slopes of Everest. Chris Davenport is a guide living in Aspen. He and has climbed all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks in one year. We skied with Chris,...
First Big wall winter ascent in Greenland by Poles Marcin Tomaszewski and Pawel Haldas
In fourteen days of February, Poles Marcin Tomaszewski and Pawel Haldas have climbed a 700-meter big wall on the west coast of Greenland. This is the first winter big wall ever climbed in Greenland....
Second ascent of the Directissime Walker, Grandes Jorasses : a first-hand story with Charles Dubouloz, Clovis Paulin and Symon Welfringer
Grandes Jorasses. North face. Winter. Three climbers. Five days. Four nights. A route never repeated. This is the setting of a great adventure such as mountaineering sometimes offers us, one that...
Solar Flare by Emily Harrington and Alex Honnold
The event dates back to 2016, but it’s always a pleasure to watch a short film of beautiful climbing… with a great cast. Emily Harrington and Alex Honnold climb Solar Flare (5.12d), in...
Millet Pierra Ment Evo : a new Skimo Backpack
A brand new crampon pocket. Here is a real innovation in the small ski mountaineering bag market, signed Millet. Is it just a gadget or does it really help? We tested it. In ski mountaineering...
Ice-Climbing scenes in movies : how real is it ? Will Gadd answers
Game of Thrones, K2, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The King’s Man, Vetical Limit, Alien vs. Predator, The Climb and Jumanji: The next level. All these movies have been rated by...
Barre des Écrins south face: major new route by Benjamin Védrines, Nicolas Jean and Julien Cruvellier De Luze
Of the significant gullies on the south face of the Barre des Écrins (4,102m), there was only one left to open: the one in the centre, bordered by the south pillar on the left and the Red Ridge on...
Nagalaqa : a new arctic route between sea and ice
Sébastien Roubinet, 2022 winner of the french grant Bourses Expé, sailed along the north of the Canadian Arctic Islands and Greenland to Svalbard (Norway) with his two teammates Jimmy and Eric. From...
Arctic Ice – Ice Climbing in the north
These are special places, almost out of time: beyond the Arctic Circle, in the region of Narvik, Norway, the fjords seem asleep by the frost, the villages not so numerous. At the bend in the white...
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Ice-Climbing scenes in movies : how real is it ? Will Gadd answers
Game of Thrones, K2, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The King’s Man, Vetical Limit, Alien vs. Predator, The Climb and Jumanji: The next level. All these movies have been rated by...
Pride and Prejudice: Jon Krakauer’s Chamonix
In the world of “adventure journalism” and mountain journalism in particular, there is a name that imposes itself to all: Jon Krakauer. Remember, it was him who wrote Tragedy on Everest...
The Chamonix Film Festival prize list: The Grand Prix for The Alpinist
For its second edition, the Chamonix Film Festival ends with the awards ceremony in the presence of Conrad Anker, the festival’s patron. The Alpinist was awarded the Grand Prix of the...
The Chamonix Film Festival is back from june 14 to 19, 2022
From June 14 to 19, 2022, the Chamonix Film Festival will be welcoming all mountain lovers and enthusiasts to celebrate its culture and its cinema. After a successful first edition last year, this...
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