From 21 to 23 March, the young mountain guide Raphaël Georges, 31 years old, made the first solo ascent of the Lesueur route (1952, 900 m, M7, 6b), on the north face of the Drus. Starting from the valley, this strong rock climber free-climbed all the difficulties of the route of the famous Bleausard brothers before exiting at the Petit Dru by the north couloir, at the end of the morning of the third day. This is a humorous account of a solitary climb that was not really calculated, but rather the result of circumstances in the middle of a busy guiding season.
January 2022. Between two “bartasses” in Patagonia I came across the news: Charles Dubouloz had just climbed the north face of the Jorasses in winter, via the Rolling Stones route. And alone! The combination of Jorasses, North Face and winter is already enough to scare a