David Roberts 1943 – 2021
Known in the climbing world as a mountaineer, author and the dean of adventure reporting, David Roberts has... Read More
No car challenge
British and French climbers James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini have been undertaking "no car challenge" for several years now.... Read More
It’s safety time!
In this article, British climber James Pearson talks about safety. Between what we believe, what we forget, and... Read More
Why we run ? : a conversation with Bernd Heinrich
Forty years old : the start of the long wait or an age of possibilities ? For Bernd... Read More
Going towards green
French climber Caroline Ciavaldini shares her thoughts on travel (and airplanes). While she loves these experiences and meeting... Read More
Riding down Piz Boè on a bike
Guinness World Record holder Tom Oehler has taken trial mountain biking to new heights again. The 37-year-old Austrian,... Read More
No room for mistakes !
Mountain biking is on the rise, and trials athletes are having a field day when they accept a... Read More
Seconds Out : Vic Saunders and Mick Fowler in the boxing ring
Famous since he and Mick Fowler opened the Golden Pillar at Spantik in August 1987, British climber Victor... Read More
A JOURNEY IN MONT-BLANC BETWEEN FRANCE AND ITALY
Incredible but true! Taking the Julbo team's mountain athletes and their community to the peaks together was a... Read More
Magnificent new lines climbed on Ushba and Ailama in Georgia
The two Georgian climbers, Archil Badriashvili and Giorgi Tenadze, made a name for themselves in 2019 when they... Read More
Pakistan climbing season is on : Crisis and Opportunities
In every crisis lies an opportunity, they say. This could be the case in the Karakorum mountains where,... Read More
Scottish sea stacks #1 : iconic Old Man of Hoy
Whether you call them Old Men, sea stacks or pinnacles, the towers that dot the Scottish coastline are... Read More
The invention of the fleece
Everyone has one, or several, at home. 40 years ago, fleeces ousted woollens : offering just as much... Read More
Nepal Himalaya : The Season of COVID and Secrecy
Nothing went as planned in Nepal this season, as the Himalayas opened their doors to the world again... Read More
Millet Trilogy 15+ backpack
Getting started At first glance, this Millet Trilogy 15+ bag is a strange object. Is it a trail... Read More
New Life, a film by Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson
James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini have spent the last decade exploring the world as a husband and wife... Read More
Advocacy for a new Himalayanism : Should the rules for expeditions to Nepal be changed?
The queues of Everest candidates have made visible an unattractive aspect of the current Himalayas: too many fixed... Read More
Chamonix, mountain film capital past and present
From 9 to 13 June, Chamonix Mont-Blanc hosted its first mountain film festival, and we saw many of... Read More
The white darkness : a fascinating biography of one of the last hero of Antarctica
If you are of the belief that exploration is a thing of the past, or if you are... Read More
Chris Bonington, the Himalayas unbridled
From the south faces of Annapurna and Everest, to the Central Tower of Paine and Shivling : whether... Read More
The Golden Pillar
The Golden Pillar of the Spantik owes its name to the orange-pink marble which captures the light of... Read More