DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING
DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS At the age of 20, Alasdair McKenzie becomes the youngest European to climb the 14 x 8000’ers Jocelyn Chavy·25 October 2024He has just returned from Tibet, and more specifically from Shishapangma, 8027 meters, his fourteenth and last 8000-meter... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSKIING Andrzej Bargiel skis Gasherbrum I & II Calvin Leclere·2 August 2023Polish skier and mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel climbed and skied Gasherbrum I and Gasherbrum II on July 19 and... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Kristin Harila climbs K2 and the fourteen 8000 in 3 months and 1 day Calvin Leclere·27 July 2023Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila reached the summit of K2 on Thursday, July 27, successfully completing her project, begun... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSKIING Broad Peak ski descent for Tom Lafaille and Anna Tybor Calvin Leclere·26 July 2023On the 19th of July, 2023, Tom Lafaille completed the first French ski descent of Broad Peak without... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Benjamin Vedrines’s Broad Peak speed ascent and K2 attempt Manu Rivaud·22 August 2022On 28 July, just nine days after climbing the normal route of Broad Peak (8,051m, Karakoram) without supplemental... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSOCIETYSUBSCRIBERS SUMMITERS OF THE 14,8000: EBERHARD JURGALSKI’S NEW LIST Manu Rivaud·2 August 2022On 8 July, the Himalayan chronicler Eberhard Jurgalski made public the results of ten years of investigations into... Read More
EDITORIALHIMALAYAS HIMALAYISM: should history really be rewritten? Jocelyn Chavy·18 July 2022Looks like the best himalayan climbers have been shrinking. Eberhard Jurgalski and his investigators* have come to the... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS “There is no commercial future in winter 8,000ers” Fernando Garrido says Angela Benavides·15 March 2022This winter, the expeditions on Nanga Parbat (Barmasse, Goettler), Everest (Kobusch), K2 (Grace Tseng and Sherpa-guided team), Manaslu... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERING Nirmal Purja, star of Netflix’s 14 peaks : nothing is impossible Jocelyn Chavy·29 November 2021The idea of climbing all 14 peaks over 8,000 metres in less than a year seemed totally unrealistic:... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Himalaya: Manaslu’s true summit rediscovered! Manu Rivaud·5 October 2021No fewer than 200 people have attempted to climb Manaslu since early September. No fewer than 100 people... Read More