Second ascent of the Directissime Walker, Grandes Jorasses : a first-hand story with Charles Dubouloz, Clovis Paulin and Symon Welfringer
We have found the snow leopard in the fake photos: From a “visual creation” to an image stolen by Kittiya Pawlowski
Discovery of the cameras of a famous photographer, taken in the ice since 1937. In the footsteps of Bradford Washburn
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Grandes Jorasses’ Gousseault-Desmaison In A Day by Vedrines and Billon : a new era ? Manu Rivaud·14 March 2023On February 15, Leo Billon and Benjamin Vedrines climbed the Gousseault-Desmaison on Grandes Jorasses's North Face in 9... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Barre des Écrins south face: major new route by Benjamin Védrines, Nicolas Jean and Julien Cruvellier De Luze Manu Rivaud·1 February 2023Of the significant gullies on the south face of the Barre des Écrins (4,102m), there was only one... 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
INTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Success at the Matterhorn for French climbers Billon, Ratel & Védrines Thomas Pueyo·11 February 2022French alpinists Benjamin Védrines, Léo Billon and Sébastien Ratel concluded with unusual mastery their winter trilogy of the... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Grandes Jorasses : Hard Winter Ascent for Léo Billon, Seb Ratel and Benjamin Védrines Jocelyn Chavy·27 January 2022Barely back from a second North Face in a row, Léo Billon is enthusiastic: “It’s the most beautiful... Read More
PEOPLETOP50 Benjamin Védrines : Super fast Alpine·1 January 20224hours 38 mins to traverse the Meije, solo, starting and finishing in La Grave, that is, 3,100 metres... Read More