Vincent Colliard recounts his record-breaking trip to the South Pole: “I didn’t know if my body could take it”
MOUNTAINEERINGSKIING How does Benjamin Védrines prepare for the K2-in-a-day Jocelyn Chavy·25 March 2024How is French Speed Climber Benjamin Védrines preparing for his one-day-ascent of K2 this summer? By completing an... Read More
SKIINGSTORIES Steep Skiing Trilogy for the french Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean in the Ecrins massif Ulysse Lefebvre·22 February 2024After completing a five-face steep skiing sequence on the neighboring Agneaux summit in France's Écrins massif, french alpinists... Read More
ALPSCLIMBINGSTORIES DRUS-DROITES-JORASSES TRILOGY: AN IMPRESSIVE ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE FRENCH CLIMBERS LÉO BILLON AND BENJAMIN VÉDRINES Jocelyn Chavy·29 January 2024On Tuesday January 30, the french climbers Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines reached the summit of the Grandes... Read More
ALPSCLIMBINGMOUNTAINEERINGNon classéSUBSCRIBERS French Alps : new big route on the south face of La Meije Calvin Leclere·22 August 2023French Alpinists Benjamin Védrines, Nicolas Jean and Julien Cruvellier de Luze opened a new 650-meter, 27-pitch route on... Read More
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