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Second ascent of the Directissime Walker, Grandes Jorasses : a first-hand story with Charles Dubouloz, Clovis Paulin and Symon Welfringer

Ulysse Lefebvre·14 February 2023

Grandes Jorasses. North face. Winter. Three climbers. Five days. Four nights. A route never repeated. This is the... Read More

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Free the Iranian mountaineers

Claude Gardien·21 December 2022

They are snowboard instructors, climbing instructors, mountaineers and former members of the national mountaineering team. There are (at... Read More

MOUNTAINEERING SUBSCRIBERS

Death of Ed Webster, a great himalayist

Jocelyn Chavy·30 November 2022

With his Anglo-American companions, Ed Webster achieved one of the greatest ascents of all time in 1988, the... Read More

HIMALAYAS INVESTIGATION MOUNTAINEERING SUBSCRIBERS

Crazy week in K2

Manu Rivaud·29 July 2022

It's madness on K2, 2022 style. In one week, hundreds of ascents are claimed by the normal route... Read More

EXPLORATION HIMALAYAS MOUNTAINEERING STORIES

Phantom Line on Jugal Spire : a mountain exploration. The story 2/2

Tim Miller·25 May 2022

After the first part of the story, Paul Ramsden and Tim Miller are now ready to climb the... Read More

EXPLORATION HIMALAYAS MOUNTAINEERING STORIES

Phantom Line on Jugal Spire : a new route and an unclimbed peak. The story 1/2

Tim Miller·25 May 2022

English legend Paul Ramsden and scottish climber Tim Miller climbed a new route on an unclimbed peak located... Read More

HIMALAYAS MOUNTAINEERING SUBSCRIBERS

Makalu (8485 m) in a single day without supplemental oxygen : 17:18 for Karl Egloff and Nicolas Miranda

Jocelyn Chavy·10 May 2022

A magnificent pyramid, Makalu, 8463 or 8485 m, is the fifth highest peak in the world. Without supplemental... Read More

HIMALAYAS MOUNTAINEERING SUBSCRIBERS

Himalayas : Changabang’s Boardman-Tasker repeated 46 years after first ascent

Jocelyn Chavy·10 May 2022

In the Himalayas, India is home to peaks of fierce beauty. Changabang, 6864 metres, is one of them.... Read More

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American Alpine Club : the legacy series

Zoé Charef·29 March 2022

The American Alpine Club, "the largest community of rock-scaling misfits in the country" as they describe themselves, created... Read More

INTERVIEW MOUNTAINEERING SUBSCRIBERS

Success at the Matterhorn for French climbers Billon, Ratel & Védrines

Thomas Pueyo·11 February 2022

French alpinists Benjamin Védrines, Léo Billon and Sébastien Ratel concluded with unusual mastery their winter trilogy of the... Read More

ALPS MOUNTAINEERING STORIES SUBSCRIBERS

Eiger 1966 : the story behind the death of John Harlin

Jocelyn Chavy·26 January 2022

The north face of the Eiger is unquestionably one of the most difficult and dangerous in Europe, wrote... Read More

OPINION Piolets d'Or

Get us dreaming

Ulysse Lefebvre·3 December 2021

"Um, I’ll have a think and get back to you…” Symon Welfringer (winner of the Piolet d’Or in... Read More

GEAR MOUNTAINEERING

Advanced Mountain Kit The North Face

Ulysse Lefebvre·19 October 2021

The North Face is accustomed to presenting innovations on a regular basis, and provides the means to do... Read More

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