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DRUS: Raphaël Georges climbs the Lesueur route solo Mont-Blanc

Raphaël Georges19 April 2022

From 21 to 23 March, the young mountain guide Raphaël Georges, 31 years old, made the first solo ascent of the Lesueur route (1952, 900 m, M7, 6b), on the nor... Read More...

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Eiger North Face Winter Solo : Destivelle points out the difference between Laura Tiefenthaler’s ascent and her own 30 years ago

Pauline Boulet30 March 2022

On the 25th of March 2022, the young Austrian guide Laura Tiefenthaler solo climbed the North Face of the Eiger via the Heckmair route (ED, 1600m). Although thi... Read More...

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Charles Dubouloz about his Grandes Jorasses’s solo ascent : “a huge personal achievement”

Thomas Pueyo20 January 2022

We spoke to Charles Dubouloz, as he is back from his bold solo ascent of Rolling Stones on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses. The French alpinist describes... Read More...

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Solo climb : Charles Dubouloz ticks one of the hardest routes of Grandes Jorasses North Face

Jocelyn Chavy20 January 2022

He spent six days and five nights in the shadow of the Grandes Jorasses: from 13 to 18 January, Charles Dubouloz climbed the North Face solo via the Rolling Sto... Read More...

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The alpinist: Don’t look down The dazzling life of Marc-André Leclerc

Ulysse Lefebvre10 January 2022

There are missed appointments that leave their mark. In 2015, I had the chance to discover Squamish, where many high-level climbers were invited by their sponso... Read More...

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Free solo : Dave MacLeod on the north face of Ben Nevis

Alpine7 January 2022

He is one of the great specialists in Scottish mixed climbing, where ice is sometimes scarce, but frost is abundant on the rock. Dave MacLeod is a regular on Be... Read More...

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Interview : Sean Villanueva on his solo reverse Fitz traverse

Ulysse Lefebvre15 February 2021

Sean Villanueva blew away the mountaineering world by completing the first solo south to north traverse of the Fitz Roy massif, setting off without warning fr... Read More...

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Colin Haley : Reflections on Hard Solo Climbing Part 2/2

Colin Haley7 April 2020

Colin Haley, a strong American climber and, until recently, a committed soloist, confesses to the following. Soloing is almost like an art form in itself, a f... Read More...

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Colin Haley : Reflections on Hard Solo Climbing Part 1/2

Colin Haley7 April 2020

Born in Seattle, in love with Chamonix and Patagonia, Colin Haley is one of the best American climbers. After a series of remarkable solo firsts, he is now ha... Read More...

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