Vincent Colliard recounts his record-breaking trip to the South Pole: “I didn’t know if my body could take it”
INTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGSPONSORED Fabian Buhl: mountaineering and paragliding, why choose? deuter·30 March 2023In the world of modern mountaineering, climbing and paragliding combos are opening up new perspectives. The young German... 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
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Jost Kobusch, 22 days alone and in winter on the Denali in Alaska Manu Rivaud·12 March 2023By reaching the summit of Denali (6,190 m, Alaska) last February 19 during the night, the German mountaineer... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Kristin Harila : ready for the next sixteen 8000ers Jocelyn Chavy·7 March 2023Without saying it, Kristin Harila has established herself as a rival to Nirmal Purja. In 147 days last... Read More
EXPLORATIONMOUNTAINEERINGWORLD First Big wall winter ascent in Greenland by Poles Marcin Tomaszewski and Pawel Haldas Marcin Tomaszewski·26 February 2023In fourteen days of February, Poles Marcin Tomaszewski and Pawel Haldas have climbed a 700-meter big wall on... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Second ascent of the Directissime Walker, Grandes Jorasses : a first-hand story with Charles Dubouloz, Clovis Paulin and Symon Welfringer Ulysse Lefebvre·14 February 2023Grandes Jorasses. North face. Winter. Three climbers. Five days. Four nights. A route never repeated. This is the... 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
MOUNTAINEERINGVIDEO Arctic Ice – Ice Climbing in the north Jocelyn Chavy·26 January 2023These are special places, almost out of time: beyond the Arctic Circle, in the region of Narvik, Norway,... Read More
ANDESMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIES Fitz Roy : first alpine style solo of Goretta Pillar by Colin Haley Jocelyn Chavy·23 January 2023Opened in 1979 by the great Renato Casarotto, the Goretta pillar is one of the major routes of... Read More
ANDESMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIES Patagonia : new route on Aguja Mermoz by Matteo Della Bordella, Leo Gheza, Sean Villanueva Alpine·19 January 2023In Patagonia, the Belgian Sean Villanueva and the Italians Matteo Della Bordella and Leo Gheza have started their... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGVIDEO The high life : last summer in La Charpoua Hut (Mont-Blanc) Alpine·12 January 2023What's it like running an over 100-year-old alpine refuge in the mountains near Chamonix, France, with two young... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERING Himalaya : Manaslu Winter Ascent for Alex Txikon and Sherpas Jocelyn Chavy·6 January 2023This is the third time that the Spanish himalayist Alex Txikon attempted Manaslu in winter. Thirty-nine years after... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGVIDEO Watch Christophe Dumarest and Tom Livingstone climb Grandes Jorasses’ No Siesta Alpine·29 December 2022It's one of the hardest routes on a north face that doesn't lack them: No Siesta at the... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGVIDEO Vertical ice : the spirit of Guy Lacelle Alpine·21 December 2022The Spirit of Guy Lacelle is a journey of discovery and exploration, both of the man himself and... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSOCIETYWORLD Free the Iranian mountaineers Claude Gardien·21 December 2022They are snowboard instructors, climbing instructors, mountaineers and former members of the national mountaineering team. There are (at... Read More
CLIMBINGHIKINGMOUNTAINEERINGTESTTRAIL-RUNNING Headlamp – Petzl Nao RL Alpine·13 December 2022If you're looking for a headlamp for trail running and ultra-trail running, this Petzl NAO RL is undoubtedly... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Patrick Wagnon : “Alpine style is the most beautiful and the strongest” Manu Rivaud·6 December 2022A beautiful ascent, yes, but how was it done? Without an alpine style carried out throughout the expedition,... Read More
INTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGSKIINGSUBSCRIBERS “I don’t want to ski the steepest lines in the world anymore, like in The List 2” Sam Anthamatten Ulysse Lefebvre·1 December 2022Sam Anthamatten has been involved in countless freeride projects. Best Supporting Actor in most of the resulting films,... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Death of Ed Webster, a great himalayist Jocelyn Chavy·30 November 2022With his Anglo-American companions, Ed Webster achieved one of the greatest ascents of all time in 1988, the... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGPiolets d'OrSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Piolets d’Or 2022: award-winning climbs and testimonials about the future of high-altitude climbing Manu Rivaud·27 November 2022The Piolets d'Or 2022 offered a beautiful public ceremony on November 19th in Briançon, France, and celebrated the... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGOPINION Piolets d’Or : to Ukraine with love Jocelyn Chavy·21 November 2022It was a beautiful January, the snow covered everything. Located at an altitude of more than two thousand... Read More