Vincent Colliard recounts his record-breaking trip to the South Pole: “I didn’t know if my body could take it”
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSOCIETYSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Climbing Mont Blanc could become more difficult Pauline Boulet·20 April 2022On the normal route of Mont Blanc, at the level of the Bosses ridge, large crevasses have appeared.... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS DRUS: Raphaël Georges climbs the Lesueur route solo Raphaël Georges·19 April 2022From 21 to 23 March, the young mountain guide Raphaël Georges, 31 years old, made the first solo... Read More
HIMALAYASINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Why Marc Batard, 70 years old, is back on Everest. Again. Jocelyn Chavy·10 April 2022In 1988, Marc Batard became the Everest sprinter, the first man to climb the Roof of the World... Read More
CLIMBINGINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPHOTOGRAPHYSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Passion according to Matthias Jocelyn Chavy·5 April 2022His Top 100 ice climbs will make many mountaineers dream. But Matthias Scherer is not just any climber:... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLEVIDEO Heavenly Trap : Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh Baruntse’s Video Alpine·3 April 2022This video shows Czech pro-alpinist and Mammut Pro Team athlete Marek Holecek opening a new alpine-style route called... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Eiger North Face Winter Solo : Destivelle points out the difference between Laura Tiefenthaler’s ascent and her own 30 years ago Pauline Boulet·30 March 2022On the 25th of March 2022, the young Austrian guide Laura Tiefenthaler solo climbed the North Face of... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Matterhorn South Face First Major Winter Ascent Manu Rivaud·17 March 2022From the 27th of February to the 1st of March, the Italians François Cazzanelli, Emrik Favre and Francesco... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS “There is no commercial future in winter 8,000ers” Fernando Garrido says Angela Benavides·15 March 2022This winter, the expeditions on Nanga Parbat (Barmasse, Goettler), Everest (Kobusch), K2 (Grace Tseng and Sherpa-guided team), Manaslu... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGPHOTOGRAPHYSKIING Why the greatest skimo race is Pierra Menta Jocelyn Chavy·13 March 2022The 36th edition of the Pierra Menta came to an end on Saturday. The crowd went up to... Read More
INTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS “Family and mountain, this is how you balance those two” Conrad Anker says Ulysse Lefebvre·9 March 2022On October 5, 1999, mountaineering star Alex Lowe disappeared with cameraman David Bridges in an avalanche on Shishapangma... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGOPINIONPEOPLE The legendary Conrad Anker Ulysse Lefebvre·28 February 2022Conrad Anker has had an incredible life. And he's not about to stop.At almost 60, the American is... Read More
MOUNTAINEERING French Arthur Sordoillet ticks off a rare solo of Pic sans Nom’s North Face Alpine·25 February 2022This ascent represents the outcome of 25 years of mountaineering" says Arthur Sordoillet. On the 9th of February,... 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
INTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Meeting Nirmal Purja, universal mountaineer Thomas Pueyo·8 February 2022Nirmal Purja made a quick and surprising stop in France, in collaboration with his sponsor Therm-ic. As neighbors, here... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Cerro Torre tragedy : the rescue story by the Ragni di Lecco Matteo De Zaiacomo·2 February 2022What has happened in recent days on Cerro Torre has overwhelmed us. In the space of a few... Read More
ANDESMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESTORIES Tragedy in Patagonia : Korra Pesce died on Cerro Torre Jocelyn Chavy·31 January 2022They are five at the top of Cerro Torre, on January 27. Five like the fingers of a... 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
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Eiger 1966 : the story behind the death of John Harlin Jocelyn Chavy·26 January 2022The north face of the Eiger is unquestionably one of the most difficult and dangerous in Europe, wrote... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Léo Billon, Seb Ratel and Benjamin Védrines in the footsteps of John Harlin Jocelyn Chavy·26 January 2022Charles Dubouloz is not the only one to have taken advantage of the beautiful January anticyclone. From 12... Read More
ALPSCLIMBINGMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Ice climbing: the birth of the 7 Claude Gardien·23 January 2022If you like iceclimbing in France, then go to La Grave and the Diable valley in Oisans, Freissinières... Read More
ALPSINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS Charles Dubouloz about his Grandes Jorasses’s solo ascent : “a huge personal achievement” Thomas Pueyo·20 January 2022We spoke to Charles Dubouloz, as he is back from his bold solo ascent of Rolling Stones on... Read More