Vincent Colliard recounts his record-breaking trip to the South Pole: “I didn’t know if my body could take it”
HIMALAYASINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS Marc Batard : why I gave up on Annapurna Jocelyn Chavy·21 April 2021The ascent of Annapurna (8,091 metres) will not take its place among the “Everest sprinter’s” list of accomplishments. ... Read More
HIMALAYASINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS Carlos Soria, the Spanish veteran mountaineer who attempted to climb Dhaulagiri at the age of 82 Angela Benavides·20 April 2021Carlos Soria is not the only person in their eighties to have attempted to climb the highest peaks... Read More
ALPSINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS The Matterhorn, up the Zmutt Nose in winter : “what fires my imagination in mountaineering is the adventure”, Mat Détrie. Jocelyn Chavy·19 March 2021The ascent party made up of Pauline Champon, Mat Détrie, and Louis Pachoud repeated the Zmutt Nose route... Read More
ALPSINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLE A FIRST FOR THE GMHM ON LES DRUS : “I HAD NEVER COME ACROSS SUCH A STEEP FACE IN THE ALPS”, LEO BILLON Jocelyn Chavy·4 March 2021Four members of the French Army’s High-Altitude Military Group (GMHM) opened a way on the west face of... Read More
INVESTIGATIONMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS An historic ascent overshadowed by tragedy : The Nepalis’ response to what happened on K2 Jocelyn Chavy·2 March 2021The ascent of K2 in the dead of winter was a historic first. Yet, it came with 5... Read More
ANDESCLIMBINGCULTUREMOUNTAINEERINGREVIEW Yvon Chouinard : Some Stories Jocelyn Chavy·7 January 2021New book column ! Yvon Chouinard left his mark on El Capitan and Fitz Roy, and established the... Read More
HIMALAYASINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS What remains of his 1980 solo ascent of Everest ? Reinhold Messner speaks out on the changing face of alpinism Ulysse Lefebvre·20 August 202041 years ago, Reinhold Messner climbed Everest for the second time. He did it right in the middle... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIES Grands Mulets : Mont Blanc by its historical way Ulysse Lefebvre·1 July 2020Fancy Mont Blanc far from the madding crowds ? The Grands Mulets achieved it. From May to early... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGREVIEWTRAIL-RUNNING Training for the Uphill Athlete, the training bible by Kilian Jornet and Steve House, Extracts Manu Rivaud·17 June 2020In Training for the Uphill Athlete, Steve House, Scott Johnston and Kilian Jornet have joined forces to share their decades of combined... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGOPINIONPEOPLEWORLD Colin Haley : Reflections on Hard Solo Climbing Colin Haley·7 April 2020Colin Haley, a strong American climber and, until recently, a committed soloist, confesses to the following. Soloing is... Read More