Vincent Colliard recounts his record-breaking trip to the South Pole: “I didn’t know if my body could take it”
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GEARTRAIL-RUNNING SALOMON SENSE 4 PRO Julien Gilleron·10 April 2021We loved the Sense 3 Pro so much, which succeeded in conceiving the almost-impossible: to bring together all... Read More
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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
ANDESCLIMBINGINTERVIEWPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS Interview : Sean Villanueva on his solo reverse Fitz traverse Ulysse Lefebvre·15 February 2021Sean Villanueva blew away the mountaineering world by completing the first solo south to north traverse of the... Read More
SKI-TEST UP TO 90MM 2022SKIINGTEST Ski test : Dynafit Beast 98 Alpine ski team·12 January 2021Our test Size tested : 184 cm The Dynafit Beast 98 doesn’t have a very lifted tip, when... 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
ALPSCLIMBINGPEOPLESTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Entering the history books : Julia Chanourdie becomes world’s third woman to climb 9b Jocelyn Chavy·10 November 20202020 was a year off for climbing competitions, but not for Julia Chanourdie, who will be going to... 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
CLIMBINGSTORIESWORLD El Capitan, 1975 : Jim Bridwell’s visionary ascent of The Nose in a day Jocelyn Chavy·19 June 2020On 21 June 1975, Jim Bridwell secured his place in El Capitan history when he and his companions... 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
INTERVIEWPEOPLETRAIL-RUNNING “You have to enjoy the training, that’s where it all happens” Kilian Jornet Ulysse Lefebvre·17 June 2020While there are no end of avid trailers and ski mountaineers, few publications have been specifically dedicated to... Read More
ALPSCLIMBINGINTERVIEWPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS An exclusive interview with Adam Ondra Jocelyn Chavy·5 May 2020Adam Ondra needs no introduction. The 27 year old Czech climber is a living legend in the climbing... 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
CLIMBINGOPINIONPEOPLEWORLD Colin Haley : Reflections on Hard Solo Climbing Colin Haley·7 April 2020Born in Seattle, in love with Chamonix and Patagonia, Colin Haley is one of the best American climbers.... Read More
ANDESCLIMBINGREVIEWSUBSCRIBERS Impressive Fitz Roy solo : up and down without rope for Jim Reynolds Ulysse Lefebvre·30 March 2019The purity of the climb is matched only by its unexpectedness. And no one has seen Jim Reynolds... Read More