We have found the snow leopard in the fake photos: From a “visual creation” to an image stolen by Kittiya Pawlowski
Discovery of the cameras of a famous photographer, taken in the ice since 1937. In the footsteps of Bradford Washburn
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
INTERVIEWSKIINGSUBSCRIBERS “Marco was a free spirit who did not please everyone” Ulysse Lefebvre·8 September 2022Marco Siffredi disappeared 20 years ago, somewhere on the north face of Everest. It was on the 8th... Read More
EXPLORATIONHIMALAYASINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS “I love exploring unknown mountains” Steve Swenson Jocelyn Chavy·8 July 2022 He is not the best known of American mountaineers, but he is undoubtedly one of those with the... Read More
HIMALAYASINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS Kristin Harila’s Quest for the Fourteen 8000 Jocelyn Chavy·13 June 2022She climbed six 8000ers in 29 days. Even Nirmal Purja took longer to complete his first summits during... Read More
HIMALAYASINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS Sophie Lavaud’s success on Lhotse, her 12th 8000 Jocelyn Chavy·24 May 2022Sophie Lavaud succeeded in climbing Lhotse, 8516 m, on May 14, with her sherpa Dawa Sangay. With this... 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
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
CLIMBINGINTERVIEWSOCIETY “Many friends have lost their home” says Ukrainian climber Zoé Charef·8 March 2022Fedir Samoilov is a professional climber. He finished 6th in the World Cup in Briançon in 2021. He... 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
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
EXPLORATIONINTERVIEWSKIINGWORLD Arctic 12 : Interview with Jackie Paaso Alpine·18 January 202226 days, with mostly difficult weather and snow conditions: skiing the 12 highest peaks in Sweden last april,... Read More
CLIMBINGINTERVIEWPiolets d'OrSUBSCRIBERS Silvia Vidal : queen of solo Pauline Boulet·25 November 2021The Piolets d'Or 2021 have just awarded a special mention to the Catalan climber Sílvia Vidal, in recognition... Read More
INTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS “The mountaineering world is no more sexist than the rest of society” Lise Billon Pauline Boulet·13 October 2021Alpinist and mountain guide Lise Billon spent the summer in Peru with rock climber Mélissa Le Nevé (the... Read More
INTERVIEWSUBSCRIBERSTRAIL-RUNNINGWORLD Why we run ? : a conversation with Bernd Heinrich Julien Gilleron·6 August 2021Forty years old : the start of the long wait or an age of possibilities ? For Bernd... Read More
ALPSINTERVIEWMTBPEOPLE Riding down Piz Boè on a bike Manu Rivaud·8 July 2021Guinness World Record holder Tom Oehler has taken trial mountain biking to new heights again. The 37-year-old Austrian,... Read More
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