Vincent Colliard recounts his record-breaking trip to the South Pole: “I didn’t know if my body could take it”
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
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
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
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