Vincent Colliard recounts his record-breaking trip to the South Pole: “I didn’t know if my body could take it”
HIMALAYASINVESTIGATIONMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Himalaya: Manaslu’s true summit rediscovered! Manu Rivaud·5 October 2021No fewer than 200 people have attempted to climb Manaslu since early September. No fewer than 100 people... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLEVIDEO The Last Mountain, the story of Tom Ballard who disappeared on Nanga Parbat Jocelyn Chavy·1 October 2021Tom Ballard was the son of mountaineer, Alison Hargreaves who perished on K2 in 1995. Mother and son,... Read More
EXPLORATIONHIMALAYASSTORIES [Breaking news : climbers safe] Rakaposhi Drama Sparks Debate Angela Benavides·14 September 2021An SOS call last Saturday from three climbers trapped at 6,900m on Rakaposhi (7,788m ) has triggered one... Read More
ACTIVITYALPSCLIMBING A new major climb on La Meije South Face Jocelyn Chavy·5 September 2021At the end of August, Benjamin Ribeyre, Erin Smart and Cyril Dupeyré completed their project on the south... Read More
CLIMBINGVIDEOWORLD Verdon : the show must go on Alpine·1 September 2021We will never get tired of seeing the mythical cliffs of the Verdon. Even better: it is his... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIES The Tricot – Bionnassay – Mont Blanc Ridge Traverse Antoine Bouvier·30 August 2021Have you ever wanted to take an adventurous hike up to the mont Blanc via a beautiful route... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLEVIDEOWORLD The Alpinist : The life of Marc-Andre Leclerc Ulysse Lefebvre·27 August 2021Attention blockbuster in the making ! The American majors are now interested in mountains and mountaineering, surely following... Read More
SUBSCRIBERS David Roberts 1943 – 2021 Damien Gildea·26 August 2021Known in the climbing world as a mountaineer, author and the dean of adventure reporting, David Roberts has... 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
ALPSMTBVIDEO No room for mistakes ! Manu Rivaud·8 July 2021Mountain biking is on the rise, and trials athletes are having a field day when they accept a... Read More
ABSTRACTSCULTUREMOUNTAINEERING Seconds Out : Vic Saunders and Mick Fowler in the boxing ring Victor Saunders·1 July 2021Famous since he and Mick Fowler opened the Golden Pillar at Spantik in August 1987, British climber Victor... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSPONSOREDVIDEO A JOURNEY IN MONT-BLANC BETWEEN FRANCE AND ITALY julbo·30 June 2021Incredible but true! Taking the Julbo team's mountain athletes and their community to the peaks together was a... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESWORLD Magnificent new lines climbed on Ushba and Ailama in Georgia Archil Badriashvili·24 June 2021The two Georgian climbers, Archil Badriashvili and Giorgi Tenadze, made a name for themselves in 2019 when they... Read More
HIMALAYASINVESTIGATIONMOUNTAINEERINGSOCIETYSUBSCRIBERS Pakistan climbing season is on : Crisis and Opportunities Angela Benavides·18 June 2021In every crisis lies an opportunity, they say. This could be the case in the Karakorum mountains where,... Read More
CLIMBINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Scottish sea stacks #1 : iconic Old Man of Hoy Ulysse Lefebvre·10 June 2021Whether you call them Old Men, sea stacks or pinnacles, the towers that dot the Scottish coastline are... Read More
GEARSPONSORED The invention of the fleece polartec·3 June 2021Everyone has one, or several, at home. 40 years ago, fleeces ousted woollens : offering just as much... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Nepal Himalaya : The Season of COVID and Secrecy Angela Benavides·3 June 2021Nothing went as planned in Nepal this season, as the Himalayas opened their doors to the world again... Read More
CLIMBINGGEARMOUNTAINEERING Millet Trilogy 15+ backpack Ulysse Lefebvre·2 June 2021Getting started At first glance, this Millet Trilogy 15+ bag is a strange object. Is it a trail... Read More
CLIMBINGPEOPLEVIDEO New Life, a film by Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson Alpine·1 June 2021James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini have spent the last decade exploring the world as a husband and wife... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGOPINIONSUBSCRIBERS Advocacy for a new Himalayanism : Should the rules for expeditions to Nepal be changed? Paul Grobel·1 June 2021The queues of Everest candidates have made visible an unattractive aspect of the current Himalayas: too many fixed... Read More