Vincent Colliard recounts his record-breaking trip to the South Pole: “I didn’t know if my body could take it”
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS The Golden Pillar Victor Saunders·21 May 2021The Golden Pillar of the Spantik owes its name to the orange-pink marble which captures the light of... Read More
GEARHIKINGHIMALAYAS An expedition with the Vanguard Alta Sky 53 bag Ulysse Lefebvre·20 May 2021The bag that carries, supports and protectsyour equipment and your back + Total weightVersatilityRobustness - Missing a pocket... Read More
CLIMBINGPEOPLEVIDEO [Teaser] JULIA, the story of Julia Chanourdie Jocelyn Chavy·19 May 2021Julia-Teaser from Alpine Mag Pro on Vimeo.Julia Chanourdie made the most her time in 2020 without any competitions by... Read More
CLIMBINGOPINIONPEOPLE « No one noticed my bulimia. I was an expert in hiding. » Caroline Ciavaldini. Caroline Ciavaldini·19 May 2021High level climbing is very demanding. So much so that some athletes themselves, poorly advised or with little... Read More
CLIMBINGINVESTIGATIONSOCIETYVIDEO Climbing and eating disorders: the Light documentary Alpine·5 May 2021This is a known phenomenon among high level climbers, yet it is rarely discussed. Being "sharp" is part... 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
GEARTRAIL-RUNNING ARCTERYX NORVAN SL2 Julien Gilleron·10 April 2021You can innovate once on 1000 details, you can refine an innovation 1000 times, but you can't put... Read More
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
GEARTRAIL-RUNNING ASICS FUJI TRABUCO MAX Julien Gilleron·10 April 2021At last an Asics for ultra that meets all expectations! The ex-aficionados deplored successive innovations: where was the... 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
ENVIRONMENTHIMALAYASINVESTIGATIONSUBSCRIBERS Disaster in the Indian Himalaya : Avalanche, Glacial Lake Outburst or Flash Flood? Johan Berthet·26 February 2021What caused the flash flood that killed almost 250 people in India’s Uttarakhand state on 7th February 2021?... 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