Matterhorn : new route up the south face for Francois Cazzanelli, Jerome Perruquet, Marco Farina and Stefano Stradelli
Vincent Colliard recounts his record-breaking trip to the South Pole: “I didn’t know if my body could take it”
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Barre des Écrins south face: major new route by Benjamin Védrines, Nicolas Jean and Julien Cruvellier De Luze Manu Rivaud·1 February 2023Of the significant gullies on the south face of the Barre des Écrins (4,102m), there was only one... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Patrick Wagnon : “Alpine style is the most beautiful and the strongest” Manu Rivaud·6 December 2022A beautiful ascent, yes, but how was it done? Without an alpine style carried out throughout the expedition,... Read More
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
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Death of Ed Webster, a great himalayist Jocelyn Chavy·30 November 2022With his Anglo-American companions, Ed Webster achieved one of the greatest ascents of all time in 1988, the... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGPiolets d'OrSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Piolets d’Or 2022: award-winning climbs and testimonials about the future of high-altitude climbing Manu Rivaud·27 November 2022The Piolets d'Or 2022 offered a beautiful public ceremony on November 19th in Briançon, France, and celebrated the... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSKIINGSUBSCRIBERS Epic Steep skiing on the Grandes Jorasses’ North Face Jocelyn Chavy·15 November 2022On the 11th of November, Guillaume Pierrel and Boris Langestein skied the Linceul on the Grandes Jorasses. If... Read More
EXPLORATIONPHOTOGRAPHYSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Discovery of the cameras of a famous photographer, taken in the ice since 1937. In the footsteps of Bradford Washburn Teton Gravity research·1 November 2022Griffin Post is an American skier known for his extraordinary freeriding skills. However, it was not for the... Read More
ALPSCLIMBINGSUBSCRIBERS Mont Blanc : the Payot Ridge, unrecommended alternative to the Goûter couloir Jocelyn Chavy·10 October 2022In order to find an alternative to the Aiguille du Goûter couloir and its infamous landslides, the Petzl... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS AVALANCHES IN MANASLU CAUSE A THIRD DEATH AND THE DEPARTURE OF EXPEDITIONS Jocelyn Chavy·4 October 2022Avalanches continue to occur in Manaslu. Several have devastated the base camp, while another avalanche has caused the... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS The 82 x 4000 of the Alps in one summer, on own power Roeland Van Oss·28 September 2022From 27 May to 12 August this year, Dutch mountain guide Roeland van Oss climbed all 82 of... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Manaslu Avalanche and Search for Missing Hilaree Nelson Jocelyn Chavy·27 September 2022The Himalayan season started early, very early this year on Manaslu. Hundreds of climbers set up camp at... 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
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Benjamin Vedrines’s Broad Peak speed ascent and K2 attempt Manu Rivaud·22 August 2022On 28 July, just nine days after climbing the normal route of Broad Peak (8,051m, Karakoram) without supplemental... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Mont Blanc : the huts on the normal route reopened Jocelyn Chavy·17 August 2022Less than two weeks after taking the historic decision to close the Tête Rousse and Goûter huts, the... Read More
ALPSEVENTSUBSCRIBERSTRAIL-RUNNING Sierre-Zinal 2022: Kenya wins ahead of Kilian Jornet and the rest of the world Julien Gilleron·13 August 2022Sierre-Zinal (Switzerland) just hosted the 4th round of the Golden Trail World Series (GTWS). On a mythical course,... Read More
ALPSENVIRONMENTSOCIETYSUBSCRIBERS Global warming exhumes climbers trapped in glaciers Thomas Pueyo·12 August 2022On July 26, two French mountaineers discovered a corpse that had been trapped for decades in a Swiss... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Kristin Harila reached her 11th 8000m peak, the Gasherbrum I Ulysse Lefebvre·11 August 2022On the 105th day of her challenge, the Norwegian Kristin Harila declares to have reached the summit of... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Dent d’Hérens : Tiefmatten’s ridge Antoine Bouvier·11 August 2022In the shadow of its neighbors the Matterhorn and the Dent Blanche, the Dent d'Hérens is a rather... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSOCIETYSUBSCRIBERS SUMMITERS OF THE 14,8000: EBERHARD JURGALSKI’S NEW LIST Manu Rivaud·2 August 2022On 8 July, the Himalayan chronicler Eberhard Jurgalski made public the results of ten years of investigations into... Read More
HIMALAYASINVESTIGATIONMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Crazy week in K2 Manu Rivaud·29 July 2022It's madness on K2, 2022 style. In one week, hundreds of ascents are claimed by the normal route... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Speed Ascent of Broad Peak by French Climber Benjamin Vedrines Manu Rivaud·20 July 2022The french mountain guide Benjamin Védrines has just achieved a feat: the ascent of Broad Peak, 8,047 m,... Read More