AVALANCHE: TEN CLIMBERS, INCLUDING NIRMAL PURJA, MISSING ON BROAD PEAK
An avalanche struck the upper slopes of Broad Peak (8,047 m) in Pakistan on Thursday. Ten climbers are... Read More
MOUNTAINEERING
How French mountaineer Nicolas Jean set a new FKT on La Meije, an iconic and challenging Alpine peak
Setting out at 8:30 a.m. from the church in La Grave—a mecca for French freeriding—Nicolas Jean returned there... Read More
French Annabelle Bouchardon has just completed the first female solo ascent of the American Direct on the west face of the Drus
At 24, French climber Annabelle Bouchardon has just completed the first female solo ascent of the American Direct... Read More
Nanga Parbat: Andrzej Bargiel Skis His Fifth Pakistani 8,000er
Andrzej Bargiel has successfully skied down Nanga Parbat (8,126 m) without the use of supplemental oxygen. The Polish... Read More
Drus West Face: Three Days to Free Climb A Big Wall in Bonatti’s Shadow
Opened in winter 2007 by Martial Dumas and Jean-Yves Fredriksen, on a face transformed by the collapse of... Read More
Farewell Guillaume Pierrel
Guillaume Pierrel has died in the mountains. Writing those words feels almost impossible. Guillaume was a friend. He... Read More
Everest: Left behind during the descent, a Sherpa survives six days alone before returning to base camp
He went missing on May 29, during the final hours of the climbing season on Everest. Found alive... Read More
Skiing down Lhotse without bottled oxygen: Bartek Ziemski’s feat
On May 12, Bartek Ziemski reached the summit of Lhotse, at 8,516 meters, before strapping on his skis... Read More
Mont Blanc Record Falls by Two Minutes to French Ski Mountaineers Matheo Jacquemoud and Samuel Equy
On Saturday, April 25, 2026, the margin between history and almost-history on Mont Blanc came down to just... Read More
A Flurry of FKTs for the Legendary Chamonix-Zermatt
That’s the thing about records and FKT - Fastest Known Times : they’re meant to be broken, even... Read More
Grossglockner tragedy: mountaineer convicted for abandoning his climbing partner
In January, 2025, on the ridge of the Grossglockner, at an altitude of 3,798 meters, Kerstin Gurtner died... Read More
A guide’s book : Pierre Idris Mehdi, à guide in Chamonix
This is a short film that introduces us to the world of French mountain guide Pierre Idris Mehdi, alias... Read More
Chasing Shadows: Benjamin Védrines’ film at K2
What else can we write about Benjamin Védrines on K2? We announced his feat in 2024, published an... Read More
Jean-Christophe Lafaille, one of the best alpinists of the early 21st century, 20 years after his death on Makalu
On January 26, 2006, in the depths of the Himalayan winter, Jean-Christophe Lafaille disappeared on the slopes of... Read More
The trilogy of the North Faces of the Alps by Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines: The Grandes Jorasses
This is the final stage of their trilogy, and fatigue is starting to show. In April 2025, over... Read More
Flying from the top of Fitz Roy (a Russian story)
A long time ago, in another life, we spent our evenings training in a Muscovite block room called... Read More
Must Watch : Andrzej Bargiel Everest Ski Descent
After two attempts in previous years, Andrzej Bargiel completed the first full ski descent without supplemental oxygen from... Read More
Epic First ascent of Manaslu South West Face by a Russian team
It is one of the great faces of an 8,000-meter peak that had remained untouched until now. The... Read More
Great alpinism : the striking climbs chosen by the Piolets d’Or
The next ceremony of the Piolets d'Or will take place, like last year, in the Dolomites. In San... Read More
Jannu East : Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean tell us how they made the coveted First Ascent
By climbing for the first time this virgin summit of 7468 m, from the 13th to the 16th... Read More
At 86 years old, Spanish Carlos Soria climbs the summit of Manaslu, 52 years after his first attempt
There are hardly any words to describe the passion that animates Carlos Soria, except undoubtedly the love of... Read More