Everest Express: acclimatizing at home
Is it possible to climb Everest in three weeks or Manaslu in a fortnight under acceptable margins of... Read More
MOUNTAINEERING
Piolets d’Or 2021: mountaineering under the sign of adaptation and creativity
After a year 2020 marked by lockdown and closure of borders, we awaited the Piolets d'Or 2021 prize... Read More
Himalaya: Manaslu’s true summit rediscovered!
No fewer than 200 people have attempted to climb Manaslu since early September. No fewer than 100 people... Read More
The Last Mountain, the story of Tom Ballard who disappeared on Nanga Parbat
Tom Ballard was the son of mountaineer, Alison Hargreaves who perished on K2 in 1995. Mother and son,... Read More
The Tricot – Bionnassay – Mont Blanc Ridge Traverse
Have you ever wanted to take an adventurous hike up to the mont Blanc via a beautiful route... Read More
The Alpinist : The life of Marc-Andre Leclerc
Attention blockbuster in the making ! The American majors are now interested in mountains and mountaineering, surely following... Read More
Seconds Out : Vic Saunders and Mick Fowler in the boxing ring
Famous since he and Mick Fowler opened the Golden Pillar at Spantik in August 1987, British climber Victor... Read More
A JOURNEY IN MONT-BLANC BETWEEN FRANCE AND ITALY
Incredible but true! Taking the Julbo team's mountain athletes and their community to the peaks together was a... Read More
Magnificent new lines climbed on Ushba and Ailama in Georgia
The two Georgian climbers, Archil Badriashvili and Giorgi Tenadze, made a name for themselves in 2019 when they... Read More
Pakistan climbing season is on : Crisis and Opportunities
In every crisis lies an opportunity, they say. This could be the case in the Karakorum mountains where,... Read More
Nepal Himalaya : The Season of COVID and Secrecy
Nothing went as planned in Nepal this season, as the Himalayas opened their doors to the world again... Read More
Millet Trilogy 15+ backpack
Getting started At first glance, this Millet Trilogy 15+ bag is a strange object. Is it a trail... Read More
Advocacy for a new Himalayanism : Should the rules for expeditions to Nepal be changed?
The queues of Everest candidates have made visible an unattractive aspect of the current Himalayas: too many fixed... Read More
Chris Bonington, the Himalayas unbridled
From the south faces of Annapurna and Everest, to the Central Tower of Paine and Shivling : whether... Read More
The Golden Pillar
The Golden Pillar of the Spantik owes its name to the orange-pink marble which captures the light of... Read More
Marc Batard : why I gave up on Annapurna
The ascent of Annapurna (8,091 metres) will not take its place among the “Everest sprinter’s” list of accomplishments. ... Read More
Carlos Soria, the Spanish veteran mountaineer who attempted to climb Dhaulagiri at the age of 82
Carlos Soria is not the only person in their eighties to have attempted to climb the highest peaks... Read More
The Matterhorn, up the Zmutt Nose in winter : “what fires my imagination in mountaineering is the adventure”, Mat Détrie.
The ascent party made up of Pauline Champon, Mat Détrie, and Louis Pachoud repeated the Zmutt Nose route... Read More
A FIRST FOR THE GMHM ON LES DRUS : “I HAD NEVER COME ACROSS SUCH A STEEP FACE IN THE ALPS”, LEO BILLON
Four members of the French Army’s High-Altitude Military Group (GMHM) opened a way on the west face of... Read More
An historic ascent overshadowed by tragedy : The Nepalis’ response to what happened on K2
The ascent of K2 in the dead of winter was a historic first. Yet, it came with 5... Read More
Yvon Chouinard : Some Stories
New book column ! Yvon Chouinard left his mark on El Capitan and Fitz Roy, and established the... Read More