Alone to the North Pole: 40 Years Since Jean-Louis Étienne’s Historic Feat
Forty years ago, on May 11, 1986, Jean-Louis Étienne reached the geographic North Pole alone, after 63 days... Read More
ADVENTURE
The call of silence: Mathieu Blanchard’s rendezvous with cold and solitude in the Yukon
In the vast white expanse of the northern part of Canada, Mathieu Blanchard pulls his pulka through temperatures... Read More
Heïdi Sevestre and Matthieu Tordeur crossed Antarctica on kite skis, a scientific and human adventure
Last November, glaciologist Heïdi Sevestre and explorer Matthieu Tordeur began a kite-skiing expedition across Antarctica, pulling their pu... 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
States of Elevation : Kilian Jornet completes his American odyssey across the 72 fourteeners
In just one month, Kilian Jornet wrote a new chapter in the history of ultra-endurance. The Catalan athlete... Read More
Big Wall Expedition to Baffin: The Story of a Female and Human Ascent
On Baffin Island, four adventurers from Canada and the United States have opened Lemnos on the Clouds (5.11+... Read More
Kilian Jornet sets off across the fourteeners of the United States
In September 2025, Kilian Jornet will embark on States of Elevation, his latest major project: a journey connecting... Read More
From Everest to Depression : Cory Richards, His Journey To Calm The Chaos Within
He climbed Everest without oxygen, and completed the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II. A Nat Geo photographer... Read More
Aiguille Verte : first wingsuit BASE jump for Antoine Pecher and Eric Jamet
The Eternal Flame duo continue their exploration of the finest wingsuit lines in the Alps. On April 11,... Read More
Jannu East : French alpinists Benjamin Védrines, Leo Billon and Nicolas Jean gave up, then helped an American after the death of his climbing partner
It all started so well. On October 6, the trio of Léo Billon, Nicolas Jean and Benjamin Védrines... Read More
Old but gold : first ascent of Yawash Sar in Karakoram for Veterans Mick Fowler (68) and Vic Saunders (74)
In mid-September, Mick Fowler and Vic Saunders, two famous British mountaineers, reached the summit of Yawash Sar, 6258... Read More
The suspended life of Evgeni Glazunov
Whether we like it or not, our gaze remains constrained by borders. The ones that separated us from... Read More
Vincent Colliard recounts his record-breaking trip to the South Pole: “I didn’t know if my body could take it”
Solo and unassisted, Vincent Colliard reached the South Pole in 22 days and 6 hours on the 11th... Read More
Air Karakoram
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard the Karakoram Airlines flight to Pakistan. This flight piloted by Antoine Girard and... Read More
First Big wall winter ascent in Greenland by Poles Marcin Tomaszewski and Pawel Haldas
In fourteen days of February, Poles Marcin Tomaszewski and Pawel Haldas have climbed a 700-meter big wall on... Read More
Nagalaqa : a new arctic route between sea and ice
Sébastien Roubinet, 2022 winner of the french grant Bourses Expé, sailed along the north of the Canadian Arctic... Read More
Discovery of the cameras of a famous photographer, taken in the ice since 1937. In the footsteps of Bradford Washburn
Griffin Post is an American skier known for his extraordinary freeriding skills. However, it was not for the... Read More
“I love exploring unknown mountains” Steve Swenson
He is not the best known of American mountaineers, but he is undoubtedly one of those with the... Read More
Phantom Line on Jugal Spire : a mountain exploration. The story 2/2
After the first part of the story, Paul Ramsden and Tim Miller are now ready to climb the... Read More
Phantom Line on Jugal Spire : a new route and an unclimbed peak. The story 1/2
English legend Paul Ramsden and scottish climber Tim Miller climbed a new route on an unclimbed peak located... Read More
American Alpine Club : the legacy series
The American Alpine Club, "the largest community of rock-scaling misfits in the country" as they describe themselves, created... Read More