Thierry Renault: A Tribute to a Master of Style
From the 1980s through the 1990s, Thierry Renault was one of France’s finest alpinists. He was also, quite... Read More
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Eiger: Fay Manners and Roger Schäli Open Solar Eclipse, a New 33-Pitch Route on the North Face
Between July 27 and August 13, Fay Manners and Roger Schäli established Solar Eclipse, a new 900-metre, 33-pitch... Read More
Soline Kentzel, first woman to complete the free ascent of Darbellay on Petit Clocher du Portalet in Switzerland
After Golden Gate on El Capitan, Le Voyage at Annot and a solo ascent of The Nose, Soline... Read More
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
World Climbing Postpones Decision on Israel’s Suspension
Meeting in an extraordinary general assembly on Thursday, July 23, World Climbing’s member federations were expected to consider... Read More
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
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
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
How cargo drones are changing the game on Everest (except this year)
At Everest Base Camp, the logistics are enormous. They determine the opening of the normal route, the setting... 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
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
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
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
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
Alex Honnold climbs Skyscraper Taipei 101 Free Solo on Netflix
It's the streaming event of early 2026. Far from the granite of Yosemite that forged his legend, Alex... 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
A 23-day single push to free climb El Capitan: Sasha DiGiulian’s masterful ascent
El Capitan has a new queen: Sasha DiGiulian. The American climber has just spent 23 days on the... Read More
Tragedy in Patagonia: how five hikers died in Torres del Paine National Park
On November 17, a violent storm struck Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. This sudden storm, accompanied... Read More
Who is Alexander Odintsov, who will receive the 2025 Piolet d’Or Lifetime Achievement Award ?
He began his mountaineering career in the USSR mountaineering championships before continuing it amid the smoking ruins of... 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