DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING
DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING
SUBSCRIBERSTRAIL-RUNNING Courtney Dauwalter : « the ultra-trail world is a fun big puzzle to solve » Zoé Charef·4 July 2023Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc, Western States, Diagonale des Fous, Hardrock... nothing stands in her way. On the 24th of... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Nanga Parbat : Sajid Sadpara, the son of the famous mountaineer Ali Sadpara Ulysse Lefebvre·28 June 2023Sajid Sadpara is a 26-year-old Pakistani who wants to climb 14 summits over 8,000 metres in memory of... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Nanga Parbat : Sophie Lavaud becomes the first French to complete the Fourteen 8000 Jocelyn Chavy·26 June 2023On Monday 26 June, Sophie Lavaud became the first French mountaineer to climb all fourteen summits over 8,000... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Nine 8000 metre peaks in less than 45 days Jocelyn Chavy·12 June 2023A meeting room, dimmed lights, Nappa leather seats, a call console resting on the tempered glass desk, somewhere... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS The 8 legendary routes of Everest Manu Rivaud·30 May 2023 Since Hillary and Norgay's feat via the South Col of Everest and the South-East Ridge in May 1953,... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Meru : new route on the south summit by Mathieu Maynadier, Roger Schaeli and Simon Gietl Manu Rivaud·19 May 2023From 11th to 13th of May, 2023, the Frenchman Mathieu Maynadier, the Tyrolean Simon Gietl and the Swiss... Read More
CLIMBINGHIMALAYASSKIINGSUBSCRIBERS First ski descent of Dhaulagiri by Bartek Ziemski Jocelyn Chavy·16 May 2023Bartek Ziemski completed the first ski descent of Dhaulagiri, 8,167 m. It seems that this first complete descent... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Death of Tom Hornbein, the man of the West Ridge of Everest Alpine·7 May 2023The American mountaineer Tom Hornbein died on Saturday, the 6th of May 2023 at the age of 92.... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Kristin Harila Summits Cho Oyu : she completes All 14 8000ers in 1 year and 5 days Jocelyn Chavy·3 May 2023Kristin Harila reached the summit of Cho Oyu in Tibet (China), at an altitude of 8188 meters, on... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Day of drama and confusion at Annapurna Ulysse Lefebvre·18 April 2023After the death of three Sherpas on Everest a few days ago, the start of the Himalayan season... Read More
ALPSSKIINGSUBSCRIBERS New FKT on the Haute Route: Benjamin Védrines and Samuel Equy link Chamonix to Zermatt in 14:54 Thomas Pueyo·15 April 2023On this mythical ski mountaineering route that is the Haute Route linking Chamonix to Zermatt, French athletes Benjamin Védrines and... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS French alpinist Sophie Lavaud will attempt her 13th 8000m summit at Shishapangma (Tibet) Zoé Charef·12 April 2023French alpinist Sophie Lavaud is in Tibet: she is preparing for the ascent of her 13th summit of... Read More
SKIINGSUBSCRIBERS Kilian Jornet and (very) steep skiing Thomas Pueyo·15 March 2023When he is not running, Kilian Jornet skis with mastery on extreme lines. This aspect of his character... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Grandes Jorasses’ Gousseault-Desmaison In A Day by Vedrines and Billon : a new era ? Manu Rivaud·14 March 2023On February 15, Leo Billon and Benjamin Vedrines climbed the Gousseault-Desmaison on Grandes Jorasses's North Face in 9... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Jost Kobusch, 22 days alone and in winter on the Denali in Alaska Manu Rivaud·12 March 2023By reaching the summit of Denali (6,190 m, Alaska) last February 19 during the night, the German mountaineer... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Kristin Harila : ready for the next sixteen 8000ers Jocelyn Chavy·7 March 2023Without saying it, Kristin Harila has established herself as a rival to Nirmal Purja. In 147 days last... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Second ascent of the Directissime Walker, Grandes Jorasses : a first-hand story with Charles Dubouloz, Clovis Paulin and Symon Welfringer Ulysse Lefebvre·14 February 2023Grandes Jorasses. North face. Winter. Three climbers. Five days. Four nights. A route never repeated. This is the... Read More
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
MOUNTAINEERINGSKIINGSUBSCRIBERS “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