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
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Piolets d’Or 2022: award-winning climbs and testimonials about the future of high-altitude climbing Manu Rivaud·27 November 2022The Piolets d'Or 2022 offered a beautiful public ceremony on November 19th in Briançon, France, and celebrated the... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSKIINGSUBSCRIBERS Epic Steep skiing on the Grandes Jorasses’ North Face Jocelyn Chavy·15 November 2022On the 11th of November, Guillaume Pierrel and Boris Langestein skied the Linceul on the Grandes Jorasses. If... Read More
ADVENTURESUBSCRIBERSWORLD Discovery of the cameras of a famous photographer, taken in the ice since 1937. In the footsteps of Bradford Washburn Teton Gravity research·1 November 2022Griffin Post is an American skier known for his extraordinary freeriding skills. However, it was not for the... Read More
ALPSCLIMBINGSUBSCRIBERS Mont Blanc : the Payot Ridge, unrecommended alternative to the Goûter couloir Jocelyn Chavy·10 October 2022In order to find an alternative to the Aiguille du Goûter couloir and its infamous landslides, the Petzl... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS AVALANCHES IN MANASLU CAUSE A THIRD DEATH AND THE DEPARTURE OF EXPEDITIONS Jocelyn Chavy·4 October 2022Avalanches continue to occur in Manaslu. Several have devastated the base camp, while another avalanche has caused the... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS The 82 x 4000 of the Alps in one summer, on own power Roeland Van Oss·28 September 2022From 27 May to 12 August this year, Dutch mountain guide Roeland van Oss climbed all 82 of... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Manaslu Avalanche and Search for Missing Hilaree Nelson Jocelyn Chavy·27 September 2022The Himalayan season started early, very early this year on Manaslu. Hundreds of climbers set up camp at... Read More
SKIINGSUBSCRIBERS “Marco was a free spirit who did not please everyone” Ulysse Lefebvre·8 September 2022Marco Siffredi disappeared 20 years ago, somewhere on the north face of Everest. It was on the 8th... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Benjamin Vedrines’s Broad Peak speed ascent and K2 attempt Manu Rivaud·22 August 2022On 28 July, just nine days after climbing the normal route of Broad Peak (8,051m, Karakoram) without supplemental... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Mont Blanc : the huts on the normal route reopened Jocelyn Chavy·17 August 2022Less than two weeks after taking the historic decision to close the Tête Rousse and Goûter huts, the... Read More
ALPSSUBSCRIBERSTRAIL-RUNNING Sierre-Zinal 2022: Kenya wins ahead of Kilian Jornet and the rest of the world Julien Gilleron·13 August 2022Sierre-Zinal (Switzerland) just hosted the 4th round of the Golden Trail World Series (GTWS). On a mythical course,... Read More
ALPSENVIRONMENTSOCIETYSUBSCRIBERS Global warming exhumes climbers trapped in glaciers Thomas Pueyo·12 August 2022On July 26, two French mountaineers discovered a corpse that had been trapped for decades in a Swiss... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Kristin Harila reached her 11th 8000m peak, the Gasherbrum I Ulysse Lefebvre·11 August 2022On the 105th day of her challenge, the Norwegian Kristin Harila declares to have reached the summit of... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Dent d’Hérens : Tiefmatten’s ridge Antoine Bouvier·11 August 2022In the shadow of its neighbors the Matterhorn and the Dent Blanche, the Dent d'Hérens is a rather... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSOCIETYSUBSCRIBERS SUMMITERS OF THE 14,8000: EBERHARD JURGALSKI’S NEW LIST Manu Rivaud·2 August 2022On 8 July, the Himalayan chronicler Eberhard Jurgalski made public the results of ten years of investigations into... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Crazy week in K2 Manu Rivaud·29 July 2022It's madness on K2, 2022 style. In one week, hundreds of ascents are claimed by the normal route... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Speed Ascent of Broad Peak by French Climber Benjamin Vedrines Manu Rivaud·20 July 2022The french mountain guide Benjamin Védrines has just achieved a feat: the ascent of Broad Peak, 8,047 m,... Read More
ADVENTUREHIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS “I love exploring unknown mountains” Steve Swenson Jocelyn Chavy·8 July 2022 He is not the best known of American mountaineers, but he is undoubtedly one of those with the... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSOCIETYSUBSCRIBERS Controversy on the Mont Blanc Normal Route : new anchors removed by Christophe Profit Jocelyn Chavy·21 June 2022If there is one summit that exacerbates passions, it is Mont Blanc. No doubt also because of the... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Climbing Everest: Kilian Jornet’s tips to save money Angela Benavides·21 June 2022Whether it is comfortable or luxurious in terms of paid services, an ascent of Everest by its normal... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Kristin Harila’s Quest for the Fourteen 8000 Jocelyn Chavy·13 June 2022She climbed six 8000ers in 29 days. Even Nirmal Purja took longer to complete his first summits during... Read More