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
SUBSCRIBERS Mingma G. Sherpa : the pawn who chose to be a King 1/2 Angela Benavides·9 November 2021Mingma Gyalje, aka Mingma G, is a man of his word. He said he would take the first... Read More
HIMALAYASSUBSCRIBERS First ascent of Chamlang’s North Face : a masterful new line by French Charles Dubouloz and Benjamin Védrines Jocelyn Chavy·26 October 2021Benjamin Védrines and Charles Dubouloz can be pleased with their route. The two Frenchmen took just four days... Read More
HIMALAYASSUBSCRIBERS Flying up to 8407 m : interview with French paraglider pilot Antoine Girard Jocelyn Chavy·19 October 2021Antoine Girard is just back from a 2-month expedition to Pakistan, where he and his six companions were... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS “The mountaineering world is no more sexist than the rest of society” Lise Billon Pauline Boulet·13 October 2021Alpinist and mountain guide Lise Billon spent the summer in Peru with rock climber Mélissa Le Nevé (the... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Everest Express: acclimatizing at home Angela Benavides·11 October 2021Is it possible to climb Everest in three weeks or Manaslu in a fortnight under acceptable margins of... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Himalaya: Manaslu’s true summit rediscovered! Manu Rivaud·5 October 2021No fewer than 200 people have attempted to climb Manaslu since early September. No fewer than 100 people... Read More
SUBSCRIBERS David Roberts 1943 – 2021 Damien Gildea·26 August 2021Known in the climbing world as a mountaineer, author and the dean of adventure reporting, David Roberts has... Read More
SUBSCRIBERSTRAIL-RUNNINGWORLD Why we run ? : a conversation with Bernd Heinrich Julien Gilleron·6 August 2021Forty years old : the start of the long wait or an age of possibilities ? For Bernd... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSOCIETYSUBSCRIBERS Pakistan climbing season is on : Crisis and Opportunities Angela Benavides·18 June 2021In every crisis lies an opportunity, they say. This could be the case in the Karakorum mountains where,... Read More
CLIMBINGSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Scottish sea stacks #1 : iconic Old Man of Hoy Ulysse Lefebvre·10 June 2021Whether you call them Old Men, sea stacks or pinnacles, the towers that dot the Scottish coastline are... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Nepal Himalaya : The Season of COVID and Secrecy Angela Benavides·3 June 2021Nothing went as planned in Nepal this season, as the Himalayas opened their doors to the world again... Read More
EDITORIALHIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Advocacy for a new Himalayanism : Should the rules for expeditions to Nepal be changed? Paul Grobel·1 June 2021The queues of Everest candidates have made visible an unattractive aspect of the current Himalayas: too many fixed... Read More
ADVENTUREANTARCTICACULTURESUBSCRIBERS The white darkness : a fascinating biography of one of the last hero of Antarctica Ulysse Lefebvre·27 May 2021If you are of the belief that exploration is a thing of the past, or if you are... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Chris Bonington, the Himalayas unbridled Jocelyn Chavy·21 May 2021From the south faces of Annapurna and Everest, to the Central Tower of Paine and Shivling : whether... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS The Golden Pillar Victor Saunders·21 May 2021The Golden Pillar of the Spantik owes its name to the orange-pink marble which captures the light of... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Marc Batard : why I gave up on Annapurna Jocelyn Chavy·21 April 2021The ascent of Annapurna (8,091 metres) will not take its place among the “Everest sprinter’s” list of accomplishments. ... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERSVIDEO Carlos Soria, the Spanish veteran mountaineer who attempted to climb Dhaulagiri at the age of 82 Angela Benavides·20 April 2021Carlos Soria is not the only person in their eighties to have attempted to climb the highest peaks... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS The Matterhorn, up the Zmutt Nose in winter : “what fires my imagination in mountaineering is the adventure”, Mat Détrie. Jocelyn Chavy·19 March 2021The ascent party made up of Pauline Champon, Mat Détrie, and Louis Pachoud repeated the Zmutt Nose route... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS An historic ascent overshadowed by tragedy : The Nepalis’ response to what happened on K2 Jocelyn Chavy·2 March 2021The ascent of K2 in the dead of winter was a historic first. Yet, it came with 5... Read More
ENVIRONMENTHIMALAYASSUBSCRIBERS Disaster in the Indian Himalaya : Avalanche, Glacial Lake Outburst or Flash Flood? Johan Berthet·26 February 2021What caused the flash flood that killed almost 250 people in India’s Uttarakhand state on 7th February 2021?... Read More
ANDESCLIMBINGSUBSCRIBERS Interview : Sean Villanueva on his solo reverse Fitz traverse Ulysse Lefebvre·15 February 2021Sean Villanueva blew away the mountaineering world by completing the first solo south to north traverse of the... Read More