French Alpinists Benjamin Védrines, Nicolas Jean and Julien Cruvellier de Luze opened a new 650-meter, 27-pitch route on the south face of La Meije. For Alpine Mag, Benjamin Védrines looks back at the birth of this project and its completion two years later, with a detailed topo.
After two years in the making, Pulsations is born. The project to open the south face of La Meije by Benjamin Védrines, Nicolas Jean and Julien Cruvellier de Luze, which began in September 2021, has just been completed at the top of the fourth tooth, at 3953 meters above sea level.
A long-held idea for Benjamin Védrines, who has already completed a dozen rock routes on this south face: “Since I’ve been climbing on the Meije, I’ve realized that there’s still a lot of potential. There are quite a few routes by Jean-Michel Cambon, Christophe Moulin and Benjamin Ribeyre recently. But there