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 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
INTERVIEWSKIINGSUBSCRIBERS 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
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS 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
INTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGSKIINGSUBSCRIBERS “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
MOUNTAINEERINGPiolets d'OrSUBSCRIBERSWORLD 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
EXPLORATIONPHOTOGRAPHYSUBSCRIBERSWORLD 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