Second ascent of the Directissime Walker, Grandes Jorasses : a first-hand story with Charles Dubouloz, Clovis Paulin and Symon Welfringer
We have found the snow leopard in the fake photos: From a “visual creation” to an image stolen by Kittiya Pawlowski
Discovery of the cameras of a famous photographer, taken in the ice since 1937. In the footsteps of Bradford Washburn
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS DRUS: Raphaël Georges climbs the Lesueur route solo Raphaël Georges·19 April 2022From 21 to 23 March, the young mountain guide Raphaël Georges, 31 years old, made the first solo... Read More
HIMALAYASINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Why Marc Batard, 70 years old, is back on Everest. Again. Jocelyn Chavy·10 April 2022In 1988, Marc Batard became the Everest sprinter, the first man to climb the Roof of the World... Read More
CLIMBINGINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPHOTOGRAPHYSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Passion according to Matthias Jocelyn Chavy·5 April 2022His Top 100 ice climbs will make many mountaineers dream. But Matthias Scherer is not just any climber:... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Eiger North Face Winter Solo : Destivelle points out the difference between Laura Tiefenthaler’s ascent and her own 30 years ago Pauline Boulet·30 March 2022On the 25th of March 2022, the young Austrian guide Laura Tiefenthaler solo climbed the North Face of... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Matterhorn South Face First Major Winter Ascent Manu Rivaud·17 March 2022From the 27th of February to the 1st of March, the Italians François Cazzanelli, Emrik Favre and Francesco... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS “There is no commercial future in winter 8,000ers” Fernando Garrido says Angela Benavides·15 March 2022This winter, the expeditions on Nanga Parbat (Barmasse, Goettler), Everest (Kobusch), K2 (Grace Tseng and Sherpa-guided team), Manaslu... Read More
ANTARCTICAEXPLORATIONSUBSCRIBERS Endurance, Shackleton’s legendary Antarctic exploration ship, has been found Gérard Guerrier·9 March 2022Good news has been rare in recent weeks. So let's focus on this one! An international team located... Read More
INTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS “Family and mountain, this is how you balance those two” Conrad Anker says Ulysse Lefebvre·9 March 2022On October 5, 1999, mountaineering star Alex Lowe disappeared with cameraman David Bridges in an avalanche on Shishapangma... Read More
ALPSSKIINGSOCIETYSUBSCRIBERS Will ski touring soon be charged in France? Pauline Boulet·15 February 2022The advent of marked and secure ski touring routes, set up by the ski resorts, opens up the... Read More
INTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Success at the Matterhorn for French climbers Billon, Ratel & Védrines Thomas Pueyo·11 February 2022French alpinists Benjamin Védrines, Léo Billon and Sébastien Ratel concluded with unusual mastery their winter trilogy of the... Read More
ENVIRONMENTSUBSCRIBERSWORLD The snowflake perfection Ludovic Ravanel·10 February 2022"Let us love the snow. Otherwise, we risk breaking our poetic balance and forgetting our human condition," wrote... Read More
INTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Meeting Nirmal Purja, universal mountaineer Thomas Pueyo·8 February 2022Nirmal Purja made a quick and surprising stop in France, in collaboration with his sponsor Therm-ic. As neighbors, here... Read More
ALPSCLIMBINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Ice climbing : always a famous place Claude Gardien·4 February 2022At the Fer à Cheval in Sixt, the disciples of François Damilano and Thierry Renault continued their exploration... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERSWORLD Cerro Torre tragedy : the rescue story by the Ragni di Lecco Matteo De Zaiacomo·2 February 2022What has happened in recent days on Cerro Torre has overwhelmed us. In the space of a few... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Grandes Jorasses : Hard Winter Ascent for Léo Billon, Seb Ratel and Benjamin Védrines Jocelyn Chavy·27 January 2022Barely back from a second North Face in a row, Léo Billon is enthusiastic: “It’s the most beautiful... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Eiger 1966 : the story behind the death of John Harlin Jocelyn Chavy·26 January 2022The north face of the Eiger is unquestionably one of the most difficult and dangerous in Europe, wrote... Read More
MOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS Léo Billon, Seb Ratel and Benjamin Védrines in the footsteps of John Harlin Jocelyn Chavy·26 January 2022Charles Dubouloz is not the only one to have taken advantage of the beautiful January anticyclone. From 12... Read More
ALPSCLIMBINGMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Ice climbing: the birth of the 7 Claude Gardien·23 January 2022If you like iceclimbing in France, then go to La Grave and the Diable valley in Oisans, Freissinières... Read More
ALPSINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS Charles Dubouloz about his Grandes Jorasses’s solo ascent : “a huge personal achievement” Thomas Pueyo·20 January 2022We spoke to Charles Dubouloz, as he is back from his bold solo ascent of Rolling Stones on... Read More
ALPSMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Solo climb : Charles Dubouloz ticks one of the hardest routes of Grandes Jorasses North Face Jocelyn Chavy·20 January 2022He spent six days and five nights in the shadow of the Grandes Jorasses: from 13 to 18... Read More
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS The new trend of winter himalayism Angela Benavides·10 January 2022When 10 Nepalese climbed K2 together on 16 January last, some said it was the end of an... Read More