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