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
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGOPINIONSUBSCRIBERS 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
ANTARCTICACULTUREEXPLORATIONREVIEWSUBSCRIBERS 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
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESTORIESSUBSCRIBERS 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
HIMALAYASMOUNTAINEERINGSTORIESSUBSCRIBERS 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
HIMALAYASINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS 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
HIMALAYASINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS 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
ALPSINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS 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
INVESTIGATIONMOUNTAINEERINGSUBSCRIBERS 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
ENVIRONMENTHIMALAYASINVESTIGATIONSUBSCRIBERS 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
ANDESCLIMBINGINTERVIEWPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS 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
ALPSCLIMBINGPEOPLESTORIESSUBSCRIBERS Entering the history books : Julia Chanourdie becomes world’s third woman to climb 9b Jocelyn Chavy·10 November 20202020 was a year off for climbing competitions, but not for Julia Chanourdie, who will be going to... Read More
HIMALAYASINTERVIEWMOUNTAINEERINGPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS What remains of his 1980 solo ascent of Everest ? Reinhold Messner speaks out on the changing face of alpinism Ulysse Lefebvre·20 August 202041 years ago, Reinhold Messner climbed Everest for the second time. He did it right in the middle... Read More
ALPSCLIMBINGINTERVIEWPEOPLESUBSCRIBERS An exclusive interview with Adam Ondra Jocelyn Chavy·5 May 2020Adam Ondra needs no introduction. The 27 year old Czech climber is a living legend in the climbing... Read More
ANDESCLIMBINGREVIEWSUBSCRIBERS Impressive Fitz Roy solo : up and down without rope for Jim Reynolds Ulysse Lefebvre·30 March 2019The purity of the climb is matched only by its unexpectedness. And no one has seen Jim Reynolds... Read More