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Interview. Jost Kobusch’s quest is a singular and long one. For almost six years, the young German mountaineer has been ...
16/01/2025

Interview. Jost Kobusch’s quest is a singular and long one. For almost six years, the young German mountaineer has been attempting to climb the world’s highest peak, Everest, alone and in winter, via the little-used West Ridge route. After reaching the highest altitude ever attained by these extreme standards (7537 m), Kobusch finally put an end to his expedition on the 11th of January. Where does his stubbornness come from? How does he manage the contradiction of a solitary ascent with the steady rhythm of his social medias’ posts? Does he really hope to reach 8848 m one day? We asked him all these questions, and more.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

ICE CLIMBING : the new guidebook for ice climbing around Briancon, France, by Sebastien Constant, has been published. Th...
15/01/2025

ICE CLIMBING : the new guidebook for ice climbing around Briancon, France, by Sebastien Constant, has been published. This indispensable topo includes the Fournel and Freissinières sectors, and offers the keys to the largest concentration of icefalls in the Alps. Just in time for this weekend’s Ice Climbing Écrins festival. Let's talk about some great ice climbing stories.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

In Tibet (China), a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the canton of Tingri on the night of 6 to 7 January. It has already cla...
07/01/2025

In Tibet (China), a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit the canton of Tingri on the night of 6 to 7 January. It has already claimed more than hundred lives and injured dozens more. Emergency services are on site and aftershocks are still occurring.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

Solo, in winter, without supplementary oxygen and on a different route from the normal one. Although climbs have already...
26/12/2024

Solo, in winter, without supplementary oxygen and on a different route from the normal one. Although climbs have already been achieved in each of these categories, the combination of the four criteria remains unique. But does Jost Kobusch really believe he can reach the summit?

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

What you should really know about the Piolets d'Or 2024.
18/12/2024

What you should really know about the Piolets d'Or 2024.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

In just two days, from November 30 to December 1, French Victor Garcin, Baptiste Obino and Nicolas Jean opened a major n...
09/12/2024

In just two days, from November 30 to December 1, French Victor Garcin, Baptiste Obino and Nicolas Jean opened a major new route on the south face of the 4102-meter Barre des Écrins in the Écrins massif, French Alps. The route’s grade ? ED, 900m, 6b+, WI5, M5, A1.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

When you got two rope teams at the same time on the peak, it seems strange that the drone shot of the summit does not in...
27/11/2024

When you got two rope teams at the same time on the peak, it seems strange that the drone shot of the summit does not include one of the teams, nor does the film mention their presence, despite the fact that this summit had not been reached for…nineteen years.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

Barbara Zangerl has just achieved an exceptional feat that no-one else has managed before. She completed thirty pitches ...
26/11/2024

Barbara Zangerl has just achieved an exceptional feat that no-one else has managed before. She completed thirty pitches of Freerider on El Capitan (7c+ or 5.13a), without a single fall. Thirty-one years after Lynn Hill’s first free Nose on El Capitan, it’s once again a woman who is making free climbing history on The Captain, by setting the coveted first “flash” on the big stone.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

Jirishanca is the new film about Josh Warton and Vince Anderson’s superb ascent of the summit of the same name in Peru. ...
22/11/2024

Jirishanca is the new film about Josh Warton and Vince Anderson’s superb ascent of the summit of the same name in Peru. Spectacular images that fuel rave reviews on YouTube, but a narrative that omits one of the two roped parties at the summit that same day, at the same time.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

Close to Everest, Ama Dablam, at 6,812 metres, was climbed in 6 hours 20 minutes to the summit and back by Tyler Andrews...
13/11/2024

Close to Everest, Ama Dablam, at 6,812 metres, was climbed in 6 hours 20 minutes to the summit and back by Tyler Andrews. The American beat the previous FKT set by Mathéo Jacquemoud last year by three minutes.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

One skied the Great Trango Tower last May. The other one has put his spatulas down on the Linceul on the north face of t...
06/11/2024

One skied the Great Trango Tower last May. The other one has put his spatulas down on the Linceul on the north face of the Jorasses and on Gasherbrum II. Last October, Christina Lustenberger and Guillaume Pierrel found themselves at the foot of Aoraki, or Mount Cook, 3724m, the highest point in New Zealand and part of a series of three steep ski new lines in the Southern Alps. “One of my most difficult ski descents”, Guillaume Pierrel tells us.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

He has just returned from Tibet, and more specifically from Shishapangma, 8027 meters, his fourteenth and last 8000-mete...
30/10/2024

He has just returned from Tibet, and more specifically from Shishapangma, 8027 meters, his fourteenth and last 8000-meter summit, reached on October 9. French climber Alasdair McKenzie is the second Frenchman after Sophie Lavaud to complete the 14 8000 challenge, with oxygen, just over two years and four months after his first summit, Lhotse. Even more impressive: Alasdair is only twenty years old. We got Alasdair on the phone to tell us about the last two crazy years he spent in the Himalayas.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

« His achievements, like the Magic Line on K2, and his bold, uncompromising style have inspired several generations » sa...
15/10/2024

« His achievements, like the Magic Line on K2, and his bold, uncompromising style have inspired several generations » says Kilian Jornet about Jordi Corominas, who will receive the 16th Piolets d'Or 2024 Lifetime Achievement.

DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

Their expedition’s main goal was to reach the summit of Chaukhamba III, never climbed before, in the Garhwal massif (Ind...
10/10/2024

Their expedition’s main goal was to reach the summit of Chaukhamba III, never climbed before, in the Garhwal massif (India). Michelle Dvorak and Fay Manners, professional climbers, set off. But on the sixth day of their ascent, a rock broke the rope hoisting one of their two packs containing their gear. After three days’ battle against the cold and dehydration, they pulled through with the help of three climbers from the French GMHM. Fay Manners looks back at the ordeal.

Jannu East : French alpinists Benjamin Védrines, Leo Billon and Nicolas Jean gave up, then helped an American after the death of his climbing partner

The destiny of two roped parties, one coming down unscathed, the other not. The French roped party turned back and, by a...
08/10/2024

The destiny of two roped parties, one coming down unscathed, the other not. The French roped party turned back and, by an incredible coincidence, were joined by one of the two Americans who were also attempting the North Face, Sam Hennessey. His friend Mike Gardner disappeared into the void, victim of a fatal fall...
No Jannu, but another rescue for Benjamin Védrines.

French alpinists Benjamin Védrines, Léo Billon and Nicolas Jean make a U-turn on the Jannu, rescuing an American after the death of his climbing partner

One hundred and ninety metres of solo climbing. Six hundred feet. Absolutely vertical. Smooth holds, and feet resting on...
01/10/2024

One hundred and ninety metres of solo climbing. Six hundred feet. Absolutely vertical. Smooth holds, and feet resting on a mix of aluminum and glass. This is the last climb of French Seb Bouin and Alain Robert, on a Paris building !

K2 paraglider takeoffs: historic descents by Benjamin Védrines, who scored the first, Jean-Yves Fredriksen and tandem descent by Zeb Roche and Liv Sansoz

Great First Ascent in the mountains of Karakoram for Veterans Mick Fowler (68) and Vic Saunders (74) on Yawash Sar 6258 ...
27/09/2024

Great First Ascent in the mountains of Karakoram for Veterans Mick Fowler (68) and Vic Saunders (74) on Yawash Sar 6258 m.

K2 paraglider takeoffs: historic descents by Benjamin Védrines, who scored the first, Jean-Yves Fredriksen and tandem descent by Zeb Roche and Liv Sansoz

Kilian Jornet completed his quest by climbing all 82 “4000s” in just 19 days. Arguably his greatest achievement, Kilian ...
03/09/2024

Kilian Jornet completed his quest by climbing all 82 “4000s” in just 19 days. Arguably his greatest achievement, Kilian will remain in history as one of the world’s greatest mountaineers.

K2 paraglider takeoffs: historic descents by Benjamin Védrines, who scored the first, Jean-Yves Fredriksen and tandem descent by Zeb Roche and Liv Sansoz

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