Steep skiing : the north faces of Pic Sans Nom and Ailefroide for Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean
It’s a feat to link together two very rare ski descents. On Friday May 10, French Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean skied two summits in a row, the north-east face of Ailefroide, and the north face of Pic Sans Nom, in the Écrins massif, France. Extreme steep skiing, and a sequence that leaves you speechless. Here’s how they did it. Even without a rope, they’re a rope party,...
Ciao Denis Trento, Italian ski-mountaineering legend
The ski-mountaineering community has just lost a great enthusiast, mountain guide, trainer and former ski-mountaineering champion. Italian Denis Trento, 41, lost his life on May 3 on the north face of Testa del Paramont in the Aosta Valley, Italy. Humble and strong : this was Denis Trento. The first part of his career was devoted to ski-mountaineering and major competitions, in Italy and...
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Patrick Berhault, a star was gone
Exactly twenty years ago, on the 28th of April, 2004, Patrick Berhault disappeared in the mountains, on a Swiss peak as part of a project of climbing the 82 summits of 4000 meters in the Alps. A...
The fine line between risk and danger : James Pearson’s huge highball 29Dots in Valle dell’Orco
James Pearson’s love story with committed climbing is not over. After climbing his long-term project in south of France, the bold line of Bon Voyage, E12, repeated by Ondra and Berthe, James...
Climbing in Squamish : cracks around the clock
Squamish is often referred to as the Canadian antechamber to Yosemite. And with good reason: like its American neighbor, the Chief’s imposing granite mass is dotted with fissures that form...
Watch Adam Ondra send Potentially World’s Hardest Trad Route in France
February 2024. Czech climber Adam Ondra took advantage of his stay in the south of France to complete the second ascent of Bon Voyage, in Annot. Opened and conquered only a year earlier by British...
Tour du mont Blanc : one mountain, endless experiences
Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, moreover it is also both one of the most beautiful places in the world and an endless playground for outdoor enthusiasts. Here are...
Watch Sura Peak 6764 m NW Face First Ascent
He’s known for seeking out the Himalayas’ most beautiful virgin walls, from Chamlang to …Sura Peak. This time Czech alpinist Marek Holeček set off (in 2023) with Matěj Bernát and...
From the Eiger to Fitz Roy: Laura Tiefenthaler’s way
She stepped into the spotlight at the age of 25, in March 2022, with her solo ascent of the Eiger North Face. Since then, Austrian Laura Tiefenthaler has been earning a living as a mountain guide...
Steep skiing: first ski descent of Epena, one of the most challenging faces in the Alps
They ski the first ascent of the North Face of Épéna, in the Vanoise region of the French Alps. On March 22, Symon Welfringer and Xavier Cailhol combined ski touring, mountaineering, steep skiing...
The boot of Messner’s lost brother
It’s not Reinhold’s boot, it’s his brother Gunther’s boot. It spent thirty-four years on the slopes of Nanga Parbat before being discovered on the Diamir glacier in 2022. The...
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Preuss, Comici and Royal Robbins: meet David Smart, biographer of the great climbers
Canadian author David Smart deconstructs the lives of the great climbers of the twentieth century in order to trace the history of world climbing. Alongside Paul Preuss, Emilio Comici and, most...
Pride and Prejudice: Jon Krakauer’s Chamonix
In the world of “adventure journalism” and mountain journalism in particular, there is a name that imposes itself to all: Jon Krakauer. Remember, it was him who wrote Tragedy on Everest...
The Chamonix Film Festival prize list: The Grand Prix for The Alpinist
For its second edition, the Chamonix Film Festival ends with the awards ceremony in the presence of Conrad Anker, the festival’s patron. The Alpinist was awarded the Grand Prix of the...
The Chamonix Film Festival is back from june 14 to 19, 2022
From June 14 to 19, 2022, the Chamonix Film Festival will be welcoming all mountain lovers and enthusiasts to celebrate its culture and its cinema. After a successful first edition last year, this...