Alone to the North Pole: 40 Years Since Jean-Louis Étienne’s Historic Feat
Forty years ago, on May 11, 1986, Jean-Louis Étienne reached the geographic North Pole alone, after 63 days... Read More
EDITORIAL
Ice as resistance to the modern world
It's not a scoop, but it jumped out at me during this immersion in a place that has... Read More
Cow-boy Ben
Could it be a lonely cowboy lost in his scotch behind the bar of a Chamonix saloon? Or... Read More
Everest in 5 days, including xenon gas and testosterone
Everest has fallen. It was literally taken over by four soldiers dressed in black, in their attempt at... Read More
Avalanches: thank you for staying out of trouble
It's a sensitive subject. For the victims above all: mourning a death in an avalanche is simply unbearable.... Read More
Jost Kobusch’s determination Everest solo in winter
Among the host of Everest ascents and a list of increasingly various records, there remains one never-before-done climb... Read More
Their First Ascent: how they do it… and how they tell it
It's a popular drawing by French artist Samivel published in his collection Sous l'oeil des choucas in 1937.... Read More
Free solo for French Climbers Seb Bouin and Alain Robert on a Paris building
No, they're not window cleaners or lost rope access technicians. On Saturday, however, two dots quickly caught the... Read More
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... Read More
The suspended life of Evgeni Glazunov
Whether we like it or not, our gaze remains constrained by borders. The ones that separated us from... Read More
And you, who do you step over?
On July 27, 2023, Mohammed Hassan, a Pakistani porter, died while crossing the Bottleneck on K2, at around... Read More
This mountain is so steep!
I'm not going to lie to you: I'm completely out of my depth. Obviously more in french Alps... Read More
Mont Blanc is neither a stadium nor an airport
On July 9, after his Sea-to-Mont-Blanc record, an Italian athlete was brought down from the summit by helicopter.... Read More
Everest 70th First Ascent Anniversary !
Everest is seventy years old. On 29 May 1953, two human beings stood for the first time on... Read More
The snow leopard of too many
Basically, we can think that it is not serious, that it is only an image, and moreover on... Read More
Piolets d’Or : to Ukraine with love
It was a beautiful January, the snow covered everything. Located at an altitude of more than two thousand... Read More
Dreaming of Manaslu, but which one?
Lists are one of the most widespread contemporary habits, maintained by the productivity apps that are very much... Read More
Damn, 20 years !
For many, he is an icon with blond or green hair, depending on the mood, an icy mint... Read More
Sovereign nature
It's crazy what a little change gives wings. Those of a kite in this case, a red kite.Accustomed... Read More
The last chance alpinist
After a few weeks in the mountains, disconnected from the networks and other notifications, I returned to the... Read More
HIMALAYISM: should history really be rewritten?
Looks like the best himalayan climbers have been shrinking. Eberhard Jurgalski and his investigators* have come to the... Read More