Andrzej Bargiel: Steep skiing, himalayan style
Where can you go to push yourself after climbing K2 extremely fast without oxygen and then doing the... Read More
SOCIETY
Marc Batard : Everest veteran
Marc Batard could star in one of those heist films where the hero comes out of retirement to... Read More
Léo Billon : Dru story
Corporal Léo Billon is currently one of the driving forces within France’s elite mountain regiment, the Groupe Militaire... Read More
Christian Maurer: The King of the X-Alps
Maurer has reigned supreme over the world’s most prestigious paragliding competition since his first victory in 2009. He... Read More
Paul Bonhomme: X Skier
Paul Bonhomme’s 10X Project to ski ten new lines in the French, Swiss and Italian Alps in just five... Read More
Conrad Anker: Mountaineer with a big heart
Conrad Anker has had an incredible life. Now approaching 60, his life has been so intense, even a... Read More
Vivian Bruchez: sage of the steeps
Vivian Bruchez does not consider himself an extreme skier, just someone who skis steep slopes. A distinction that... Read More
François Cazzanelli: fast is safe
Another Italian rocket, but one whose motor is just as efficient on the high peaks of the Himalaya.... Read More
Julia Chanourdie: pure talent
Julia Chanourdie is one of only three women in the world to have climbed 9b outside. She achieved... Read More
Ines Papert: Mountaineering with the family
The multiple world champion ice climber, who stopped competing in 2006, still climbs and does so with her... Read More
Carlos Soria: pensioner of the extreme
When some people retire, they buy themselves a campervan. Not Carlos Soria. He has spent his retirement flitting... Read More
Brooke Raboutou : In the blood
It could be said that Brooke Raboutou has climbing in her blood. Her father, France’s Didier Raboutou, won... Read More
Catherine Destivelle: Mont Blanc’s publisher
In 2020, Catherine Destivelle became the first woman to be awarded a Piolet d’Or for her lifetime achievements. Indeed,... Read More
Charles Dubouloz : The happy mountaineer
2021 was a fantastic and very busy year for Charles Dubouloz. His greatest prize was the highly coveted north... Read More
Mattéo Eydallin: Forever young
The Italian ski-mountaineer Matteo Eydallin, who now lives near Gap (France), has always been a master of individual... Read More
Nicolas Favresse : grade 8 humour
Nicolas Favresse has such a gift for making people laugh — just watch the films of his adventures... Read More
Jost Kobusch: Everest far from the crowds
This atypical mountaineer first came to the public’s attention a few years ago thanks to a documentary broadcast by... Read More
Marek Holecek: Miracle survivor
Marek Holecek has already won two Piolet d’Ors for his first ascents on Gasherbrum (2017) and Chamlang (2019).... Read More
Janja Garnbret : Forever first
Garnbret made sporting history in Tokyo by adding the first Olympic gold medal in climbing to the six... Read More
Hillary Gerardi: suffer with a smile
Gerardi, who left her native Vermont for France 10 years ago, added a wonderful page to the history... Read More
Antoine Girard: higher and higher
The paragliding altitude record which Antoine Girard set when he flew over Broad Peak in 2016 stood for... Read More