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![Embracing the Grim - a tribute to Line van Den Berg](/uploads/img/3/129428.jpg)
09/07/2024 - Alpinism
Embracing the Grim - a tribute to Line van Den Berg The short film 'Embracing the Grim' by Aleksandra Janiak featuring Fay Manners and Line van den Berg, the talented Dutch alpinist who perished in 2023
![Ski mountaineering giant Denis Trento perishes in Italian Alps](/uploads/img/3/39679.jpg)
06/05/2024 - Alpinism
Ski mountaineering giant Denis Trento perishes in Italian Alps The Italian mountain guide and former ski mountaineering champion Denis Trento perished on Friday at the age of 41 on the north face of Testa del Paramont in Valle d'Aosta.
![Variety is the spice of life / An all-female ascent of the Gervasutti-Gagliardone on the Grandes Jorasses](/uploads/img/3/126956.jpg)
29/03/2024 - Alpinism
Variety is the spice of life / An all-female ascent of the Gervasutti-Gagliardone on the grandes jorasses Austrian alpinist Barbara Vigl reports about a repeat of the 'Gervasutti-Gagliardone' on the East Face of the grandes jorasses, Mont Blanc massif, carried out in July 2023 by Vigl with Anna Truntschnig and Anna Zechling. Apart from possibly being the...
![Léo Billon & Benjamin Védrines complete Drus-Droites-Jorasses 3 day winter trilogy](/uploads/img/3/125557.jpg)
01/02/2024 - Alpinism
Léo Billon & Benjamin Védrines complete Drus-Droites-Jorasses 3 day winter trilogy French mountaineers Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines have completed an exceptional trilogy, climbing the north faces of the Drus, Les Droites and the grandes jorasses in just three days and in the middle of winter. The enchainment was described as...
![Watch Simon Gietl, Roger Schäli climb the 6 Great North Faces of the Alps](/uploads/img/3/72977.jpg)
19/12/2023 - Alpinism
Watch Simon Gietl, Roger Schäli climb the 6 Great North Faces of the Alps The video of Simon Gietl, Roger Schäli and North6, their project to climb the six great north faces of the Alps, travelling from one mountain to the next by bike: Cima Grande di Lavaredo, Pizzo Badile, Eiger, Matterhorn, Petit Dru...
![Piolets d'Or 2023 announces list of Significant Ascents](/uploads/img/3/59520.jpg)
22/09/2023 - Alpinism
Piolets d'Or 2023 announces list of Significant Ascents The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the complete list of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2022. The honoured ascents will receive the 2023 Piolets d'Or award during the celebration in Briançon, France, from...
![Nadir Maguet sets new FKT on Grandes Jorasses, 3:19 round trip via the Normal Route](/uploads/img/3/85154.jpg)
14/07/2023 - Alpinism
Nadir Maguet sets new FKT on grandes jorasses, 3:19 round trip via the Normal Route Interview with Nadir Maguet who set a new ascent and descent record on the grandes jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif on Monday 10 July 2023. The 29-year-old Italian athlete climbed the Normal Route from Planpincieux (Courmayeur - Val Ferret)...
![Dani Arnold solos Switzerland's Salbit Trilogy in under 10 hours](/uploads/img/3/84956.jpg)
29/06/2023 - Alpinism
Dani Arnold solos Switzerland's Salbit Trilogy in under 10 hours On 11 June 2023 Swiss mountaineer Dani Arnold soloed the three ridges on the legendary Salbitschijen in 9 hours, 36 minutes and 55 seconds.
![Triglav Čop Pillar climbed solo by Gašper Pintar](/uploads/img/3/83457.jpg)
18/04/2023 - Alpinism
Triglav Čop Pillar climbed solo by Gašper Pintar The report by Slovenian alpinist Gašper Pintar who on 28 and 29 March 2023 completed a remarkable solo climb of the famous Čop Pillar on the North Face of Triglav in Slovenia. Although technically no longer in the calendar winter,...
![Winter Trilogy 2022: watch Léo Billon, Sébastien Ratel, Benjamin Védrines climb the Grandes Jorasses, Eiger, Matterhorn](/uploads/img/3/74681.jpg)
05/04/2023 - Alpinism
Winter Trilogy 2022: watch Léo Billon, Sébastien Ratel, Benjamin Védrines climb the grandes jorasses, Eiger, Matterhorn The video of French alpinists Léo Billon, Sébastien Ratel and Benjamin Védrines climbing the famous three north faces of the Alps, the grandes jorasses, the Eiger and the Matterhorn in winter 2022.
![Grandes Jorasses: Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines race up the legendary Gousseault-Desmaison](/uploads/img/3/81490.jpg)
20/02/2023 - Alpinism
grandes jorasses: Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines race up the legendary Gousseault-Desmaison On 15 February 2022 French alpinists Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines needed less than 10 hours to climb the difficult ‘Gousseault-Desmaison’ on the north face of the grandes jorasses. First ascended by René Desmaison and Serge Gousseaut in 1971, this...
![Big new mixed climb on Aiguille de l'Évêque (Grandes Jorasses) by Richard Tiraboschi, Tommaso Vection, Giuseppe Vidoni](/uploads/img/3/81135.jpg)
02/02/2023 - Alpinism
Big new mixed climb on Aiguille de l'Évêque (grandes jorasses) by Richard Tiraboschi, Tommaso Vection, Giuseppe Vidoni On 28 January 2023 Richard Tiraboschi, Tommaso Vection and Giuseppe Vidoni made the first ascent of the new mixed climb 'Happy Birthday' (1000m, AI4, M6 , ED) on the South Face of Aiguille de l'Évêque (grandes jorasses, Mont Blanc massif).
![Watch Christophe Dumarest & Tom Livingstone climb No Siesta on Grandes Jorasses](/uploads/img/3/80581.jpg)
26/12/2022 - Alpinism
Watch Christophe Dumarest & Tom Livingstone climb No Siesta on grandes jorasses The video of Tom Livingstone and Christophe Dumarest repeating No Siesta on the north face of the grandes jorasses.
![Silvo Karo, the Piolet d'Or 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award video](/uploads/img/3/80181.jpg)
23/11/2022 - Alpinism
Silvo Karo, the Piolet d'Or 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award video The video portrait of 61-year-old Slovenian mountaineer Silvo Karo who was awarded with the 14th Piolets d'Or Carrière 2022 last weekend at Briançon in France.
![Silvo Karo / Interview with the climbing legend from Slovenia](/uploads/img/3/80072.jpg)
18/11/2022 - Interviews
Silvo Karo / Interview with the climbing legend from Slovenia Interview with Slovenian climbing legend Silvo Karo who this weekend at Briançon in France will receive the Piolet d'Or Carrière - Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 for his mountaineering that spans the last four decades and includes more than 300 first...
![Alex Buisse's ten best climbs in the Mont Blanc massif](/uploads/img/3/80023.jpg)
14/11/2022 - Book-press
Alex Buisse's ten best climbs in the Mont Blanc massif French photographer Alex Buisse introduces his 10 favourite climbs in the Mont Blanc massif. The routes feature in his stunning photographic topo guide to the range 'Mont Blanc Lines' (Vertebrate Publishing 2022).
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