11 News found
20/06/2024 - Alpinism
Watch Fred Degoulet and Benjamin Ribeyre complete their mer de glace Ultra Traverse The video documenting the circumnavigation of the mer de glace in the Mont Blanc massif, carried out over a period of 9 days in July 2022 by French alpinists Fred Degoulet and Benji Ribeyre.
04/02/2024 - Alpinism
mer de glace cable car opens for Vallée Blanche (Mont Blanc) The new mer de glace cable car above Chamonix in the Mont Blanc massif that connecs the Montenvers station with the mer de glace glacier was opened for the first time on Saturday 3 February 2024.
28/09/2021 - Alpinism
Simon Gietl, Roger Schäli climb Grandes Jorasses and complete North6 project With the ascent of The Shroud route on the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif, Simon Gietl and Roger Schäli have completed North6, their project to climb the six most famous north faces of the Alps, traveling from one...
06/08/2020 - Environment
Video: retreating mer de glace, Mont Blanc’s largest glacier The video by Bertrand Delpierre illustrating the retreat of the mer de glace glacier in the Mont Blanc massif.
05/08/2020 - Alpinism
Grandes Jorasses North Face: Federica Mingolla, Leo Gheza repeat Manitua Italian alpinist Federica Mingolla reports about her repeat with Leonardo Gheza of Manitua, the difficult route first ascended solo by Slavko Svetičič in 1991 on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif.
19/12/2019 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Vallée Blanche fortuitous crevasse rescue The video of the mountain rescue carried out by Jeff Mercier and the French mountain rescue service of two very lucky skiers who fell into a crevasse while skiing off-piste down the Vallée Blanche in the Mont Blanc massif.
06/09/2017 - Alpinism
L'or du temps on Grand Capucin, Slovaks claim first free ascent The report by 16-year-old Slovak climber Pavel Kratochvíl who on 27/08/2017 with Róbert Luby (21) and Martin Krasňanský (34) made the first free ascent of L'or du temps, the new route put up on Grand Capucin, Mont Blanc, by Nina...
10/07/2017 - Environment
Ice Scream street art by Philippe Echaroux on the mer de glace, Mont Blanc The video directed by Arnaud Moro dedicated to French photographer and street artist Philippe Echaroux and his latest work on the mer de glace, Mont Blanc, aimed at raising awareness about global warming.
23/01/2016 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc on Google Street View Google has published a Street View exploration of the Mont Blanc, produced together with Kilian Jornet Burgada, Catherine Destivelle, Patrick Gabarrou, Corrado Korra Pesce, Laetitia Roux, Ueli Steck, Candide Thovex and photographers Jonathan Griffith, Renan Ozturk, Sender Films.
16/03/2015 - Alpinism
Tom Ballard solos the Allain - Leininger route up the Petit Dru North Face British alpinist Tom Ballard has climbed the Allain - Leininger route up the North Face of the Petit Dru (3,733m) in the Mont Blanc massif. This is his fifth climb of his Starlight and Storm project that aims to climb...
22/07/2014 - Interviews
Michel Piola interview: climbing on Mont Blanc, the search and the story that continues The fabulous world of Babette, or rather Mont Blanc's marvelous granite climbing, starting from Envers des Aiguilles. Interview with Michel Piola, one of the most prolific alpinists in the world who, in more than 30 years of activity, has left...
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