Tag: alpinism

The Ravier Brothers - The Pyrenees Adventure

The two brothers Jean and Pierre Ravier have opened almost...

Marco Étoile Filante

Avid for steep slopes, Marco Siffredi (1979-2002) obeys only one...

Fly High

Twelve talented young mountaineers, five geologists from the University of...

Gary Hemming, le beatnik des cimes

The American mountaineer Gary Hemming marked the era of the...

Dying for Everest

On 15 May, 2006, double amputee Mark Inglis reached the...

Les Amants des Drus

Remnants of Everest: The 1996 Tragedy

As darkness fell on May 10, 1996, a fast-moving storm...

La Voie Terray

Terray. This name sounds like a challenge and evokes deep...

La Sorcière Blanche

In the austere "Horseshoe Cirque", attempts on ice are so...

Mister Karim

La Grande Cordée

Paragot-Bérardini, La Cordée des Voyous

Paragot and Bérardini: two climbers who fill all climbing enthusiasts...

Patrick Berhault - Il Gesto e La Grazia

Guido Magnone - The Artist

Guido Magnone designs cardboard boxes by hand for his parents'...

Jean-Marc Boivin, Extremely Yours

Jean-Marc Boivin had chosen the natural elements as his playground....

Shishapangma, Un Solo En Hiver

Jean-Christophe Lafaille is the first mountaineer to attempt the solo...

Rock Queen

Catherine Destivelle has deservedly become the most famous female climber...

L'appel de la cave

A strange, inhuman scream echoes around the high mountains, awakening...

Everest At Any Cost

In 1983, three climbers became the first French people to...

Touching the Void

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous...

Women of K2

On some peaks in 2003, the statistics are impressive. For...

Jim Bridwell, The Yosemite Living Legend

Jim Bridwell was one of the best climbers in the...

The Race for Everest

The dramatic story of the British expedition that made the...

Trio For One

Daulagiri (8167m), Naga Parbat (8125m) and Broad Peak (8051m) are...