Sommet de l'Aconcagua
19 September 2024 Mountaineering, Rest of the World, Seven Summits
Aconcagua: 4 routes to the highest peak in the Americas
Four routes for climbing Aconcagua, South America's highest peak at 6962 meters. The standard north-west route, via the east ridge known for the Polish traverse, via the Polish Glacier and the south face.
Ascension du Broad Peak
22 August 2024 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Fourteen 8000ers
Ascent of Broad Peak at 8047 meters in Pakistan
In the summer of 2024, Expeditions Unlimited had the opportunity to accompany Jean-François Descat and Julien Delteil, two experienced mountaineers, on their first expedition to very high altitude: the ascent of Broad Peak at 8047 meters in Pakistan.
Sommet de l'Everest à 8849 mètres
11 July 2024 Latest news, Mountaineering, Himalayas, Fourteen 8000ers
Everest 2024 season in review
Everest, the roof of the world at 8849 meters, remains the dream of many a mountaineer, despite the criticism of its organization, which increases every year. The last few seasons have seen some serious changes in the number and value of climbers visiting the mountain. In this article, we look back at the recently concluded Spring 2024 season, during which, for the first time since 2019, the Tibetan North Face was also accessible. Weather windows, summit push, number of permits and percentage of summiters on the Nepalese and Tibetan sides, highlights... Everything worth remembering about this 2024 Everest mountaineering season.
Replay web conférence avec Jean-Michel Asselin
11 July 2023 Web conferences
REPLAY | Everest: 70 years of ascents with Jean-Michel Asselin
Journalist, writer and mountaineer, Jean-Michel is a man of the mountains and of the pen. He has made five attempts to climb Everest, including his first in 1989. In this interview, he recalls the history of mountaineering on the world's highest peak.
Traversée du lac Khovsgol
05 July 2023 Central Asia, Ski manhauling, Testimonials
Return from expedition: crossing Lake Khövsgöl in Mongolia
Last February, our colleague Renaud Fulconis decided to take on the polar environment. He set himself a goal: to cross Mongolia's Lake Khövgöl in winter, independently, with his partner Aliénor.
Au Groenland sur la traversée
09 June 2019 Live expeditions
Crossing Greenland from west to east in spring 2023
A unique polar adventure along the Arctic Circle, from Kangerlussuaq on the west coast to Isortoq on the east coast. Some 600 km on skis in a fascinating natural environment.
Mont Vinson en Antarctique
30 May 2023 Seven Summits, Polar regions, Mountaineering
Seven Summits : Mount Vinson (4,892 m), or how to turn your head upside down
Climbing the Seven Summits. Seven summits for seven ‘continents’. Climbing Mount Vinson, Antarctica's highest peak, has long been a matter of finance. Here's a look back at the development of mountaineering on the icy continent and the history of the Seven Summits, a speciality of Expeditions Unlimited.
Yorick Vion au sommet de l'Everest en 2022 © Yorick Vion
24 May 2023 Seven Summits, Himalayas, Mountaineering, Fourteen 8000ers
Everest: 70th anniversary of the first climb
On May 29, 2023, the mountaineering community will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. Our friend Jean-Michel Asselin, journalist and writer, takes us back to 1953, to relive this feat that forever marked the history of Himalayan climbing.
Le toit du monde
02 May 2023 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Seven Summits, Fourteen 8000ers
The conquest of Everest: 50 years to reach the roof of the world - Part 2
The 1938 expedition was the last to be led by the British on the north face of Everest. The conquest of the poles eluded them. The French, their long-standing adversaries, took the first 8,000 m ascent from them. That's all they need. Now they have to climb Everest.
Médecine d'altitude et en milieux isolés avec l'Ifremmont
18 April 2023 Web conferences
REPLAY | Medicine at altitude and in isolated areas with Ifremmont
Pascal Zellner has been an emergency physician since 1994. In 2005, he and Emmanuel Cauchy founded Ifremmont, the mountain medicine research institute based in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. With their teams, they revolutionized telemedicine for patients in isolated environments. At the time, there was only one solution: a large suitcase from the European Space Agency... They are developing research, prevention and treatments linked in particular to high-mountain pathologies, whether hypoxia (rarefied oxygen) or cold.