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.
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.
le mont Elbrouz 5 642 m, toit de l’Europe
11 April 2023 Seven Summits, Mountaineering
Seven Summits : Mount Elbrus at 5642 m, roof of Europe
At 5,642 meters, Mount Elbrus is the roof of Europe, and not our beloved Mont Blanc, as many people think. To complete the Seven Summits challenge, climbing Elbrus is a must. In this article, we look back at the origins of the ascent to the highest peak in the Caucasus and Europe.
Snow Leopard Challenge avec Serge Bazin
06 April 2023 Web conferences, Snow Leopard
REPLAY | Launch of the Snow Leopard Challenge with Serge Bazin
On October 12 1967, to encourage and reward the best in the race to the top, the Bureau of the Central Council of Sports Societies and Organizations of the USSR decided to award a prize to those who managed to climb the five highest Soviet peaks. The Snow Leopard challenge was born.
Pic du communisme – Le grand plateau sous le pic Dushambe © Serge Hardy
14 February 2023 Snow Leopard, Central Asia, Mountaineering
Snow Leopard Challenge : the five soviet 7,000
In the 60s, the USSR was at the height of its glory. But borders were hermetic, and Soviet mountaineers expressed their (immense) talent on the many peaks that stretched from one end of the former Empire of the Tsars to the other. The Himalayas are off-limits to them. On October 12 1967, the Bureau of the Central Council of Sports Societies and Organizations of the USSR decided to award a prize to those who succeeded in climbing the five highest Soviet summits.
La pyramide Carstensz
17 January 2023 Seven Summits, Rest of the World, Mountaineering
Seven Summits : the Carstensz pyramid (4,884 m), final stage of the challenge?
Drowned in the equatorial mist, the Carstensz Pyramid, 4,884 meters high, located in Indonesian New Guinea (Irian Jaya), was only climbed in 1962. The highest peak in Oceania, its ascent completes the challenge of the Seven Summits, the seven highest peaks on the continents. A look back at the history of the exploration and conquest of Puncak Jaya.
Entretien avec Serge Bazin
24 November 2022 Podcast
PODCAST | Interview with Serge Bazin, expedition leader at 8000 meters
Serge Bazin has climbed several Big Walls, including El Capitan eight times, but it's the Himalayas, and Nepal in particular, that have been his passion for the last 30 years. Treks, traverses, ascents to 6,000, 7,000 and 8,000 metres... His experience makes him one of the most experienced French guides at high altitude. Serge looks back at his career, the key factors in a successful expedition to 8,000 metres, oxygen, and the characteristics of four peaks he knows well.
Ascension du mont Denali en Alaska
22 November 2022 Polar regions, Mountaineering, Testimonials
Relive in pictures our ascent of Mount Denali (6,190 m) in Alaska
The highest peak in North America, Mount Denali at 6,190 m is a mountain with few equals in terms of challenge and scenic beauty, halfway between the very high attitude and the polar, reserved for experienced mountaineers. Its completely autonomous climbing conditions and extreme weather make it one of the most difficult of the Seven Summits.
mont Kilimandjaro à 5 895 m
24 October 2022 Seven Summits, Rest of the World, Mountaineering
Seven Summits : Mount Kilimanjaro, 5,895 m, summit of the German Empire
Among the ‘Seven Summits’, the seven highest peaks on the continents, Mount Kilimanjaro occupies a special place: Hans Meyer, a man of science rather than a mountaineer, climbed it for the first time in 1889. Above all, he did it for the honour of his country and its Emperor: the Germany of Frederick William II. This first ascent remains unknown to the French. And with good reason, as Bismarck's Germany was our sworn enemy at the time, there was no question of highlighting this masterly achievement.