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.
Envisager un 8 000 - Entretien avec Bernard Muller
30 October 2021 Mountaineering, Web conferences
REPLAY | Climbing an 8,000 - Interview with Bernard Muller
In this interview, Bernard Muller, one of France's most renowned expedition leaders at very high altitude, talks about our expedition to Everest, from which he has just returned, other 8,000 meters peaks and their characteristics, the reasons why some climbers want to get close to the ‘death zone’, the key factors in the success of such summits, their preparation, general and local organisation, oxygen...
Expédition au sommet du Dhaulagiri
19 October 2021 Mountaineering, Fourteen 8000ers
Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), victory within Pilatus' reach
May 1960. Ten years, almost to the day, after the first reconnaissance at the foot of the ‘White Mountain’, Dhaulagiri (8,167 m) was about to be climbed. The seventh highest peak on the planet, it is the last to resist its many contenders. Or to be more precise, the last summit accessible to the Western world.
Au sommet du Manaslu
11 October 2021 Mountaineering, Testimonials, Fourteen 8000ers
Logbook: climbing Manaslu (8,163 m)
At the beginning of September, Expeditions Unlimited completed its first expedition to Manaslu, the eighth highest peak on the planet at 8,163 meters. A team of nine participants, including French mountain guide Clément Flouret, undertook the ascent with the support of a Nepalese team of around fifteen people.
Sur l'expédition au Manaslu
04 October 2021 Live expeditions
Ascent of Manaslu in Népal in automn 2021
Our first expedition to Manaslu, the eighth highest peak on the planet at 8,163 metres. An exciting and particularly human adventure, in which Eric Bonnem took part.
Ascension de l'Everest © François Trouillet
21 September 2021 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Testimonials, Fourteen 8000ers, Seven Summits
Logbook: climbing Everest 2021
At a time when Nepal has just lifted its quarantine for vaccinated people, we take a look back at our ascent of Everest last spring: a five-strong Franco-Swiss team attempted to climb the roof of the world at 8,848 metres via its southern Nepalese side during an expedition led by Bernard Muller.
Sur le glacier Fedchenko
15 September 2021 Live expeditions
Glacier Fedchenko with Matthieu Tordeur in autumn 2021
Explored only in 1928, the Fedchenko Glacier is the longest glacier in the world, outside the polar zones, at 77 km long. Matthieu Tordeur, Cédric Gras and Christophe Raylat venture there to bear witness.
Hermann Buhl au sommet du Nanga Parbat
23 August 2021 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Fourteen 8000ers
1953 : Hermann Buhl solo on Nanga Parbat without oxygen
The Second World War temporarily postponed the conquest of the world's ninth highest peak, Nanga Parbat. At 8,126 meters, it continues to resist the efforts of Himalayan climbers. After the tragedies of 1934 and 1937, it wasn't until 1953 that Germany, licking its wounds, considered taking up the challenge again. This is the second part of our saga of Nanga Parbat, ‘the killer mountain’.
Expédition au Pic Lenine
12 August 2021 Live expeditions
Ascent of Peak Lenin to 7134 metres in summer 2021
Six participants, guided by Serge Bazin and assisted by a local mountain guide, completed this beautiful expedition by following the normal route, physically demanding in the summit attempt.
Trek du Nanga Parbat © Laurent Boiveau
20 July 2021 Himalayas, Mountaineering, Fourteen 8000ers
The Nanga Parbat curse (8,126 m)
Nanga Parbat, ‘the killer mountain’. Between Mummery's first attempt in 1895 and Hermann Buhl's first ascent in 1953, 30 people lost their lives on its slopes. A sad record. Unlike most of the 8,000, there is no obvious route to the summit. We take you back to those tragic moments in the history of Himalayan climbing.