On February 25, three French climbers made history on Cerro Torre. Or rather, they rewrote a part of their history. For once, the entire mountaineering community seems delighted to greet the feminine feat signed by the high mountain guides Lise Billon, Fanny Schmutz and Maud Vanpoulle on the southeastern edge of this Patagonian mountain on … Read more
Robert Falcon Scott is the Poulidor of the conquest of the South Pole. This is how history remembers him, which does not forgive him for dying in the effort, for his men did the same, dragged by him in 1912. His critics add that the planning of his Antarctic trip was disastrous, and what should … Read more
Robert Falcon Scott is the Poulidor of the conquest of the South Pole. This is how history remembers him, which does not forgive him for dying in the effort, for his men did the same, dragged by him in 1912. His critics add that the planning of his Antarctic trip was disastrous, and what should … Read more