Revenge of the Nepalese, winners of K2
The news of the winter conquest of K2, the last 8,000 still inviolate in winter, looped all night from Saturday January 16 to Sunday January … Read more
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K2, journey to the top of the most terrible of the “8000 meters”
The thirteen other peaks over 8,000 meters have given way over time, between 1980 and 2016. But the K2 remains this giant, always reluctant to … Read more
Sherpas want to become masters of their own homes again
It’s a story that begins just over a century ago, in 1921 and 1922, during the first two attempts to climb Everest. From the second … Read more
On the K2, patriotism at the top
And the K2 became “The mountain of the Italians”. It had been written since the Duke of Abruzzo’s first exploration in 1909 spotting the most … Read more
The K2, a giant never conquered in the Himalayan winter
In a little over ten years, all was said. Begun in 1950 with the ascent of the Anapurna by the French pair Herzog-Lachenal, the conquest … Read more
Louis Lachenal, the unknown of Annapurna
“I knew my feet were freezing, that the summit was going to cost me them. I did not owe my feet to French youth. So … Read more
Juliana García, mountain guide: ‘it’s been six months without being able to work’
With the opening of summits of high mountain such as Cotopaxi, Antisana, Ilinizas, Corazón, Carihuairazo, Tungurahua and Altar, the 160 guides Certificates of the Ecuadorian … Read more
Ondra at the World Championships in France extended his dominance in climbing on difficulty
Adam Ondra won the Briancon World Cup in difficulty climbing. In the final, he was the only one to climb to the top, before that … Read more
“La folie des hauteurs”, a podcast at the top for mountain lovers
France Bleu travels to the mountains with its first original audio series, The madness of heights, a six-part podcast in the heart of the peaks, … Read more