Grivel

In search of the lost ice

Published on 12/05/2023 On the evening of August 11th, 2022, as part of the 25th Cervino Cine Mountain in Valtournenche, three great alpinists from three generations (François Cazzanelli, Christoph...

From the Murcielago to The Dark Machine and beyond by Stefano Azzali

This is the exciting story of the latest generation of Grivel technical ice axes. It covers a 20-year period and it is certainly not over yet!

200 ways to say snow, plus 1 by Marco Grasso

Published on 15/02/2022 And once again it didn’t come. Or, at least, it didn’t come as we expected and possibly it won’t, in another non-wintry winter in the place where we are writing about it. Th...

Divine Providence One Push

Published on 20/09/2024 “Often times being the first to do something, the first to imagine it, is what really counts, because let’s say once a performance like this exists, then the next climbers h...

“Intégrale 2.0”: a new take on a legend by Damien Tomasi

Published on 06/09/2024 It must be 1 or 2 a.m. and, despite the cold and our only sleeping bag for two, I manage to fall asleep. But I'm regularly woken up by the sound of falling rocks in the Eccl...

Goulotte Gabarrou-Albinoni 1974-2024 - 50th anniversary

The 50th anniversary of a great classic goulotte in the Mont Blanc range, in the words of one of the protagonists, Patrick Gabarrou.  English, Italian and French subtitles available.