Grivel Stories

Adventure

POLAR SHADOWS by Vincent Colliard

Published on 22/10/2021Polar Shadows by Vincent Colliard: 63 days, 1100 km unsupported, temperatures till -40, sledges of 290 kg, 2 warm hearts. Th...

Expeditions

Expeditions at the time of COVID by Giampaolo Corona

Published on 19/05/2021 This is my fifteenth mountaineering expedition between the Himalayas, Karakoram and Hindu Kush, but if I prefer to call the...

Adventure

First ascent of Kyunga Ri 2 – 6506m by Sophie Lavaud

Published on 22/01/2021 On December 16, 2020, here we are back in Kathmandu after this superb adventure in the Langtang valley where we climbed thi...

Adventure

Arrigetch Peaks: An Arctic climbing expedition in Alaska

Published 23/10/20 Written by Natalie Afonina, an alpine/ice climber and roboticist living in the USA Find her on Instagram or www.natexploring.co...

Adventure

Sarek - The last wilderness of Europe - by Emma Svensson

Published on 07/08/2020 There is a place in Scandinavia, a huge area in Northern Sweden where there is no trails, no mountain huts, no cell recepti...

Climbing

TAGHIA CLIMBING EXPEDITION - GOING INTO THE MOROCCAN MIDDLE ATLAS by Silvia Loreggian

Published on 30/06/2020 Taghia is a village of 600 inhabitants lost in the Moroccan Middle Atlas. Staying in Taghia means immersing yourself in ano...

Expeditions

Attempt to Pangpoche by Emrik Favre

“It is not always the summit that gives you happiness, often the journey and the efforts we undertake to get where we can go are enough” Emrik Favr...

Expeditions

Manaslu 8163 m "An Himalayan expedition out of the box", by Francois Cazzanelli

Manaslu at high speed: the last Himalayan venture of our friend Francois Cazzanelli.

Expeditions

Around Nanga Parbat on skis by Yannick Graziani

The essence of mountaineering is to understand that we are where we need to be, and where we were in this immense bare ground, we fully enjoyed thi...

Expeditions

Shivling 2017 by Vittorio Messini

The new route opened is called "Shiva's Ice", Gharwhal Himalaya, was completed in 3 days and has difficulties up to M6 and WI5, to about 1000 meter...

Expeditions

Revelation glacier expedition 2019 by Janez Svoljšak

Slovenian mountaineers Janez Svoljšak has completed a series of climbs in remote mountains of Alaska on routes that no human ever set foot on befor...

Expeditions

Two Denalis in one week By François Cazzanelli

A double excellent result that repays the Grivel athete of the efforts made during the meticulous preparation throughout the winter.