Grivel Stories

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...

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.

Mushin - Being Yasushi Yamanoi

Published on 14/12/2023 “Mushin" is a zen mental state achieved when a person's mind is free from thoughts of anger, fear, or ego during combat or everyday life, so the person is totally free to ac...

EVEREST - Then & Now

Published on 24/10/2023 The timeless appeal of the world's highest mountain in the words of Rinaldo Carrel (first Italian to summit, in 1973) and François Cazzanelli (who climbed it in 2018), with ...

THE NOIRE - Climbing in The Shadow of Mont Blanc

Published on 10/8/2023Light and dark, adventure and exploration, friendship and cold … On February 12th and 13th 2023 François Cazzanelli, Emrik Favre and Stefano “Teto” Stradelli opened “Couloir I...

El Puma 9a - Marcello Bombardi

Published on 31/05/2023 "In the last few years I have freed a couple of these routes, a little bit more isolated, hidden, bolted many years ago. I get so excited about this thing of being able to g...

The Crystal Ship - First ascent of Pumari Chhish East (6850m)

Published on 28/02/2023 3 friends and un unclimbed summit at 6850m in Karakoram. A long wait due to bad weather and then an unexpected good weather window that allowed them to fulfill their dream. ...

SAXARATE REALITY - Marco Sappa

Published on 29/09/2022 “From a crack climbing point of view it really has nothing to envy to many other great classics I've climbed … Having it here at a stone's throw from home in Courmayeur with...

BEYOND THE ROCK - Climbing in Corsica video series

What is climbing? Let's try to discover it in this series, with a group of strong climbers around Corsica.

THE SLOVAK - Reflections on Light & Fast Alpinism

Published on 27/07/2022 Steve House and Alan Rousseau: reflections on light & fast Alpinism, from their experiences on the Slovak Direct (Denali) one of the most legendary routes in the Alaska ...

MATTERHORN Big Wall

Published on 13/06/2022 3 friends and mountaineers, 2 routes linked together according to a visionary project, 1 iconic mountain in the heart of the Alps. MATTERHORN BIG WALL is out on our YouTube ...

WIELICKI - The Lord of winter

Published on 25/05/22 “I believe that mine was an entire generation who really wanted to leave their name written in the history of mountaineering. It was also a historical paradox that it was prec...

Denis Trento - My life as a ski mountaineer

Published on 25/03/2022 “Skis are definitely the tools that allow me to be more in contact, more in symbiosis with the environment, with nature, with the mountains. I define myself as a ski mountai...

STOP WAR

Published on 10/03/2022 - We have now decided to temporarily stop deliveries to Russia. We believe that the sum of many small actions can have a great impact.

Ice Chasers - video series

Ice is an almost magical element, with its short lived and delicate nature. It has marked the life of many climbers who have been able to find in ice their vision and their path. This video series ...

La cura 9A - Marcello Bombardi and Massimo Bal

Published on 20/12/2021   Last October Marcello Bombardi has freed “La Cura”, 9a in Ollomont (Italy), bolted by Massimo Bal. After 7 days on the route and many falls at the last move he managed to ...

Digital Crack - Now and then

Published on 17/09/2021   Climbing through history. On 26th June 2021 Alessandro Zeni and Enzo Oddo repeated Digital Crack, a unique line of 8a, located on a 50 m red granite monolith in the middle...

VERDON The Show must go on

Published on 16/08/2021VERDON The show must go on: discover the evolution of a climbing mecca.

Socially Useless

Published on 30/07/2021 What can we define socially useful? Climbers may see it differently! Beauty, adventure, fear, mind games … to each their own! Watch our new video “Socialmente Inutile” - Soc...

GREENSPIT - The psychologist in the crack

Published on 25/6/2021Greenspit is a 12-meter long horizontal crack that crosses a large 45° roof, in the Orco Valley, in north-western Italy.Watch the story of Marco Sappa, from a career in human ...