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Goulotte Gabarrou-Albinoni 1974-2024 - 50th anniversary

Goulotte Gabarrou-Albinoni 1974-2024 - 50th anniversary

Goulotte Gabarrou-Albinoni 1974-2024 - 50th anniversary
Adventure

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.

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EVEREST - Then & Now
Expeditions

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 ...

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The story of Toni Gobbi: from citizen to mountain guide - by Oliviero Gobbi
History

The story of Toni Gobbi: from citizen to mountain guide - by Oliviero Gobbi

Published on 12/08/2022 Toni Gobbi was a mountaineer, a mountain guide, a ski instructor and an entrepreneur. Born in Pavia in 1914 and raised in Vicenza, he moved to Courmayeur in the early 1940s....

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Superleggeri Grivel: the crampons that pushed mountaineering above 8000m by Gian Luca Gasca
Expeditions

Superleggeri Grivel: the crampons that pushed mountaineering above 8000m by Gian Luca Gasca

Published on 06.05.2022 "They climbed the slope with crampons, without cutting steps - as desirable as they might seem - because they wanted to save energy". Thus the Alpine Journal on the exploits...

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STOP WAR
#News

STOP WAR

Veröffentlicht am 03.10.2022 - Wir haben nun beschlossen, die Lieferungen nach Russland vorübergehend einzustellen. Wir glauben, dass die Summe vieler kleiner Aktionen eine große Wi...

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Climbing in history: Bonatti Route on the North Face of Matterhorn by Damien Tomasi
History

Climbing in history: Bonatti Route on the North Face of Matterhorn by Damien Tomasi

Published on 07/12/2021For about fifteen years, from 1950 to 1965, Walter Bonatti was certainly the best mountaineer in the world.15 years during which he has opened, alone or in a rope team, some ...

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The revolutionary, the killer and the ice axe by Marina Morpurgo
History

The revolutionary, the killer and the ice axe by Marina Morpurgo

Published on 09/07/2021 It is a just after 6 pm on the 20th of August 1940, when an ambulance arrives at Avenida Rio Churubusco in the suburb of Coyoacán in Mexico City, and rescuers enter i...

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Coleridge and the first sport climb in history by Marina Morpurgo
History

Coleridge and the first sport climb in history by Marina Morpurgo

Published on 7/05/2021 On a Saturday morning in August 1802, the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge exits from Greta Hall - the great house in Keswick in the Lake District - with a backpack, which we wou...

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The engineer, the crampon and the beast by Marina Morpurgo
History

The engineer, the crampon and the beast by Marina Morpurgo

Published on 26/03/2021 Courmayeur, 1909. A badly dressed guy with a big brown beard enters the workshop of the blacksmith Henri Grivel, with a drawing in hand: it is that of a ten-pointed crampon,...

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It looks shit, but it was actually ok - movie
History

It looks shit, but it was actually ok - movie

Ice climbing gear has lived a long and fascinating evolution. Discover it in the words of two protagonists: Stevie Haston and Ezio Marlier. To each  their own!Sit back and Enjoy! #GrivelToEachThei...

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The dawn of sport climbing in Aosta Valley. Memories of a protagonist by Guido Azzalea
Climbing

The dawn of sport climbing in Aosta Valley. Memories of a protagonist by Guido Azzalea

Published on 16/06/2020 It was the year 1970, I had attended a course of introduction to mountaineering with the Alpine Club of Aosta. The lessons were held at the gym of the Generale Cantore Castl...

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Steel Points in the Grivel forge - 1956 documentary
History

Steel Points in the Grivel forge - 1956 documentary

This exceptional video from 1956 shows how our ice axes and crampons were produced in those years. Many things have changed since then, but our passion is the same, as well as the awareness that ex...

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The history of carabiners
History

The history of carabiners

What do you know on the evolution of carabiners? Their history will help you choose the right carabiner for your needs.

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THE ICE AXE WITH THE WOODEN SHAFT
History

THE ICE AXE WITH THE WOODEN SHAFT

While modern ice axes have much better technical and mechanical features, no tool can compete in beauty and elegance with the traditional wooden ice axe.

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Climb Different by Fernando « Féfé » Ferreira
Climbing

Climb Different by Fernando « Féfé » Ferreira

There is not one climb, but many climbs, and height, difficulty, support don’t matter much. What matters is to climb. To climb in your own way, whatever the motivations. 

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