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...

“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.

CERRO NORA OESTE – ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY IN PATAGONIA BY LUCA SCHIERA

Published on 27/02/2024 I have always felt like a climber but the world of climbing and mountaineering, with more and more rules and conformism, is a bit tight for me. I want to clarify: I love cli...

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...

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...

From D15 to 9a by Angelika Rainer

My entry into the world of ice and dry-tooling happened by pure chance. When I was 18 years old, in 2005, after having already been sport climbing for 6 years, I participated for fun and without an...

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...

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.

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 ...

La Norte, triunfo y tragedia en el Cerro Torre de Tomas Roy Aguilò

Publicado en 07/04/2022 Primeros intentos en la Cara Norte del Cerro Torre 17 años escalando en El Chalten… puedo decir que mi camino fue progresivo y lleno de experiencias enriqueced...

STOP WAR

Publicado el 03/10/2022 - Ahora hemos decidido suspender temporalmente las entregas a Rusia. Creemos que la suma de muchas pequeñas acciones puede tener un gran impacto.

First Winter Ascent of ‘Padre Pio Prega Per Noi and Echelle Ver le Ciel’ - Matterhorn by François Cazzanelli and team

François Cazzanelli and Emrik Favre, together with Francesco Ratti, between the 27.2.2022 and 1.3.2022, made the first repetition and first winter ascent of “Padre Pio Prega Per Noi + Echelle Ver l...

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

VERDON 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

Greenspit 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 resources as a psychol...

How climbing has changed my life by Angelika Rainer

"I didn't have many friends at school, and at the secondary school I was also bullied.Climbing has given me freedom, both physical and mental”. Our athlete Angelika Rainer confesses to us how climb...