Histoires de Grivel

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

Publié le 24/10/2023 L'attrait intemporel de la plus haute montagne du monde, dans les mots de Rinaldo Carrel (le premier Italien à l'avoir gravie en 1973) et de François Cazz...

The Crystal Ship - Première ascension de Pumari Chhish East (6850m)

Publié le 28/02/2023 3 amis et un sommet inédit à 6850m au Karakoram. Une longue attente due au mauvais temps puis une fenêtre météo inespérée...

THE SLOVAK - Reflections on Light & Fast Alpinism

Publié le 27/07/2022Steve House et Alan Rousseau : réflexions sur l'alpinisme light & fast, à partir de leurs expériences sur le Slovak Direct (Denali) l'un des parc...

WIELICKI - The Lord of winter

Publié le 25/05/2022 "Je crois que c'était toute une génération qui avait envie d'inscrire avec force son nom dans l'histoire de l'alpinisme. C'était aussi un par...

Superleggeri Grivel: les crampons qui ont poussé l'alpinisme au dessus de 8000m -de Gian Luca Gasca

Publié le 06.05.2022 "Ils ont grimpé la pente avec des crampons, sans couper les marches - aussi souhaitables qu'elles puissent paraître - parce qu'ils voulaient économis...

STOP WAR

Publié le 10/03/2022 - Nous avons maintenant décidé d'arrêter temporairement les livraisons vers la Russie. Nous croyons que la somme de nombreuses petites actions peut a...

Bob l'éponge, Hello Kitty et Iceman au Pakistan de Yannick Graziani

Publié le 19/01/2022 Hey hey! C’est par un jour de foehn qui en déracine des arbres que je commençais à écrire nos aventures.Le bon moment on sait jamais qu...

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. These are the numbers of the polar expedition made b...

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 them journeys, life experiences.This time the destina...

Première ascension au Kyungya Ri 2 - 6506m par Sophie Lavaud

Publié le 22/01/2021 Le 16 décembre 2020, nous voici à nouveau de retour à Katmandou après cette superbe aventure dans la vallée du Langtang où nous...

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.com The Arrigetch Peaks, meaning ‘fingers of an outs...

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 another era and in a lifestyle that has nothing to do...

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 Favre tells us about the difficulties encountered duri...

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.

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 this satisfaction, two black dots lost in the immensity.

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 meters of climbing.

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 before, conquering three virgin peaks in the process.

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.