"The ascent of the Aiguilles Ravanel and Mummery", climbed by young guides in cycling pants: The brothers Armand Charlet and Georges Charlet, Arthur Ravanel, Henri Couttet and Charles Balmat. The film was shot by Georges Tairraz II, Chamoniard mountain photographer, representative of the third generation of a family line of mountain photographers and filmmakers. George Tairraz II's film will lay the groundwork for a French vision of mountain film; In the 1930s, a French school of mountain cinema emerged, less expressionist, more stripped down and realistic than the German school. These are the films of Marcel Ichac, Roger Frison-Roche, Samivel, Georges Tairraz II, etc. It develops according to the principles set by Marcel Ichac, in opposition to the German school. It is both about getting out of the dramatic vision of the mountain and placing the mountain and the climbers at the heart of the plot.

A documentary portrait of the legend Eric Escoffier at the height of his mountaineering career. A tr...

French alpinist Charles Dubouloz’s attempt at a rarely repeated route on the fabled north face of th...

Eleven-year-old Papik (nickname for Yannick Vallençant) dreams of climbing Mont Blanc with his fathe...

Catherine Destivelle has deservedly become the most famous female climber in the world. She rose to ...
Blind climber Erik Weihenmayer and his team's highly successful ascent of Mount Everest along with f...

Trapped near the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Annie Garrett radios to base cam...

The best films of the European Outdoor Film Tour 11/12.

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m ...

A tragic expedition to the Himalayas, told by the great mountaineer Reinhold Messner, who lost his b...

Before tackling the ascent of urban buildings, Alain Robert was considered one of the best specialis...

A story of chopped fingers, fun, friendship and the First Ascent of Kunyang Chhish East (7,400m). Fo...

On 15 May, 2006, double amputee Mark Inglis reached the summit of Mt Everest. It was a remarkable ac...

TSR documentary on the 1979 expedition to Algeria in the Atakor massif (Hoggar desert), organized by...

A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain ...

The story of Enrique Herreros (1903-1977), cartoonist, advertiser, poster designer, talent manager, ...

Yûichirô Miura, the man who skied down Everest, journeys to an 8,000 foot mountain in the midst of a...

1967: Two of the world's best climbers, Yvon Chouinard and Royal Robbins, tackle the west face of Se...