"Sur Les Traces De Premier De Cordée", a color documentary from 1952 which will be released the same year as the eponymous photo book published by Arthaud, features Roger Frison-Roche and his sidekick Georges Tairraz II on the Aiguille du Grépon (3482 m) in the Aiguilles massif which overlooks the Chamonix valley. Together they co-produce the images of the ascent. The young Pierre Tairraz, who completed his training in Paris, at the school in the rue de Vaugirard (Cinema promotion in 1953), also took part in this very technical aerial filming as assistant to his father Georges Tairraz II and cameraman.

Directed by Jean-Marc Boivin in 1977, Glace Extrême is a documentary about mountaineering and extrem...

In 1961 the southern face of the Central Pillar of Mont Blanc was still unclimbed. Two roped parties...

Heinz Mariacher got closer to the mountains by climbing the most important peaks of the Dolomites. H...

Silbergeier is a long pitch route (8b+ max) built by Pietro del Pra in 1993 and organized by Beat Ka...

Established in 1821, the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix is the first and largest guides' company i...

Paragot and Bérardini: two climbers who fill all climbing enthusiasts with admiration. In Fontainebl...
Blind climber Erik Weihenmayer and his team's highly successful ascent of Mount Everest along with f...

For nearly three years, director Dina Khreino interviewed world-class mountain climbing athletes, li...

An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their ...

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

Mountaineering documentary on the Nanga Parbat expedition, in India, in 1982. Led by mountaineer Pie...

In 1975, Raymond Renaud, Yves Pollet-Villard, Maurice Gicquel, Maurice Cretton, Jean Coudray, Yvon M...

For decades, an elite handful of climbers have competed for the coveted speed record on the 3,000-fo...

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

The two brothers Jean and Pierre Ravier have opened almost all the "classic" (difficult) routes in c...