The Grand paradis is said to be one of the easiest four-thousanders and that is the one choosen by Carole Dechantre to share with the famous alpinist Jean Troillet.

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

Yûichirô Miura, the man who skied down Everest, journeys to an 8,000 foot mountain in the midst of a...
Blind climber Erik Weihenmayer and his team's highly successful ascent of Mount Everest along with f...

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

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

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

In this retrospective tribute, acclaimed filmmaker Jean Walkinshaw hails the 100th anniversary of Mo...

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

Nicolas Jaeger, a French physician specializing in sports and high-altitude physiology, conducted an...

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

Maurice Barrard and Liliane Bontemps met in 1973 in Peru. Four years later, they are married and sta...

Une Vie Au Dessus Du Vide (A Life Above the Void), directed by Nicolas de Virieu, is a documentary t...

In 1983, three climbers became the first French people to reach the summit of Everest. Among them we...
Participants' account of Wanda Rutkiewicz's last expedition.