Evergreen Patrick Gabarrou, who is not far short of 59, has added two more ice/mixed routes to the Mont Blanc Range. Read more »
Mara Babolin, Francesco Rota Nodari and Roberto Rovelli have made the probable second ascent of the South West Couloir of Punta Baretti, repeating the line first climbed, and then skied, by the well-known French extreme skier Pierre Tardivel. Read more »
Although several months old, two noteworthy, but entirely separate linked ascents in the Alps received almost nothing in the way of publicity until quite recently. The first involved a journey from Les Droites to Mont Blanc; the second from Monte Rosa to the Matterhorn. Read more »
Patrick Gabarrou, the 57-year old alpinist whose name is synonymous with pioneering in the Mont Blanc Massif, has added another new line - reputedly his sixth - to the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses. Read more »
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