September 26th to October 1st, The Mountain Academy2 will be in Swiss Alps. We’ll go exactly to Val d’Anniviers, into “Cabane du Grand Mountet”, over Zinal (Valais) Why? This is one of the best places to climb on mixed, on summits between 3000 and 4000m high. It’s a valley just behind Zermatt, the big Matterhorn, and we’ll be in the mid

Big moments and long flights with Manu and Yohan in three different areas: Civetta's range, Pale di San Lucano and Tre Cime. We had good weather conditions, and Yohan was in good shape... Wonderful trip! Just have a look on our movie: http://vimeo.com/27450968

Le troisième rendez-vous de la Mountain Academy2 s’est déroulé en Italie, du 13 au 18 février dernier, dans le Val de Cogne. Un rendez-vous placé sous le signe du froid et de la glace. Pourquoi la glace ? Grimper sur des cascades est une des activités alpines les plus riches en termes de sensations et de progression. Il s’agit avant tout

Après plusieurs années de travail, de réflexion et de persévérance, voici le livre de Jérôme Blanc-Gras et Manu Ibarra, publié par la société Blue Ice ! 264 pages pour découvrir l'univers de l'escalade sur glace : son histoire, les techniques, le matériel mais aussi la matière glace et son évolution. Ce livre propose aussi une démarc

On Monday 26 September, weighed down with heavy sacks, we headed off into the Val d’Anniviers. The first element that we met was ‘Earth’, the huge moraines here reminders of the sheer scale of the surrounding glaciers. Obergabelhorn, Matterhorn and Dent Blanche The Grand Mountet hut, our goal for the day, is only accessible to those who are p

Where do we go? Vercors is a limestone range with many famous cliffs between Grenoble and Chatillon en Diois: Presles, Gerbier, Ombleze, Saou, Les Trois becs, Glandasse, Archiane, Benevise, Mont Aiguille (climbed by Antoine de Ville in 1492!)… Vercors looks like a long and high “table land” bordered on east and west side by cliffs. The altitu

Monday July 25th to Sunday 31st, we'll be in Dolomites to jump again from mythic walls of this area. In these area, a big part of the history of alpinism was written, on mountains like Cima Grande or Civetta. The first B.A.S.E jump of history was also made there from Spigollo Giallo in 1965, with a "rond" canopy, by Eric Felbermayer an austrian den

Have a look on: http://vimeo.com/24108866

Here is a short report of our week in Swiss Alps in... french. English version coming soon. Le lundi 26 septembre, lourdement chargés, nous nous sommes lentement immergés dans le Val d’Anniviers. C’est d’abord avec la terre que nous avions rendez-vous : celle des immenses moraines, vestiges de la démesure des glaciers environnants… La Ca

French version below... On Monday 2 May, Mountain Academy 2 finally saw the light of day. This first week was based at Valcroissant Abbey, situated under the Glandasse wall in the Vercors region of France. Nine young alpinists from across Europe met up with the team of 5 guides, a photographer and Fred & Clarence from Mountain Hardwear. On the firs