Philippe Gatta – Climbing Mont Ponset – Mont Neiglier
Today I went back to the Madone de Fenestre to climb the Couloir Délaissé(300m, 45-50° max) in the Southwest face of Mont Ponset (2828 m). The conditions in the Couloir [...]
Today I went back to the Madone de Fenestre to climb the Couloir Délaissé(300m, 45-50° max) in the Southwest face of Mont Ponset (2828 m). The conditions in the Couloir [...]
Sunday Anna and I went to the Madone de Fenestre to climb the West Couloir (II, AD / 3, 300m) of Gélas (3143 m). The snow starts above 2300 m [...]
After the snow fall of last week, I was excited to start a new ski touring season. The snow starts at 2200m so I decided to go at Madone de [...]
Mick Fowler and Dave Turnbull have succeeded in making the first ascent of Gojung (6310m) – also known as Mugu Chuli – in the Himalaya. Mick and Dave, who [...]
Philippe recently completed his latest adventure – Kangchenjunga the least climbed of the Himalayan 8,000m plus mountains! Isolated and regularly blasted by winds of over 100mph and temperatures of -25c [...]