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In search of the lost ice

Published on 12/05/2023 On the evening of August 11th, 2022, as part of the 25th Cervino Cine Mountain in Valtournenche, three great alpinists from three generations (François Cazzanelli, Christoph...

From the Murcielago to The Dark Machine and beyond by Stefano Azzali

This is the exciting story of the latest generation of Grivel technical ice axes. It covers a 20-year period and it is certainly not over yet!

200 ways to say snow, plus 1 by Marco Grasso

Published on 2022/02/15 And once again it didn’t come. Or, at least, it didn’t come as we expected and possibly it won’t, in another non-wintry winter in the place where we are writing about it. Th...

Climate change, melting glaciers and hydropower by Prof. Marco Grasso

Published on 28/01/2022 The temperature on Earth has been climbing steadily for the past two centuries, but since the post-war boom in both consumption and population it has rocketed. This increase...

Wrapping glaciers to save them? - by Marco Grasso

Published on 2021/10/29 The summer of 2021 was the hottest on record both in Europe and the United States; July 2021 was the hottest month ever recorded; the ten warmest years occurred after 2005, ...

The low carbon transition: the need to change and the search of new ways by Marco Grasso

“We need to change”. Breaking free from the ubiquity of fossil fuels is one of the most powerful narratives of current socio-economic thinking.In the new article by Prof. Marco Grasso on our blog ...

Our relationship with nature: from protected areas to rewilding - by Marco Grasso

Rewilding is a progressive approach to conservation. It’s about letting nature take care of itself, enabling natural processes to shape land and sea, repair damaged ecosystems and restoredegraded l...

Wandering in the mountains and other stories. Climate change and perspectives - by Marco Grasso

Published on 28/05/2021 If until a decade ago it was possible to believe that ecological changes could be contained within certain safe boundaries, today this perspective must be placed among thos...

The abandoned ski resorts in the Italian Alps: climate change creeps inexorably upwards by Professor Marco Grasso

Published on 16/04/2021There’s no business like snow business, but, thanks to climate change, the fairytale of immaculate white slopes framed by pristine Alpine forests is skating on very thin ice,...

Skiing - My gear for The Aiguille Verte by the Washburn route (the Z) by Charlotte Barré and Alexandre Pittin

Published on 9.04.2021 The Verte is probably one of the peaks of Mont Blanc that makes the mountaineers dream most. It is often said that its name would come from the blue / green hue that hits the...

Microplastics "on the rocks" by Professor Marco Grasso

Published on 12/03/2021 There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home. Or so the refrain goes. But when home is an Earth where, however remote or apparently wild, no location exists that h...

Skiing - My Gear For Couloir Jaeger - Mont Blanc du Tacul by Denis Trento

Published on 03/03/2021 The Couloir Jaeger is the "smallest" of the legendary snow couloirs that characterize the east side of the Mont Blanc du Tacul, but despite being a few hundred meters shorte...

Ice Blades - History and Technology

Climbing on ice, with the help of a blade. Overcoming apparently invincible slopes, on what is ephemeral and aleatory by definition, on what was liquid, it was rain, it was the leap of a river, and...

Mountain therapy by Anna Torretta

Published on 30/10/20 This is a story of a crazy adventure, which will excite you, it is a story of sharing and listening. It is not the story of a personal enterprise, but that of a group that gro...

MOUNTAINEERING - My Gear for the Moose's Tooth (Alaska) by Alan Rousseau

Published on 21/09/2020The Alaska Range is a vast wilderness and home to some of the most dramatic mountain terrain in the world. Even the ‘walk-up’ routes here all require a level of commitment no...

MOUNTAINEERING - My Gear for North Cascades Car2Car Missions by Natalie Afonina

Published on 11/09/2020 Most alpine climbs in the North Cascades require a long approach, snow and glacier travel, followed by simul-climbing or soloing long stretches of easy rock, some technical...

ALPINISM WITH GRIVEL Episode 3: Mountain Climbing

Published on 28/08/2020 In December 2019, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage met in Bogotá (Colombia) and decided to inscribe Alpinism on the R...

The Hallmark - REFLECTIONS OF A SOLO CLIMBER - by Marek Raganowicz

Published on 17/08/20 Is the soloist in the big wall alone? Yes and no. Of course, there is no partner, but before leaving, he packs equipment, that he chooses with care, as other choose a climbin...

ALPINISM WITH GRIVEL - Video series - Ep. 2

Published on 30/07/2020 In December 2019, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage met in Bogotá (Colombia) and decided to inscribe Alpinism on the R...