Grivel Stories

Expeditions at the time of COVID by Giampaolo Corona

Published on 19/05/2021This is my fifteenth mountaineering expedition between the Himalayas, Karakoram and Hindu Kush, but if I prefer to call them journeys, life experiences.This time the destinat...

North Face of Eiger? Twice in a week! By Yannick Graziani

Published on 30/4/2021 Hello my dedicated climbing friends!I don’t really know how I came to climb the north face of the Eiger twice in a week at the end of march, one month ago now. Surely because...

FIRST ASCENT OF KYUNGA RI 2 – 6506M BY SOPHIE LAVAUD

Published on 22/01/2021 On December 16, 2020, here we are back in Kathmandu after this superb adventure in the Langtang valley where we climbed this virgin summit the Kyungya Ri 2 which culminates ...

Arrigetch Peaks: An Artic climbing expedition in Alaska

Published 23/10/20 Written by Natalie Afonina, an alpine/ice climber and roboticist living in the USA  Find her on Instagram or www.natexploring.com The Arrigetch Peaks, meaning ‘fingers of an outs...

On the Matterhorn off the beaten track. By Stefano (Teto) Stradelli

Published 16/10/20 Route "Innocenzo Menabreaz - Per Nio”, Matterhorn south face, opened by Hervé Barmasse and Patrick Poletto on 14th August, 2000. First repeaters: Bongiorno Nicolò, Cazzanelli Fra...

From Zero to Capanna Margherita - a new record (14h 18m 21s) by Nico Valsesia

Published on 04/09/20 In the previous weeks I had been on Monte Rosa with the mountain bike champion Marzio Deho and with Mattia Torraco, my dear friend. During the day we had climbed from Alagna Z...

Divine Providence by Damien Tomasi

Published on 23/07/2020 Open on July 5th to 8th, 1984, "Divine Providence" is perhaps one of the biggest routes in the Mont-Blanc massif... And already, everything was there to build a myth... The ...

BRENVA SPUR “one shot” by DENIS TRENTO

Published on 26/05/2020 The period we have just lived (or rather not lived) will probably be remembered in history books like the Great Wars. It could look as a clash, comparing the black and white...

First winter traverse of the Furggen, Matterhorn, Grandes Murailles and Petites Murailles chains by FranÇois Cazzanelli

A dream comes true: First winter traverse of the Furggen, Matterhorn, Grandes Murailles and Petites Murailles chains. Read the full article by Francois Cazzanelli

Patagonia. A land of vertical dreams in the far south of the world by Silvia Loreggian

Intact granite pinnacles, snow mushrooms that crown the peaks, ridge lines with an unequivocal profile… this and much more is Patagonia, land of the wind and the bright light of the southern hemisp...

THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE

The story of our friend Luca Morellato, who survived an avalanche at 5.300 m in the Ishkoman Valley, in the district of Ghizer (Pakistan), reminds us that the right equipment can save your life.

Attempt to Pangpoche by Emrik Favre

“It is not always the summit that gives you happiness, often the journey and the efforts we undertake to get where we can go are enough” Emrik Favre tells us about the difficulties encountered duri...

“The third life” by Thomas Bubendorfer

Thomas Bubendorfer tells us about the dark moments that followed his life-threatening accident on March 1, 2017, and how he managed to come out of it and open a new mixed climb on Grossglockner (37...

Peuterey Integral by François Cazzanelli

Published on 13/09/2019 A great dream that comes true. I had been dreaming of climbing this immense ridge for several years, without bivouac, going light and fast. I didn't know if I could do it bu...

Spantik by Giampaolo Corona

More than the experiences of the mountains, for me what matters most are the experiences made with people. I leave alone most of the times so that I live more intensely and in close contact with lo...

4000-m peaks of the Alps by Silvestro Franchini

In 40 days, in our training conditions, mountaineers can complete the ascent of the 82 4000-m peaks of the Alps without too much troubles.

Estrella Impossible by Damien Tomasi

Grivel athlete Damien Tomasi tell us the expedition in India’s Garwhal Himalaya on April 2016, the epic repetition of Estrella Impossible up the West Face of Bhagirathi III.

A season in Patagonia, 2018-2019 by Tomas Roy Aguilò

An ordinary season in a extraordinary land told by the Grivel local mountain guide.

Shivling 2017 by Vittorio Messini

Published on 24/06/2019  It was again at the Erna, the gas station at the Dobbiaco intersection, when we met for a quick coffee before climbing. In addition to the usual "How are you?", "Is it goin...