Beyond the boundaries of established alpine sport, Speedriding is redefining what is possible in the mountains. A hybrid of speed-glider parachute flight and skiing, it allows the athletes to ski treacherous, previously inaccessible terrain; places where deadly cliffs and crevasses mean that an...
For 17 months, the famous adventurer Mike Horn travelled around the world following the Equator at latitude 0 without the use of energy - no fuel, no electricity. Facing death in many occasions, he remained brave and determined to accomplish what no human had ever done before.
It is 1 p.m. on June 30, 1982, when Christophe Profit, 24, shows up at the foot of Les Drus with his pof bag, his climbing shoes and nothing else. He will try the west face of Les Drus in "solo", in the Mont Blanc massif by "Directe Américaine", 1100 meters of vertical and smooth rock. Christophe...