Dernières News

Chris Sharma flashed the Men's Infinity Lane Saturday 27th, June, during the Petzl Roctrip in Millau (Aveyron - France).

This 100m route approaching the 8c has resist to the others
competitors (Dani Andrada, Daniel Dulac, Tony Lamiche, Steve McClure,
Sean McColl, Mickaël Fuselier...) but Chris spent all his energy in one
attempt and flashed the route in a raw!

On the Women's Infinity Lane, Martina Cufar and Florence Pinet flashed the route as well. Chloé Minoret, Nina Caprez and Lynn Hill sent the route on 2nd or 3rd attempt.

Read all the stories on petzl.com

Friday,  July 3 2009 - Gasherbrum base camp:
It is running quite good here. From Tuesday until Wednesday I was
already for the second time at camp 2 at 6500 meters. Overnight. The
weather was pretty bad. Nicole, my wife, descended from camp 1 back to
Base Camp with two Pakistani.

July 9, 2009

On Saturday, June 20th (after a journey of nearly two weeks) we reached Gasherbrum base camp (5100m).
The formalities at the government in Islamabad were quickly settled.
Should the political situation in Pakistan  get critical, we provided
also the visa for China. So we would be able to fly out from China - just in case.

Secondo giorno - il giorno della tempesta
Dani Andrada si lancia ed apre la sfida al muro finale cadendo a tre rinvii dalla catena.

Difficile de résister à l’appel des grands murs du Yosemite et de ses voies mythiques dont les noms résonnent dans nos têtes…
Afin de se mettre dans le bain en douceur et de ne pas brutaliser un genou quasi tout neuf, nous avons choisi, dans un premier temps, de faire des voies « à la journée », avec des sacs d’un poids, disons, « raisonnable ».

Deeper....
Deeper is definitely the word. Two weeks ago, Jeremy Jones showed up
with his filmer Chris in Bruson Switzerland to film the last segment of
their season. The goal of that mission was quite unclear, ride some
steeps, use no heli, sleep in the mountains....