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The Pangaea project in the heart of the himalayan region

Respecting the principles of the Pangaea project, Mike Horn has led a team of 8 young people from all over the world through an amazing adventure. The objective always remained the same:

Explore, Learn and Act.

The young explorers were away from May 31st to June 26th and hiked in the heart of the highest mountains in the world, climbing the Baltoro glacier in Pakistan. For them it was an opportunity:

to better understand environmental issues linked to tourism,
to think about customized solutions,
to understand the limits of the atmospheric layer by ascending a virgin summit of 6000 meters.

Erwan Le Lann, Grassroots Community Manager (...)

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ELIA: climbing and mountaineering helmet designed for women

Built for women...

The ELIA helmet was designed and developed to respond specifically to the needs of women. The innovative OMEGA headband system (Petzl patent) allows the helmet to be put on and removed easily and offers maximum comfort. In addition to this exclusive feature, the helmet has (...)

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VIDEO - Tuzgle - Climbing in Argentina

November 2008, the swiss climber Nina Caprez with 9 french guys travels to explore a new climbing spot in Argentina : an Altiplano littered with boulders and crags nested at 4200 m of elevation under the Tuzgle volcano. The movie illustrates the daily life of the group in this unexplored wonderland. (...)

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Sport News

[09/08/2010]

Navalameca : back to the future

After a two year break, the mythic bouldering festival "Navalameca" is back on track and will take place the last weekend of September. New areas have been especially developed for the occasion. 2010 Program

marathon times

[09/07/2010] From Said Belhaj

with Dani and Andrea enjoying some real Gothenburgish food at my place in Gothenburg. Oh boy -it's been some hectic times lately: just too much of everything. I'm now in Finland on somekind of vacation at my grandparents, trying to recover from all the rush in the past. But all the crazy rush has also been crazy fun!