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PROTECTING ICE MEMORY
Studying glacier ice allows us to anticipate future climate changes. However, with the glaciers retreating at such a fast rate, this scientific resource could disappear in the next couple of centuries... Watch video
INCIDENTS AND NEAR-MISSES: THE FIRST LESSONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR PREVENTION
Since its launch in December 2015, the SERAC database on camptocamp.org has been collecting reports on incidents and near-misses experienced by mountain sports enthusiasts. Watch video
NORTHEAST GREENLAND CAVES PROJECT: ADVENTURE-SCIENCE CLIMATE RESEARCH EXPEDITION
During the summer of 2015, a highly-motivated 5-person team visited the Arctic Circle to explore, survey, photograph, and sample caves of Northeast Greenland for the purpose of climate-change research. Watch video
THE MOUTAIN COMMUNITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
See interviews with researchers and climbers present at the Mountain and Climate Conference. Watch video
RESEARCHERS IN THE TREETOPS IN VIETNAM
In September 2015, researchers from the Paris Natural History Museum organized a scientific expedition in Vietnam, to the Cuc Phong National Park. Watch video
NYIRAGONGO, EXPLORATION INTO THE HEART OF AN AFRICAN VOLCANO
Journey to the center of the heart. Watch video
A MASK TO HELP ACCLIMATIZE
In April 2015, a team of French doctors have just tested a face mask on over thirty voluntary mountaineers and hikers. Watch video
A NEW PATH TO THE CONSCRITS REFUGE
August 2012: the footbridge on the new path to the Conscrits refuge in the Mont-Blanc is completed! Watch video
SCIENTIFIC ITINERARY INTO THE HEART OF ICEFALLS
How does the ice in icefalls form? How does this ice react to a climber’s progression and to changing climatic conditions? To answer these questions, in 2006 the Petzl Foundation launched a fundamental research program. Watch video
NEPAL, MOUNTAIN CAREERS TRAINING CENTER
The Petzl Foundation has been committed since 2006 to the training of future professional trek guides, in partnership with the Association of Nepal Mountaineering (NMA). Watch video
MOUNTAIN SAFETY TRAINING
In 2006, La Chamoniarde, a mountain safety and rescue association, set up a series of free training workshops in mountain safety. Watch video
GYPAETE AIRLINES - SHORT FILM - Mathieu Le Lay
A film showing how climbers and the Bearded Vulture share the same space. It was made to raise awareness of the fragility of this emblematic species. This short documentary encourages respectful and responsible rock climbing behavior on the nesting sites of large birds of prey. Watch video
TRAILER OF THE FILM HORS LES MURS FROM CHRISTOPHE RAYLAT
Ascension of the Dibonna needle by a school group, during a mountain project for young people led by the city of Grenoble and supported by the Petzl Foundation. Watch video
PRINCIPAL VOICES - INVENEO
To get the tools of Information Communications Technology such as computers, telephony, and Internet access to those who need it most — people and organizations in rural and highly underserved communities of the developing world. Watch video
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR OUR MOUNTAINS?
The Mountaineering Assizes took place in Grenoble and Chamonix in April and May 2011. The goal was to initiate a dialog between all those involved in the mountains.. Watch video
NORTHEAST GREENLAND CAVES PROJECT: ADVENTURE-SCIENCE CLIMATE RESEARCH EXPEDITION
During the summer of 2015, a highly-motivated 5-person team visited the Arctic Circle to explore, survey, photograph, and sample caves of Northeast Greenland for the purpose of climate-change research. Watch video