Step into the daily grind of high-mountain rescuers in Valais, Switzerland. At the Air-Glaciers airbase in Sion, specialized crews are on their toes 24/7, ready to come to the aid of mountain ...

Denis Bertholet was among the vanguard of alpine guides and filmmakers who first took mountaineers to the Himalayas. Among them was Benoit Maury, the father of this documentary’s director. Through ...

Climbing all the peaks over 8'000 meters of altitude on the planet! With already ten 8000 summits to her credit, she’s never been so close to achieving this challenge of a ...

6 x 26' - The main characters of this new adventure are a group of “ weekend hikers ” who, while having never met, face the daunting task of completing a tour of the famous Matterhorn in 8 ...

Icefall climbing without the risks? Frozen clod climbing has become an increasingly popular form of mountaineering. Let's meet two of its pioneers, who have opened more than 400 routes and developed ...

Immersion into the dark and blurred world of men and women who challenge their visual disability through skiing. Some are blind from birth or following an accident. Some only perceive vague shapes, ...

How can we avoid avalanches and put a stop to the increase in mountain accidents? With the growing success of freeride and cross-country skiing, the ending season has been three times more deadly ...

Discover the splendor of a rough diamond of nature lost between India and Africa, a jewel case sculpted by the raw energy of volcanoes. Walking through Reunion Island along the ...

From its height of 2,877 metres, the Pic du Midi observatory has been enthroned over the French Pyrenees for 140 years. The world's first high-mountain observatory, its scientific center specializing ...

Jumping off a cliff with a parachute is a big success in the Bernese Oberland. Secretive in their own countries where their sport is illegal, base jumpers from Australia, America and Britain have set ...