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 ...

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, ...

Raphaël Mayoraz is a mountain guide, a rescue worker and a geologist specialized in the prevention of natural risks. It’s his job to prevent dangers in a region that is particularly vulnerable to ...

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 ...

Bruno Jelk and Gerold Biner are key figures of high mountain rescue. Over the years, they realized that the Nepalese had to be autonomous to perform their own rescues. The generous project took a ...

After a rollercoaster pro skiing career littered with highs and lows, podium glories and shattering injuries, Gregory Tuscher now helms the Swiss freeski team as their national coach. An icon ...

On his 52nd birthday, Erhard Loretan was accidentally killed in the Alps while working as a mountain guide. He was the third man in mountaineering history to have climbed all 14 mountain peaks of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Discover the grandiose scenery of the Swiss Alps through this portrait of the daily routine of mountain refuge caretakers. Passionate mountaineers, handymen, mess sergeants, these men and women ...