In his thirties, the mountaineer Benjamin Védrines has already written his name on several pages of mountaineering history. After a record ascent in the Himalayas on Broad Peak and an opening in the Barre des Écrins last year, the Alpine climber did it again this winter by climbing the Gousseault-Desmaison route on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses from the Chamonix valley in only 15 hours with his rope partner Léo Billon. This is mountaineering at full speed and a new minimalist and uncluttered style for ascents in total freedom...
Behind the great names of the past, there are still beautiful pages to write on the summits. If we thought that the conquest of the heights belonged to the last century, it is not so! The new generation of mountaineers, passionate, creative and ambitious, has its say! In his frantic race towards the summits, Benjamin Védrines gives us a new vision of mountaineering. An express conquest where technique, commitment and endurance are mixed, where the heart beats at 100 km/h and where the head remains cool in front of the magnitude of the mountains.
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