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French alpinist Arthur Poindefert has combined his love for music with climbing by playing his cello after repeating the famous 'Digital Crack' on the grand gendarme above Arête des Cosmiques on Aiguille du Midi in the Mont Blanc massif.

In the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, on 23 June the Olympic Torch Relay completed a breathtaking tour of Aiguille du Midi.

In August 2022 the Bulgarian climbers Emiliyan Kolevski and Victor Varoshkin made the first ascent of 'Electric Avenue' on grand gendarme on the Arête des Cosmiques on Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc, France. This is only the third route up the famous granite monolith after 'Digital Crack' and 'Arête Cosmiques',...

Marco Sappa has repeated the famous Digital Crack, first ascended in 1990 by Thierry Renault and Alain Ghersen on the grand gendarme of the Arête des Cosmiques in the Mont Blanc massif. The Italian mountain guide reports.

Mountaineering in Switzerland: Italian mountain guide Alberto De Giuli introduces the famous Wandfluegrat, also referred to as the Dent Blanche South Ridge (4357m), the classic alpine ridge high above Val d'Herens in Switzerland’s canton Valais.

Climbing photographer Federico Ravassard recalls, with words, photos and a video, Federica Mingolla's ascent of Digital Crack, the 8a she repeated last summer on grand gendarme dell'Arête des Cosmiques, Mont Blanc.

21-year-old Italian climber Federica Mingolla has repeated Digital Crack 8a, Mont Blanc.

The appeal by Argentinean mountaineer Rolando Garibotti to safeguard the future of the Fitz Roy massif.