One by one, the high summits of the Alps, peaks, needles, points and domes have been tamed, etching in the memory of the mountains glorious ascents and other tragic ones. In these superior immensities, where man survives more than he lives, great adventures have been experienced. From the conquest of the highest mountains to the technical exploit, to the sporting performance,
Le Figaro
traces the ascents that have marked the history of mountaineering.
It is a vertical world of gray stone and bluish ice.
Shade and cold: here, on this north face of the Grandes Jorasses, the sun almost never crosses the six sharp points that crown the immense granite wall.
A universe of silence too: few men go through it.
About fifteen roped parties, at most, ventured on this mythical route of the Mont-Blanc massif.
Their traces are still visible today: an old torn backpack and, above all, a few rusty pitons left behind...
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