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.
We didn't lie to him, the citadel seems impregnable.
Arrived with his seven companions in front of this gigantic bastion of rock at the beginning of June 1492, Antoine de Ville did not despair.
On the contrary: the captain of King Charles VIII is galvanized.
Brave warrior, who fought in Lorraine and led some 400 crossbowmen into battle, no fortress can resist him.
With this detail that it is not held by men.
It would house, it is said in the country, a celestial paradise.
Sometimes, we evoke a purgatory…
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