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Tuesday 14.11.2023

Schubertkino Saal 1
19:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 19:15
  • € 10.5
Malte Roeper
Bike2Eiger
Sports in Mountains & Nature
27 min
Deutsch
The north face of the Eiger is the classic among Europe’s Alpine ascents. For elite mountain runner Philipp Reiter... more >
Andreas Gasser, Sam Strauss
Im Kreis
Sports in Mountains & Nature
30 min
Deutsch
Forever in search of the best powder snow, Sam Strauss and Andreas Gassner team up with Tom Gaisbacher and Luca... more >
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Brian Mathé, Morgan Monchaud
Captains on El Cap
Sports in Mountains & Nature
53 min
Englisch, Französich / dt. UT
Seb Berthe dreams of climbing the Dawn Wall, the most difficult route in the world. But Seb has no intention to reach... more >
16:45
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 16:45
  • € 10.5
Tom Dauer
David Göttler – Everest ohne Sauerstoff
Sports in Mountains & Nature
25 min
Deutsch
On 29 May 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were the first people ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest.... more >
Paul Schweller
Cross Tyrol
Sports in Mountains & Nature
30 min
Deutsch / engl. UT
Cross Tyrol is a documentary of a ski traverse through the mountainous Austrian province of Tyrol. The crew of skiers... more >
Matthias Mayr, Franz Fuchs
The Last Continent
Sports in Mountains & Nature
47 min
Deutsch, Englisch / dt. UT
The two freeriders “Hauni” and Matthias have experienced and filmed many great adventures on almost every... more >
Schubertkino Saal 2
20:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 20:15
  • € 10.5
Alex Eggermont
Darkest Before Dawn
Sports in Mountains & Nature
19 min
Französisch / engl. UT
Peek into the world of Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee’s authentic, raw process of his first season climbing on... more >
Fulvio Mariani
The Patagonian Spider
Alpinism & Expeditions
115 min
Englisch, diverse Sprachen / engl. UT
Patagonia: Gigantic ice-encrusted towers of rock reach out for the storm-lashed sky. Here, mountaineering is a... more >
17:00
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 17:00
  • € 10.5
Line van den Berg
My Phantom
Sports in Mountains & Nature
12 min
Englisch / Engl. UT
My Phantom follows the intimate journey of Dutch alpinist Line van den Berg as she questions what it means to be a... more >
Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner
Aligned, Between the Sea and the Sky
Alpinism & Expeditions
34 min
Englisch, Deutsch / engl. UT
Austrian freerider and filmmaker Sandra Lahnsteiner-Wagner takes us on a ski tour adventure in Norway’s majestic... more >
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Frank Senn
Todesfalle Haute Route
Alpinism & Expeditions
90 min
Deutsch
When seven of the ski mountaineers froze to death and their guide lost his life through a fall, a mere 400 metres from... more >
Schubertkino Saal 3
19:30
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 19:30
  • € 10.5
François-Xavier De Ruydts
Subterranean
Sports in Mountains & Nature
87 min
Englisch
In a remarkable year, two gritty teams of hobbyist cavers are poised to break records for the longest and deepest caves... more >
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Juha Suonpää
Lynx Man
Nature and Environment
80 min
Finnisch / engl. UT
A Finnish equivalent of Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man, Hannu has a love and connection to nature that surpasses most.... more >
17:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 17:15
  • € 10.5
Simon Willimann
Wireless Wilderness
Nature and Environment
9 min
Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch / dt. UT
In Switzerland, untouched natural habitats are feeling the pressure, as a lad grab of the last unexploited areas of the... more >
Harry Putz
Bis zum letzten Tropfen
Nature and Environment
32 min
Deutsch
Faced with the unstoppable advance of hydropower, the last pristine rivers of the Alps are under threat. Nowhere is... more >
Bernhard Reiner
Das vergessene Paradies der Alpen – Die Koralm in Zeiten der Energiewende
Nature and Environment
44 min
Deutsch
At the Koralm in Styria, plans to construct large-scale pumped-storage power plant has sparked off public resistance. ... more >

Wednesday 15.11.2023

Schubertkino Saal 1
16:45
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 16:45
  • € 10.5
Lucas Costes & Mathéo Bourgeois
Overhang
Sports in Mountains & Nature
14 min
Französisch / engl. UT
Jonathan Bargibant, a climbing teacher, prepares to climb the 8b+ rated Tom & Je Ris route in the Gorges du Verdon in... more >
Mario Heller
Cerro Torre Climb & Fly
Alpinism & Expeditions
25 min
Englisch / engl. UT
Cerro Torre is a majestic mountain. Many are the legends surrounding its ascent. In January 2022, despite first having... more >
Tomáš Galásek
Heavenly Trap
Alpinism & Expeditions
36 min
Tschechisch / engl. UT
The first ascent of the west face of the Baruntse by the Czechs Marek Holeček and Radoslav Groh is a dramatic battle... more >
Andreas Tonelli
Guardián del Valle, Volcán Tupungato
Sports in Mountains & Nature
24 min
Spanisch / engl. UT
Volcán Tupungato is a volcanic peak that stretches 6570 metres skywards on the border between Chile and Argentina –... more >
19:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 19:15
  • € 10.5
Robin Willingham
Forever Everest
Sports in Mountains & Nature
43 min
Englisch
Four times Olympic and world medalist Sabrina Filzmoser sets out to go from sea level to the top of Everest without the... more >
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Ramona Waldner, Alexander Brugger
Via Sedna
Alpinism & Expeditions
93 min
Englisch / dt. UT
Climber Caro North and skipper Marta Guemes share a passion for venturing into the unknown. They soon hatch the idea of... more >
Schubertkino Saal 2
19:30
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 19:30
  • € 10.5
Jakob Lang
Peaks & Perils
Alpinism & Expeditions
11 min
Deutsch / engl. UT
In this short film made in 2023, we accompany a mountain rescue team on a mission and learn about the procedure of an... more >
Jonas Baumann
You Can Do It
Sports in Mountains & Nature
30 min
Deutsch
Project manager Elsa is furious: her team has made a successful pitch and now excludes her from the presentation in... more >
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Sándor Csoma
Heights and Depths
Alpinism & Expeditions
96 min
Ungarisch / engl. UT
The protagonist of the story is Hilda Sterczer, the widow of the internationally renowned mountaineer, Zsolt Erőss.... more >
17:00
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 17:00
  • € 10.5
Bernhard Wenger
Aufnahmen einer Wetterkamera
People & Cultures
18 min
Deutsch, Englisch, Niederländisch / engl. UT
A ski resort in the scenic Austrian Alps. A weather camera, installed to display majestic mountain panoramas, casually... more >
Emily Shuttleworth
Permakultur, das kleine Paradies
Nature and Environment
11 min
Deutsch / engl. UT
What happens when you let nature run wild? Can you feed yourself just from your own garden? In search for the answers,... more >
Ben Sturgulewski
Creation Theory
Nature and Environment
22 min
Englisch / engl. UT
In the Westfjords of Iceland, where mountains meet the sea, creativity finds its ultimate human expression: a surfer on... more >
Mathias Peschta
Auf der Jagd nach dem Augenblick
Nature and Environment
47 min
Deutsch
Lukas Schäfer and Daniel Tschurtschenthaler from Südtirol are on the hunt for an elusive prey: the two nature... more >
Schubertkino Saal 3
19:45
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 19:45
  • € 10.5
Alastair Lee
Ephemeral
Sports in Mountains & Nature
53 min
Englisch
The Scottish winter climbing scene is something adventure filmmaker Alastair Lee has always looked at with admiration,... more >
Pavol Barabáš
Mountain Guides
People & Cultures
68 min
Slowakisch / dt. UT
It’s been 150 years since the idea of organised guided mountain tours in the High Tatras was born. To this day, this... more >
17:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 17:15
  • € 10.5
Sibylle Smolka
Wasserparadiese in Europa – Die Tara-Schlucht
Nature and Environment
43 min
Deutsch
Viewed from above, the Tara is a narrow turquoise ribbon that winds through eastern Montenegro. This river, which... more >
Manfred Christ
Die March – Ein Fluss wie damals
Nature and Environment
51 min
Deutsch
Along the border between Austria and Slovakia runs a river that has long resisted all attempts to tame it: the Morava.... more >

Thursday 16.11.2023

Schubertkino Saal 1
19:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 19:15
  • € 10.5
Joaquin Azulay & Julian Azulay
African Territory II
Alpinism & Expeditions
107 min
Englisch, Französisch, Portugiesisch, Spanisch / engl. UT
Part two of “African Territory”. Starting out in Cameroon and heading southwards, the Gauchos del Mar brothers... more >
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Doris Hochmayr, Wolfgang Stickler
Qatar – Perlen im Sand
Nature and Environment
52 min
Deutsch
Qatar is a country of extremes: no larger than the province of Upper Austria, the desert state on the Persian Gulf is... more >
16:45
  • Schubertkino Saal 1
  • 16:45
  • € 10.5
Kurt Skoog
Floating on Snow
People & Cultures
59 min
Schwedisch, Norwegisch, u.a. / engl. UT
Beyond skiing on groomed pistes, there are other stories about skis and skiing to tell. Floating on Snow delves into... more >
Guillaume Broust
Chronoception
Alpinism & Expeditions
54 min
Französisch / dt. UT
Following in the footsteps of Kyrgyzstan’s nomadic people and the ancient Silk Road, Thomas Delfino, Léa Klaue, and... more >
Schubertkino Saal 2
19:30
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 19:30
  • € 10.5
Nancy Svendsen
Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest
Alpinism & Expeditions
71 min
Nepalesisch / engl. UT
Pasang chronicles Pasang Lhamu Sherpa’s tragic and inspiring journey to become the first Nepalese woman to summit... more >
Ignasi López Fàbregas
Egoland
Alpinism & Expeditions
20 min
nonverbal
In this adventure-packed animated film, Marek Molek and Bruno Grassi are on the verge of reaching the summit of The... more >
Dariusz Zaluski, Aleksandra Prokopiuk
The Curse of the Mountain. In the Footsteps of the First Polish Himalayan Climbers.
Alpinism & Expeditions
62 min
Polnisch / engl. UT
The film tells the story of a Polish expedition to Nanda Devi East in July 1939, whose participants were outstanding... more >
17:00
  • Schubertkino Saal 2
  • 17:00
  • € 10.5
Olaf Obsommer
Pioniere, Legenden und Helden des Wildwassers
Sports in Mountains & Nature
76 min
Deutsch
The AKC – the Alpine Kayak Club – has always been a committed, passionate promoter of extreme whitewater rafting.... more >
Andrew Opila
Into the Ice – An Expedition to the End of the World
Nature and Environment
30 min
Englisch / engl. UT
Into the Ice is a journey into Cordillera Darwin – a remote, wild and mostly unexplored mountain range on the tip of... more >
Schubertkino Saal 3
20:00
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 20:00
  • € 10.5
Leopold Le Grelle
Shamata
Alpinism & Expeditions
22 min
Englisch
This short film takes us on a journey rich in the adventures of a freedom-seeking traveller. Combined with the practice... more >
Susanna Fanzun
I Giacometti
People & Cultures
104 min
Deutsch, Italienisch / dt. UT
With the Giacomettis, the rugged valley of Bregaglia in the Swiss mountains has brought forth an entire dynasty of... more >
17:15
  • Schubertkino Saal 3
  • 17:15
  • € 10.5
Jan Haft
Die Geschichte vom Orangeroten Heufalter
Nature and Environment
43 min
Deutsch
A road movie about the search for one of Europe’s rarest butterflies: Nature filmmaker Jan Haft travels through... more >
Franz-Leopold Schmelzer
Faszination Karawanken – Mythos Grenze
People & Cultures
24 min
Deutsch
The Karawanken rise skywards like a huge, dividing wall. Although another boundary – the national border between... more >
Anna Steuber, Viktor Apfelbacher
Kanadas Nationalparks – Ivvavik
Nature and Environment
52 min
Deutsch
Canada is the second largest country in the world and the first to recognize that the diversity of its landscapes must... more >
EXPO - Austellerhalle
  • Austellerhalle
  • 16:30
EXPO – Donnerstag
240 min
The festival's exhibition area offers every year new attractions : You will find information and advice from the... more >
Steiermarksaal
17:00
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 17:00
  • € 14
Alfredo Croce
Migrant Trees
Nature and Environment
12 min
Englisch
Trees that are not native to Europe but thrive here nevertheless have become a hot topic that has polarized opinion.... more >
Wolfgang Tonninger
Wild im Gebirge. Meditationen über die Jagd
Nature and Environment
61 min
Deutsch
Hunting is a divisive issue: It would seem that it has only insiders and ardent opponents. Which is why it is usually... more >
19:30
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 19:30
  • € 29
Autogrammstunde mit Thomas Huber
30 min
Thomas Huber will be available for autographs. There will also be the opportunity to purchase his new book "In den... more >
Thomas Huber
Thomas Huber: In den Bergen ist Freiheit
75 min
Deutsch
For decades, the world-famous climber and extreme mountaineer Thomas Huber has been moving close to the edge:... more >
Grüner Saal
17:15
  • Grüner Saal
  • 17:15
  • € 9
Michael Düchs
Tour Du Ciel
Sports in Mountains & Nature
29 min
Deutsch
“Big mountains, big glaciers – a constant up and down. And: great skiing!” This is how the Garmisch mountain... more >
Bertrand Delapierre, Séverine Gauci
La Verte, a Steep Skiing Story
Sports in Mountains & Nature
47 min
Französisch / engl. UT
If the Mont Blanc is Chamonix’ King, the Aiguille Verte is its queen. Climbed for the first time in 1866 by the... more >
19:15
  • Grüner Saal
  • 19:15
  • € 11.5
Susanne Delonge, Jan Kerckhoff
Gedächtnis im Eis – Rettung des Klimaarchivs
Nature and Environment
29 min
Deutsch
Ancient glacial ice is a precious archive of inestimable value. The glacier on the wind-swept Weißseespitze in the... more >
Jimmy Sundin
Peaks of Sweden
Alpinism & Expeditions
48 min
Schwedisch / engl. UT
Jimmy, Tobias and Björn have decided to make a winter ascent of Sweden’s twelve highest peaks – all of them above... more >
Alessandro Beltrame
Pioneers
Alpinism & Expeditions
33 min
Italienisch / engl. UT
In the mid-19th century, when the first English travellers were exploring the largely as yet unclimbed peaks of the... more >

Friday 17.11.2023

EXPO - Austellerhalle
  • Austellerhalle
  • 13:00
EXPO – Freitag
480 min
The festival's exhibition area offers every year new attractions : You will find information and advice from the... more >
Stefaniensaal
19:30
  • Stefaniensaal
  • 19:30
  • € 15
Jeremy Hogarth
Das wahre Dschungelbuch
Nature and Environment
52 min
Deutsch
In breathtaking images, we experience the stars of Rudyard Kipling’s literary classic in the India of today. Bagheera... more >
Bühnengespräch zu “Das wahre Dschungelbuch”
30 min
Deutsch
On the premiere of the ORF Universum film "The Real Jungle Book", the Australian director Jeremy Hogarth, ORF... more >
17:00
  • Stefaniensaal
  • 17:00
  • € 14
Hans-Robert Schauer
Hanns Schell – Pionier steirischer Expeditionen
30 min
Deutsch
On the occasion of the honouring of the Styrian expedition pioneer Hanns Schell by the Paul Preuss Society, the film... more >
Reinhold Messner
Sturm am Manaslu
Alpinism & Expeditions
80 min
Deutsch
In 1972, a small expedition led by Wolfgang Nairz embarked on a journey to the challenging south face of Manaslu (8163... more >
Steiermarksaal
16:30
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 16:30
  • € 14
Josh Lowell
DNA
Sports in Mountains & Nature
24 min
Englisch / engl. UT
The 29-year-old French sport climber Seb Bouin has been quietly working his way through the elite grades, culminating... more >
David Stummer
Hang – Angelino Zeller
Sports in Mountains & Nature
26 min
Deutsch
His paraglider suddenly folding, Angelino Zeller crashes to the ground. That was in 2017, an the incident that... more >
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Jonathan Fäth
No Bolts – Rissklettern um Innsbruck
Sports in Mountains & Nature
31 min
Deutsch
Really hard single-pitch trad routes are few and far between in Tyrol. To find these “gems”, which don’t feature... more >
13:45
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 13:45
  • € 14
Guillem Miró
La Nau
Nature and Environment
18 min
Spanisch / engl. UT
Bartomeu, a somewhat surly but on the whole peaceable retired man who quietly cultivates his terraces beneath the... more >
Bertrand Delapierre
Air Karakoram
Alpinism & Expeditions
44 min
Französisch / dt. UT
Long, arduous ascents are not what the seven friends have in mind as they set off from Karimabad in Pakistan to reach... more >
Andrea Gastgeb
Überirdisch – Die Welt aus der Luft
Nature and Environment
50 min
Deutsch
Though our planet is characterised by unique, fascinating landscapes, large swathes of them remain mostly hidden from... more >
19:00
  • Steiermarksaal
  • 19:00
  • € 29
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner: Die Innere Dimension des Bergsteigens
115 min
Deutsch
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is the first woman in the world to have climbed all 14 peaks in the 8000-metre series without... more >
Autogrammstunde mit Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
30 min
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner will be available for autographs. There will also be the opportunity to purchase her book "Ganz... more >
Kammermusiksaal
20:00
  • Kammermusiksaal
  • 20:00
  • € 15
Quentin Lustig
Kahuna
Alpinism & Expeditions
46 min
Französisch / engl. UT
Baptistin, Quentin, Robin und Yvan are four engineering students returning from an extraordinary five-month expedition.... more >
Javier Álvaro
Karim’s Footsteps
Alpinism & Expeditions
51 min
Englisch, Spanisch / dt. UT
Abdul Karim is the most famous sherpa in the Karakorum. Born in Hushé, a small village in northern Pakistan, his only... more >
Tom Woodward
Lure of Adventure in the South Island
Sports in Mountains & Nature
40 min
Englisch
New Zealand’s South Island is an adventurer’s wonderland, with jagged snow-capped mountains, dense uninhabited... more >
17:15
  • Kammermusiksaal
  • 17:15
  • € 14
Stefan Mitterwallner
Von Eis und Feuer
Alpinism & Expeditions
4 min
nonverbal
Iceland’s mystical, mist-shrouded landscapes, spectacular glacier lagoons and countless waterfalls hold a special... more >
Yann Sochaczewski
Kaktus Hotel
Nature and Environment
50 min
Deutsch
In the south-western USA, an imposing figure towers skywards, arms outstretched. At first sight, the unmissable object... more >
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Patrick Centurioni
Sanfte Berge – Wilde Moore
Nature and Environment
44 min
Deutsch
The Alpine foothills are among Europe’s most romantic wild regions, where mist-shrouded lakes and moors border the... more >
14:45
  • Kammermusiksaal
  • 14:45
  • € 14
Tom Dauer
Lo Stile di Vita – Die Riegler-Brüder
People & Cultures
27 min
Deutsch
Although Florian and Martin Riegler easily have what it takes to be among the best-known sibling teams in contemporary... more >
Jules Guarneri, Benoît Goncerut
Mustafa Ceylan
People & Cultures
12 min
Französisch / engl. UT
Had his father had his way, Moustique – Mustafa – would have made his career as a footballer. But from the moment... more >
Hannes Tell
Bravo Marcel – The Century Climber
Sports in Mountains & Nature
22 min
Französisch / dt. UT
Learning how to skateboard at 90 years of age, still climbing a 450 m multipitch at 95, still lead climbing at nearly... more >
Lutz Maurer
Der König der Berge: Der Nanga Parbat und Hermann Buhl
Alpinism & Expeditions
35 min
Deutsch
On 2 July 1953, Innsbruck mountaineer Hermann Buhl, in a daring solo attempt, became the first person to reach the... more >
Blauer Salon
19:15
  • Blauer Salon
  • 19:15
  • € 11.5
Lisa Maria Kerschbaumer
Im Herzen die Berge – Starke Frauen in den Dolomiten
People & Cultures
47 min
Deutsch
The Dolomites are home to many pioneering women: women who live their lives as they see fit. Like the extreme ski... more >
Lea Vučko
The Legend of Goldhorn
Nature and Environment
14 min
nonverbal
This story based on a Slovenian folk tale is an analogy of greed and humans’ relationship with nature. In the heart... more >
Henry M. Mix
Bärland
Nature and Environment
44 min
Deutsch
The coasts of the Northern Asian Pacific are home to the largest number of bears on earth: brown bears, polar bears and... more >
17:00
  • Blauer Salon
  • 17:00
  • € 9
J. Michael Schumacher
Das Erbe der Inka – Die Brücke aus Gras
People & Cultures
43 min
Deutsch
Over 500 years ago, the Inca Empire stretched from the south of what is now Colombia all the ways to Chile. Its... more >
Christina Zurbrügg & Michael Hudecek
Wundersames Kiental
People & Cultures
52 min
Deutsch
Kiental in the Swiss Alps: though only a small village, it entered the history books with two historic events: Lenin... more >
14:00
  • Blauer Salon
  • 14:00
  • € 9
Alessandro d'Emilia
Day Dream – Searching for the Inner Peak
Sports in Mountains & Nature
25 min
Italienisch / engl. UT
Day Dream tells the story of two characters connected to the mountains. Fausto de Stefani, an alpinist and naturalist,... more >
Michael Scheyer
Kilimandscharo – diesmal mit Krücken
People & Cultures
108 min
Deutsch
Thomas Lämmle climbed eight-thousanders like Mount Everest without breathing apparatus. After narrowly surviving a... more >
Grüner Saal
20:00
  • Grüner Saal
  • 20:00
  • € 11.5
Peter Künzel
Tief im Fels – Überleben am Untersberg
Sports in Mountains & Nature
44 min
Deutsch
Ever since the major international operation to rescue speleologist Johann Westhauser from the Riesending cave in 2014,... more >
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Alex Lopez
We Walked Under the Earth
Sports in Mountains & Nature
53 min
Französisch / engl. UT
Explorers under the earth follows the attempt of cave explorers Cédric Lachat and David Parrot to try and link the... more >
18:00
  • Grüner Saal
  • 18:00
  • € 9
Mark Pedri
Brave Girl
People & Cultures
8 min
Englisch
Told through the eyes of a 6-year-old climber who goes by the name of Brave Girl, this documentary captures the... more >
Juan Miguel Ponce
Abriendo Camino – Opening the Path
Sports in Mountains & Nature
46 min
Spanisch / engl. UT
A Spanish women’s mountaineering team visits the Arabian Peninsula with an ambitious project: With their Abriendo... more >
Martina Trepczyk
Tigereyes
People & Cultures
11 min
Englisch / engl. UT
Hamna Hussein is the first and still only female and only Muslim scuba diver on a small Maldivian island, diving with... more >
Charley Radcliffe
Une belle trace
Alpinism & Expeditions
19 min
Französisch / engl. UT
In July 2022, mountain guides Frederic Degoulet and Benjamin Ribeyre set out to attempt a mountaineering first – to... more >
15:30
  • Grüner Saal
  • 15:30
  • € 9
Yannick Boissenot
Deepfreeze Directissime Walker
Alpinism & Expeditions
27 min
Englisch, Französisch / engl. UT
In June 1986, Patrick Gabarrou and Hervé Bouvard opened the “Directissime de la Pointe Walker” on the Grandes... more >