L'Himàlaia hivernal

Elisabeth Revol's spectacular rescue operation at Nanga Parbat (8,125 m) in January 2018 uncovered a little-known discipline: winter Himalayas. Who are the mountaineers who are dedicated to this specialty? What motivates them to face those inhumane conditions? What is the story of this extreme mountain practice? Specializing in social events, Emilie Brouze and Berenice Rocfort-Giovanni have investigated this meaningless universe. His book is addressed to all those to whom he subjugates and challenges the commitment of these conquerors of the useless. It collects testimonies of big names in international climbing and mountaineering, such as Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy, the first conquered of an eight thousand, the Italian Simone Moro or Élisabeth Revol.