A few key words ring in the ears of mountaineers. North face, trilogy, directissime… Last winter gave us several remarkable achievements, such as Charles Dubouloz’s first solo ascent of the route ‘Rolling Stones’ on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses, and Léo Billon, Benjamin Védrines and Seb Ratel’s link up of the famous Eiger, Jorasses, Matterhorn trilogy by the directissime routes in less than a month. A discussion around major ascents in the historical spirit of great mountaineering.