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Philippe Gatta

Philippe Gatta stories and photos of Expeditions. Such as Mount Everest, Makalu, Kangchenjunga, K2. Also details about the 7 Summits.

Furthermore, some sotries about desert races. Espcecially the 4 Desert and Marathon des Sables. Also multiples trail such as Tour du Mont Blanc, GHT, Via Alpina. Also multiples posts about rock Climbing and Alpinism.

Expeditions, 8000 meters, 7 Summits

K2 8611 m, Pakistan - © Philippe Gatta

K2 8611 m, Pakistan

K2 is the second highest mountain in the world and considered as the hardest of the 8000m peaks. Philippe and some friends tried to climb the Abruzzi Spur but have been stopped by challenging weather, rockfalls and a massive avalanche…

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Makalu 8463 m, Nepal - © Philippe Gatta

Makalu 8463 m, Nepal

Makalu is the fifth highest of the fourteen 8000m peaks. After several expeditions together, Philippe and Gombu teamed up to climb the French route. They reached the top of Makalu alone with amazing views of Everest and Lhotse in the background.

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Khan Tengri - © Philippe Gatta

Khan Tengri 7010 m, Kyrgyzstan

Khan Tengri is the second highest mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range. Philippe and Yannick climbed the Progrebietsky route on the South Face and West ridge of Khan Tengri in just 9 days.

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Kangchenjunga 8586 m, Nepal - © Philippe Gatta

Kangchenjunga 8586 m, Nepal 

The Kangchenjunga is the second least climbed peak of the 14 peaks over 8,000 meters. Philippe joined a French-Swiss team to climb the Southwest face. They reached the summit on May 19th in challenging weather.

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Ama Dabam - © Philippe Gatta

Ama Dablam 6856 m, Nepal

Ama Dablam, 6856 m, is an spectacular Nepalse peak, just a few kilometers South of Everest. Philippe and Jean-Marc climbed the Southwest Ridge. AS often off season, they were less than 10 climbers on the mountain.

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Karakoram - © Philippe Gatta

Gasherbrum II 8035 m, Gasherbrum I 8068 m

Philippe teamed up with Gorgan and Serap to climb Gasherbrum II (8035 m) and Gasherbrum I (8068 m). As often in Karakoram, the weather has been terrible and they couldn’t rich neither top. Nevertheless, the raw beauty of these peaks, the difficult access of the Baltoro and the tough conditions make it a place like no others.

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Ultra distance, Traverses, Desert races

Great Divide Trail - © Philippe Gatta

Great Divide Trail (GDT), 300 Km across Canada

After the GHT and the Via Alpina, Anna and Philippe left for another long traverse across the Canadian Rocky Mountains. They planned to run 600 km along the GDT but nothing went as planned : rain, snow storm, bears, mud, mosquitoes and injuries. Ultimately they made 300 km in harsh conditions.

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Via Alpina - © Philippe Gatta

Via Alpina – 1000 Km across the Alps

Wishing to run across the Triglav, Dolomites, Tyrol, la Bavaria, Interlaken…, they decided to follow a combination of the red and green Trail of the Via Alpina. To limit the overall distance to 1,000 km, they decided to start in the Triglav National Park (Slovenia) and finish in Chamonix (France). From the Triglav, they followed the Red Trail across Italy, Austria, Germany to Lichtenstein. From there, they switched to the Green trail to Lenk in Switzerland. After Lenk, they made their own trail to Chamonix, France.

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Madagascar Race - © Philippe Gatta

Madagascar Race

The Madagascar Race is a 250 km (155 miles) running race which is part of 4 Deserts Roving Race series. The 2014 edition started in the north of Madagascar, close to the city of Antsiranana and went South – Soutwest to finish at the city of Ambilobe. There were 6 stages in 7 days: almost 4 Marathons in 4 days, then 77 km, a rest day and a final stage of 10 km.

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Wadi Rum Race, Jordan - © Philippe Gatta

Wadi Rum Race, Jordan

The Jordan race started in the beautiful Wadi Rum desert, then crossed 3 more desert: Kharaza, Humaima and Wadi Araba to finish in the ancient city of Petra. There are 6 stages in 7 days: almost 4 Marathons in 4 days, then 87 km, a rest day and a final stage of 7 km.

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Alpinism, Rock climbing

Trail running