Winter Success on the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses

During February, Benoit Drouillat and Pascal Ducroz, both French guides, and the female Belgian climber, Vanessa Francois, made most likely the second winter and, indeed, a very rare ascent of Manitua on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses. The three bivouacked at the foot of the face on the night of the 18th and reached the summit on the 24th...

Taken from: Alpinist Magazine.