Keyword: Benjamin Vedrines

The film "K2 Chasing Shadows" is now available on YouTube after its festival tour at Mountains on Stage. The film follows French alpinist Benjamin Védrines as he sets a new record time on the world's second-highest peak and then becomes the first person to paraglide from K2.

The mountain film festival Mountains on Stage returns to the big screen with its Winter Edition! Starting November 13, 2025, the festival, centered around the themes of adventure and mountains, will be back on stage in 280 cities worldwide. The German-language tour starts on November 17, 2025, in Munich and will stop in 33 cities across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Frenchmen Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean have completed another difficult first ascent in the Himalayas. In Nepal, they made the first ascent of the seven-thousander Jannu East via its steep north face—in alpine style, of course.

On October 2, 2025, the two French alpinists Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean made the first documented ascent of the remote Anidesh Chuli, a previously unexplored 6808m high mountain in the Eastern Himalayas.