Christophe Dumarest joins the Mountain Equipment Athlete Team
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We’re excited to announce that Christophe Dumarest has joined our team of climbers from 2026.
Christophe was ‘born in a backpack’ in Annecy, France. He was skiing by 2 years old and climbing 4000m peaks before he was 10. Mentored in the mountains and the skills of Alpinism by his family, he eventually progressed to regional and national French climbing teams before qualifying as an IFMGA Guide in 2009. He continues to guide extensively now, specialising in the Alps’ Grand Courses and technical routes.
Christophe is well known for his hard and committing ascents around the world. Decades of new routes and hard repeats in the Alps include ‘Heidi’ on the Grandes Jorasses and a near onsight of ‘Divine Providence’ on Mont Blanc. He has climbed countless equally hard lines further afield, everywhere from Alaska to the Andes, Greenland and the Himalaya, including the much sought-after ‘Eternal Flame’ on Trango Tower in the Karakoram and ‘Chercheur d’Absolu’ on Fitz Roy in Patagonia.
Today, Christophe works to limit his long-haul travel, preferring instead to focus on the wealth of climbing close to home that includes everything from single pitch projects to Alpine walls and multi-day enchainments covering huge quantities of ground.
Christophe will be working closely with both our central team in the UK, providing feedback on prototype and existing product, and in France, where Mountain Equipment’s presence continues to grow.
