Éditions Mons Grands Trails

In "Grands Trails", Alexis Berg, Fr?d?ric Berg, and Aur?lien Delfosse take you on a journey across five continents through photographs and portraits of athletes captured during the most beautiful trail races in the world.

Summary:

Places and encounters. Athletes and races. This is the heart of this grand photography book, which brings together material never before compiled in a volume on trail running.

40 races, 20 countries, 5 continents. The entire richness of a sport is represented here, with its many variations: short trail, ultra-trail, mountain race, stage race, skyrunning...

Hardrock; Zegama; Lavaredo; Barkley; Pikes Peak; Sierre-Zinal; Lofoten; Harricana; Glen Coe; Vanoise; Montclam; Transgrancanaria; Diagonale des fous; Western States; Marathon des Sables; Transvulcania; Tor des g?ants; Lemkowyna; Drakensberg; Matterhorn; Translantau; Templiers; Spine Race; Mont Fuji; Tarawera; Badwater; Madeira; Snowdonia; Montreux; Livigno; Saint?Lyon; UTMB

Around thirty portraits and interviews with champions, notable figures of trail running from yesterday and today, who tell the diverse stories of their discipline.

Courtney Dauwalter; Kilian Jornet; Fran?ois D?Haene; Christopher McDougall; Rob Krar; Ruth Croft; Jim Walmsley; Rory Bosio; Mathieu Blanchard; Xavier Th?venard; Sophie Power; N?ria Picas; Lazarus Lake; Matt Carpenter; Maude Mathys; Pablo Vigil; Gilles Bertrand; Corinne Favre; Emelie Forsberg; Marino Giacometti; Ludovic Pommeret; Hillary Allen; Luis Alberto Hernando; Pau Capell; Anton Krupicka; Zach Miller; Hannes Namberger; Mimmi Kotka; Camille Bruyas; Travis Warwick-Oliver; Scott Jurek; Rachid El Morabity

A dozen analytical texts written by three recognized specialists, going beyond generalities to question a sport in transformation. A sport that will continue to grow and still needs to evolve.

Grands Trails (2023) is not a sequel. It is an entirely new book signed by Fr?d?ric and Alexis Berg, the authors of Grand Trail (2015, ?dition La Plage), joined by Aur?lien Delfosse.

Author Presentation:

Fr?d?ric Berg is a journalist and trail runner. He has notably completed the Diagonale des Fous three times and the UTMB once, as well as a dozen ultras.

Alexis Berg is a photographer. All the photographs in the book come from the world tour he undertook, particularly as a photographer for the Ultra-Trail World Tour.

Aur?lien Delfosse is a journalist and Deputy Director of the Cin?math?que de montagne. Also an author and editor, he is the co-founder of L??quipe explore.

Key Points of the ?ditions Mons Grands Trails Book

• Photographs taken during the most beautiful trail routes in the world
• Portraits of exceptional athletes
• Trail races, ultras, skyrunning, etc. spread across 40 races, in 20 countries, and on 5 continents
• Analyses conducted by 3 recognized specialists
• 360 pages
• Dimensions: 25 x 29 cm
• Authors: Alexis Berg, Fr?d?ric Berg, and Aur?lien Delfosse
• ?ditions Mons