This sporting-gear chain runs 29 shops in the Latin Quarter, each selling equipment for a specific outdoor activity. This is the flagship shop (specialising in mountaineering); you can find walking gear at 2–4 rue Thénard; camping gear and a fabulous range of accessories (torches, knives, flasks, folding buckets, pack showers…) at 6 rue Thénard; and Paris’ most complete range of maps and guides at 2 rue de Latran.

Clothing for le froid urbain (urban cold) is stocked at 50 rue des Écoles and 3 rue de Latran.