Louis Lachenal
French mountain climber
Intro | French mountain climber | |
Places | France | |
was | Mountaineer Mountain guide | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 17 July 1921, Annecy | |
Death | 25 November 1955Vallée Blanche (aged 34 years) |
Louis Lachenal (17 July 1921 – 25 November 1955), a French climber born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, was one of the first two mountaineers to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters. On 3 June 1950, along with Maurice Herzog, he reached the summit of Annapurna I in Nepal at a height of 8,091 m (26,545 ft). Previously he had made the second ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1947, with Lionel Terray. He died falling into a snow-covered crevasse while skiing the Vallee Blanche in Chamonix. The mountain Pointe Lachenal in the Mont Blanc massif was named after him.