Benoit Chamoux

Benoît Chamoux (born with the Roche-sur-Foron on February 19th 1961) revolutionized the himalayism in the Eighties by organizing practically professional forwardings, putting always ahead the collective character of the rise.

Benoît Chamoux disappears during the rise from its 14th and last 8.000 - the Kangchenjunga - on October 6th, 1995.

October 5th, around two hours of the morning, five mountaineers leave Camp IV (7800m): the French Benoit Chamoux and Pierre Royer, Swiss the Jean Troillet and Erhard Loretan and the Italian Sergio Martini. The French cord is this day there slower; Troillet and Loretan arrive thus at the top to 14:35. Sergio Martini, it, gave up. In end according to midday, radio advertisement that Chamoux and Royer made half-turn very close to the top. In the morning of the 6, Jean Troillet successful to come into radio operator contact with Benoit Chamoux and to guide it in the direction of the western collar, above camp IV. Chamoux will briefly answer him " Thank you Jean… ". Its last words.

The French mountaineer disappears some time later on the Indian slope, required passage towards the western collar, where any radio operator contact is impossible.

Rises in the Himalayas

13 Himalayan tops of more than 8.000m carried out:

Gasherbrum II (8 036 m) on June 15th, 1985.
Gasherbrum I (8 068 m) on June 22nd, 1985.
Broad Peak (8 047 m) on June 20th, 1986 (rise in 16:00).
K2 (8 611 m) on July 7th, 1986 (rise in 23:00 since the CB).
Nanga Parbat (8 125 m) on July 7th, 1987.
Annapurna (8 091 m) on May 10th, 1988 (Southern face).
Manaslu (8 183 m) on May 12th, 1989 (Southern face).
Cho Oyu (8 201 m) on April 30th, 1990.
Shishapangma (8 013 m) on May 12th, 1990.
Everest (8 846 m) on September 29th, 1992.
Dhaulagiri (8 167 m) on October 6th, 1993.
Lhotse (8 516 m) in 1994.
Makalu (8 463 m) on May 7th, 1995.

External bonds

Site of the Foundation Benoit Chamoux
http://www.bivouak.net/articles/Benoit_Chamoux_101.php?id_article=101&id_sport=1

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