Louis Lachenal

Louis Lachenal (1921 - 1955) is a Alpiniste French, first winner, in 1950, one of the Sommets of more than eight thousand meters of the world: the Annapurna.

Biography

Louis Lachenal was born with Annecy the July 17th 1921. He carries out his first climbings on the rock of Biclope in 1934. In 1941, he is member of the organization Jeunesse and Montagne. In 1942, it carrying is patented alpine Club French. It is then engaged as alpine instructor and skiing instructor in the center of the Contaminate-Montjoie. It Marie with the autumn. It will have two children.

In 1945, it meets Lionel Terray and carries out its first race with him: the face Is of the Monk. It is with him that it carries out - inter alia - the fourth rise of Walker in 1946, the second rise of Eigerwand in 1947.

The June 3rd 1950, with the Annapurna, it forms part with Maurice Herzog first cord in the world on a top of more than eight thousand meters. This victory is also that of a team: Gaston Rébuffat and Lionel Terray, Jean Couzy, Marcel Schatz, Dr. Jacques Oudot, and the scenario writer Marcel Ichac. Following this forwarding, it has the cold feet and is amputee.

He dies the November 25th 1955, during a descent with Ski of the white Vallée, with Chamonix. He leaves his name to a corridor of Off-piste skiing with Flégère with Chamonix.

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