Louis Lachenal
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 70 years ago |
| Date of birth | July 17,1921 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Annecy |
| France | |
| Date of died | November 25,1955 |
| Died | La Vallee Blanche |
| Chamonix | |
| France | |
| First ascents | Annapurna I |
| Job | Mountain guide |
| Mountaineer | |
| Place of burial | Chamonix Cemetery, Chamonix, France |
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| ID | 609815 |
Louis Lachenal Life story
Louis Lachenal, 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 on the 1950 French Annapurna expedition, along with Maurice Herzog, he reached the summit of Annapurna I in Nepal at a height of 8,091 m.
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