Corinne Favre

Corinne Favre (born 15 December 1970) is a French professional ski instructor, competitive ski mountaineer,[1] and champion mountain runner.

[2] In November 2008 she and an accompanying Sherpa suffered a serious accident while descending from the Pumori mountain during an expedition in Nepal.

[3] After convalescing, she returned to action in the Championnat de France Vertical Race in January 2009.

In 2005, she won the Pikes Peak Marathon at her first attempt,[10] and also won the Buff Skyrunner World Series the same year after winning five of the six races in which she competed.

[13] She won her second Skyrunner Series title in 2008,[14] and is also a three-time winner of the race from Base Camp to Lukla on Mount Everest.