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.
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.
[1] The mountain Pointe Lachenal in the Mont Blanc massif was named after him.
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