After 30 Years of Attempts, Jannu East Finally Climbed by French Duo
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The French mountaineer, along with his corded companion Nicolas Jean, came to the end of the east Jannu, a 7 468 m summit known as impassable in the Himalayas. One more feat for this tormented mountaineer in perpetual quest for challenge.
The ascent of Everest or Annapurna remains the Grail for most mountaineers, but more and more of them leave autonomously, without sherpa or oxygen, to the conquest of less peaks...
Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean are the first to climb this Nepalese summit at 7,468 meters above sea level.
Another peak has fallen. The list of virgin mountains has lost one of its more than a hundred members. Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean have become the first to crown the East Jannu (7,468 meters) in the Himalayas. They opened a new route on the north side in the alpine style (without fixed cords or artificial oxygen). wf_cms.rss.read_more
After three days of climbing, the 33- and 26-year-old climbers managed on Thursday to climb to the top of the 7,468-metre Nepalese summit, which had until then pushed back fourteen attempts. They told "Liberation" their incredible performance.
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