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After 30 Years of Attempts, Jannu East Finally Climbed by French Duo

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French alpinists Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean have made the first ascent of Jannu East, a 7,468-metre peak in Nepal, known as “the last great problem of the Himalaya.” After decades of failed attempts by strong teams, the duo climbed the north face alpine-style, ascending over three days and descending in one. Védrines called it “the climb of a lifetime: three days of absolute intensity, between lucidity and sheer exhaustion. You had to pu…

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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.

·Paris, France
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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...

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Benjamin Védrines and Nicolas Jean are the first to climb this Nepalese summit at 7,468 meters above sea level.

·Paris, France
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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

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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.

·Paris, France
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ledauphine.com broke the news in on Sunday, October 19, 2025.
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