2023-06-26 08:06:30
Sophie Lavaud officially became, Monday, June 26, the first French mountaineer – she also has Swiss and Canadian nationalities –, of all genres, to climb the fourteen peaks over 8,000 meters on the planet, announced on the social media Chhang Dawa Sherpa, the expedition operator.
His quest ended at Nanga Parbat – 8,126 m – in the Himalayan range in Pakistan, nicknamed the “killer mountain”. Sophie Lavaud, 55, is currently descending to Camp 3, which carries its share of danger. The Lausanne native, who climbs with oxygen, climbed the first more than a decade ago: the Cho Oyu on the border between Tibet, China, and Nepal, 8,188 m above sea level, in 2012; then Everest, the highest in the world (8,848 m) in 2014.
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A very closed club
Last spring, she successfully climbed Shishapangma (8,027 m), in Tibet. “Therefore, I only have one mountain left to climb to complete the project that I started 11 years ago, she explained before her expedition au Nanga Parbat However, if this climb has special meaning for me, I approach it as in my previous attempts: with great respect for the challenge ahead; with meticulousness in the preparation; and with a strong motivation to go following my dream. »
Sophie Lavaud joins the very exclusive club of mountaineers who have climbed all 8,000, there are a few dozen of them, including a handful of women. Sophie Lavaud also becomes the first Swiss woman to achieve this feat. The Turkish Tunc Findik, who is at his side on Monday, also ends his quest for the fourteen peaks. Benoit Chamoux, Jean-Christophe Lafaille or even Chantal Mauduit… Several French people had already tried to take up this challenge. Without success.
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