2023-06-26 22:47:57
She entered the history of French mountaineering. Sophie Lavaud climbed the Nanga Parbat in Pakistan on Monday, measured at 8,126 m above sea level, the last summit that was missing from her impressive collection. After twelve hours of extreme mountaineering, in difficult conditions marked by heavy snowfall and squalls, the climber realized her dream. The 55-year-old French mountaineer, who also has Swiss and Canadian nationality, has climbed fourteen peaks measured at over 8,000 m above sea level. Eleven years after the start of her project, she becomes the first in France to achieve this feat.
The expedition, made up of twenty experienced mountaineers, including the famous Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila, who seeks to climb the 14 highest peaks on the planet (over 8,000 m) in less than six months, has reached its goal at 9:15 a.m. .
“The entire team of our expedition managed to climb Mount Nanga Parbat”, said early Monday morning, the operator Chhang Dawa Sherpa, in charge of the ascent, on social networks.
A few hours later, Sophie Lavaud’s entourage confirmed to AFP that the group was safe and sound and had stopped at Nanga Parbat camp 3, at an altitude of 6,750 m, to spend the night before moving on. return to base camp on Tuesday.
“The Nanga Parbat has a special flavor because if I reach the top, this great project initiated 11 years ago will come true! I find it hard to believe it, explained Sophie Lavaud to AFP. In 2015, I resigned from my last job (she ran an event company) to take the plunge and devote myself fully to this objective. I like the adventure that is part of each expedition, I like the countries, the villages we cross, the encounters, life on the base camps. My driving force is neither performance nor the quest for achievement. It’s the love of adventure. »
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