2023-12-06 19:00:13
In 1978, Doctor Jaeger was one of the first three French people to plant his crampons on the summit of Everest, with Pierre Mazeaud and Jean Afanassieff. 594201572/Виктория Дутко – stock.adobe.com
REVIEW – A lovely story about Nicolas Jaeger, mountaineer and doctor, who disappeared in the Himalayas in 1980.
Its trace is lost in the high Himalayan snows, but it is luminous and singular. Nicolas Jaeger paid for his quest for exploits as close to the sky as possible with his life, early on, in the green age of conquerors. On the other side of the ridges, he also sought the absolute, the accomplishment, the conquest of the interior peaks. This outstanding doctor and mountaineer, valedictorian of his guiding class, was in many ways an enigma. Nicolas Jaeger could be a monster of efficiency and will, a model of rigor, of the kind required by high altitude races. But he was also a secret, modest and mysterious man, burned with an inner fire and an unquenchable thirst for surpassing himself.
These are the sides of a strong human soul that Virginie Troussier explores, pen and ice ax in hand. Living a life without regular contact with the raw element and without putting extreme demands on his body would be unthinkable for him, his being would slowly die out. writes the writer and journalist. In 1978…
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