2023-06-26 10:06:27
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 summits of more than 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 meters – 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 summit more than a decade ago: Cho Oyu on the border between Tibet, China, and Nepal, 8,188 meters above sea level, in 2012 ; then Everest, the highest in the world (8,848 meters) in 2014.
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A very closed club
Last spring, she successfully climbed Shishapangma (8,027 meters) in Tibet. “Therefore, I only have one mountain left to climb to complete the project that I started eleven 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 after my dream. »
Sophie Lavaud joins the very select club of mountaineers who have climbed all the “8,000”, there are a few dozen of them, including a handful of women. She also becomes the first Swiss woman to achieve this feat. The Turkish Tunç Findik, who is at his side on Monday, also ends his quest for the fourteen peaks. Benoît 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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