Louis Lachenal

 ( 1921 Births ) 

Louis Lachenal (17 July 1921 – 25 November 1955), a France climber born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, was one of the first two to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters. On 3 June 1950 on the 1950 French Annapurna expedition, along with Maurice Herzog, he reached the summit of Annapurna in Nepal at a height of 8,091 m (26,545 ft). Previously he had made the second ascent of the North Face of the Eiger in 1947, with Lionel Terray. He died falling into a snow-covered crevasse while skiing the Vallee Blanche in Chamonix. The mountain Pointe Lachenal in the Mont Blanc massif was named after him.

• "Tragic Study in French Movie Tells of Victory", 1953 Life Magazine account of their victorious climb.
• "Louis Lachenal – The Star That Fell to Earth", article about his death.
• "Mountain Claims Famous Climber", Life Magazine article about his death.