On 17 July 1921, Louis Lachenal was born in Annecy. He was a skilled mountaineer who, together with Maurice Herzog, became the first to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak: Annapurna, in 1950.
On 17 July 1921, Louis Lachenal was born in Annecy. He was a skilled mountaineer who, together with Maurice Herzog, became the first to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak: Annapurna, in 1950.