Louis Lachenal (17 July 1921 – 25 November 1955), a French climber born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, was one of the first two mountaineers to climb a summit...

performer Louis Lachenal (1921–1955), French climber Raoul Lachenal (1885-1956), French potter Paul Lachenal (1884-1955), Swiss politician François Lachenal (1918-1997)...

peak nearby to the west, the team attempted Annapurna with Herzog and Louis Lachenal, reaching the summit on 3 June 1950. It was only with considerable help...

first 8,000-metre (26,200 ft) peak to be climbed. Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, of the French Annapurna expedition led by Herzog (including Lionel...

summit with Louis Lachenal. Upon his return, he wrote a best-selling book about the expedition, Annapurna. On 3 June 1950, Herzog and Louis Lachenal became...

the north face of the Eiger. Terray, frequently with climbing partner Louis Lachenal, broke previous climbing speed records. Terray was a member of Maurice...

ascent of an eight-thousander was by the French Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, who reached the summit of Annapurna on 3 June 1950 during the 1950...

Pointe Lachenal. It was named after French alpinist and guide Louis Lachenal (1921-1955). In the Annapurna Massif we find the mountain Lachenal Peak (7...

been climbed starting with Annapurna in 1950 by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal on the 1950 French Annapurna expedition. The highest of these peaks...

jewelry designer Cécile Vogt-Mugnier (1875–1962), brain researcher Louis Lachenal (1921–1955), alpinist, one of the first two mountaineers to climb a...

Maurice Herzog, and include such climbing luminaries as Lionel Terray, Louis Lachenal and Gaston Rébuffat. See Annapurna by Maurice Herzog, pub. E P Dutton...

face was climbed twice in 1947, first by a party of two French guides, Louis Lachenal and Lionel Terray, then by a Swiss party consisting of H. Germann, with...

only in 1950 that a higher summit was reached when Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal climbed Annapurna. Nanda Devi itself was climbed for the second time...

Prince Charles, Air Force, and Foley Islands. 1950 – Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach...

expedition was led by Maurice Herzog and also included French mountaineers Louis Lachenal and Lionel Terray. The expedition began in March 1950, with the actual...

Wheatstone, Charles Jeffries (who built primarily Anglo-style concertinas), Louis Lachenal (who built concertinas in both English and Anglo styles and was the...

Lachenal & Co. was a British firm producing concertinas from approximately 1850–1936. The firm was founded by Louis L. Lachenal (c. 1821–1861), a Swiss...

Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia. Members of the expedition included Louis Lachenal, Gaston Rébuffat, and Lionel Terray, then regarded as some of the finest...

Barnes, American guitarist, producer, and songwriter (d. 1977) 1921 – Louis Lachenal, French mountaineer (d. 1955) 1921 – Mary Osborne, American guitarist...

– Mauna Loa in Hawaii starts erupting. June 3 – Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, of the French Annapurna expedition, become the first climbers to reach...

being smuggled out of occupied France by his friend and publisher François Lachenal. He participated with his wife in the setting up of the National Front...

mother, Elizabeth Lachenal. Lachenal was one of three daughters. Her Swiss father was Louis and her mother was Elizabeth Lachenal, They owned a concertina...

14–16): Second ascent of the face by the Frenchmen Lionel Terray and Louis Lachenal. 1947 (August 4–5): Third ascent by the Swiss climbers Hans Schlunegger [de]...

Lacedelli (1925–2009) Italy, first ascent K2 (1954) with Achille Compagnoni Louis Lachenal (1921–1955) France, first ascent of Annapurna 1950, with Maurice Herzog;...

successful 1950 French Annapurna expedition with Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal to Annapurna, the first eight-thousander to be climbed. Herzog had invited...

France was planted on the summit by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal. Both Herzog and Lachenal, who made the climb without bottled oxygen and refused...

climbers Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal reached its summit on the 1950 French Annapurna expedition. Both Herzog and Lachenal lost their toes to frostbite;...

Philippines", p.27. Department of Commerce and Labor, 1904. Followed by Louis Ramond de Carbonnières and others three days later [1] "Charles Turner account...

Honoree Year Awarded Jacques Lacarrière 2007 Louis Lachenal 1995 Catherine Lacoste 1997 René Lacoste 1993 Simone Lacoste 2001 Léo Lacroix 2005 Jules Ladoumègue...

Antoine Louis John Ruchonnet (28 April 1834, in Lausanne – 14 September 1893, in Bern) was a 19th-century Swiss attorney and politician. In 1864, he founded...