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    Jean-Christophe Lafaille (31 March 1965 – 27 January 2006 [presumed]) was a French climber noted for a number of difficult ascents in the Alps and Himalaya...
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  • Lafaille is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bernard Lafaille (1900–1955), French engineer Jean-Christophe Lafaille (1965–2006)...
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    Piolet d'Or. 2006: On or about January 27 the French mountaineer Jean-Christophe Lafaille disappeared on Makalu while trying to make the first winter ascent...
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    the most attempted climbs at its grade. In 1989, French climber Jean-Christophe Lafaille bolted the entire circa 35 metre pitch, and named it Biographie...
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    peakbagger.com, retrieved 20 Feb 2016 "Jean Fréhel", thebmc.org, retrieved 6 October 2010 "Jean-Christophe Lafaille: Bound to climb". mounteverest.net. 31...
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    200 m) of ascent and descent (65–75°, 700 m) 2004: 11 December, Jean-Christophe Lafaille (France) provoked controversy when he climbed the "British Route"...
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    the first-ever free solo of an 8b (5.13d) graded route. 1987 : Jean-Christophe Lafaille free soloed Rêve de gosse, at La Roche-des-Arnauds, France; considered...
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    were instrumental in the rescue of French climber Jean-Christophe Lafaille from Broad Peak. Lafaille had developed high-altitude pulmonary edema and was...
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  • screenwriter and producer Jean-Christophe Lafaille (1965–2006), French mountaineer noted for a number of difficult ascents Jean-Christophe Lagarde (born 1967)...
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    Articles : SummitPost". www.summitpost.org. Retrieved 15 August 2024. Jean-Christophe Lafaille: Annapurna 2002. k2news.com "AAC Publications - Asia, Pakistan...
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    Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. "Jean-Christophe Lafaille" [Jean-Christophe Lafaille] (in French). Archived from the original on 11 April...
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    This was by far the fastest ascent until then. In July 1996, Jean-Christophe Lafaille climbed Gasherbrum I and II in four days, without stopping at Base...
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    Realization 5.15a (9a+) was created and developed by French climbers Jean-Christophe Lafaille and Arnaud Petit [fr], while Jumbo Love 5.15b (9b) was bolted by...
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    Roche-des-Arnauds (FRA) – 1987 – First-ever 8a+ free solo, by Jean-Christophe Lafaille. 8a (5.13b): Revelations – Raven Tor, Peak District (ENG) – 1985...
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    predominantly French, the most notable being Jean-Marc Boivin, Christophe Profit [fr], and Jean-Christophe Lafaille. In August 1975 Nicolas Jaeger (who had...
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  • 1965 – Patty Fendick, American tennis player and coach 1965 – Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (d. 2006) 1965 – William McNamara, American...
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    of Annapurna 1950, with Maurice Herzog; died skiing in Chamonix Jean-Christophe Lafaille (1965–2006) France, 11 eight-thousanders without supplementary...
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    Rage de Vivre, at Buoux, France, the first-ever 8b+/c . 1987 : Jean-Christophe Lafaille free soloed Rêve de gosse, at La Roche-des-Arnauds, France, first-ever...
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    climbing pitons, for example in the siege of the Sogdian Rock and Jean-Christophe Lafaille's self rescue on Annapurna. "Wriggle Wire Tent Pegs" (PDF). SUPA-PEG...
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    mountain". EL PAÍS English. Retrieved 2024-05-15. Pedro Lopez. "Jean-Christophe Lafaille: Annapurna 2002". everstnews.com. Archived from the original on...
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    Jean-Christophe Lafaille (left) and D J E Callaway at Shishapangma base camp...
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    Court would not hold its first session until May 11, 1974. Born: Jean-Christophe Lafaille, French mountaineer (d. 2006); in Gap, Hautes-Alpes Died: Mario...
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  • January – Rebiha Khebtani, politician (born 1926). 27 January – Jean-Christophe Lafaille, mountaineer (born 1965). 9 February – André Strappe, international...
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  • 21 March – Xavier Bertrand, politician and Minister 31 March – Jean-Christophe Lafaille, mountaineer (died 2006) 19 April – Natalie Dessay, soprano 23...
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    Sir Chris Bonington (UK), John Hunt (UK), Reinhold Messner (IT), Jean-Christophe Lafaille (FR), Haroun Tazieff (FR), Wanda Rutkiewicz (PL), Jim Bridwell...
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    reinforced concrete elements made using the Lafaille process, named for its inventor, French engineer Bernard Lafaille, with huge windows, made by master glazier...
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    original (PDF) on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-02-10. [in French] Site de Christophe Jacquet spécialisé sur les trains du Mont-Blanc "Montenvers Mer De Glace"...
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    Giulio; Capodaglio, Gabriele; Planchon, Frederic; Hong, Sungming; Ferrari, Christophe; Boutron, Claude (September 2001). "Post-World War II Uranium Changes...
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    197 Eau, acqua, éve - entre littérature, science et histoire, éd. Duc, Saint-Christophe, p. 96. Dumler, Helmut and Burkhardt, Willi P., op. cit., p. 198...
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