Benoît Chamoux


Benoît Chamoux was a French Alpinist, who claimed to have summited 13 of the Eight-thousanders in the Himalayas.
Three of these climbs are disputed and are not formally recorded. His official recorded number of ascents is 10.

Biography

Chamoux was born in La Roche-sur-Foron near Mont Blanc in the department of Haute-Savoie, France. He disappeared near the summit of his 14th Himalayan peak, Kangchenjunga on 6 October 1995 with photographer Pierre Royer and their Sherpa Riku. Three of his eight-thousander ascents were to either their fore-summits or the plateau, and are disputed.
The non-profit "Foundation Benoît Chamoux" was created under the auspices of the Foundation of France with the mission to educate Sherpa children who have lost their fathers in mountain expeditions.

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