Lionel Terray

Lionel Terray (1921 to 1965) was a French climber who made many first ascents, including on the 1955 French Makalu expedition in the Himalaya, with Jean Couzy on 15 May 1955, and Cerro Fitz Roy in the Patagonian Andes, with Guido Magnone in 1952. A climbing guide and ski instructor, he served in mountain combat against Germany during the Second World War and afterwards became known as one of the best Chamonix climbers and guides, noted for speedy ascents of the Walker Spur of the Grandes Jorasses, the south face of the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey, the north-east face of Piz Badile and the north face of the Eiger. Often with his partner Louis Lachenal he broke earlier speed records, and he was a member of Maurice Herzog's 1950 Annapurna expedition.