René Desmaison was a veteran French mountaineer, climber and alpinist, born in Bourdeilles, Dordogne, on 14 April 1930. He had climbed more than 1,000 mountains since the 1950s and, over a climbing career of about 40 years, made the first ascent of 114 previously unclimbed mountains in the Andes, the Alps and the Himalayas. He is also credited with creating several new winter routes in the Alps. He died in Marseille, France, on 28 September 2007, aged 77.
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