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Name
  
Jean Couzy

Role
  
Mountaineer

Education
  
Ecole Polytechnique


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Died
  
November 2, 1958, Le Devoluy, France

First ascents
  
Makalu, Chomo Lonzo, Annapurna I

Similar People
  
Lionel Terray, Louis Lachenal, Maurice Herzog, Marcel Ichac, Gaston Rebuffat

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Jean Couzy (9 July 1923 – 2 November 1958) was a French mountaineer. He studied aeronautical engineering at the École Polytechnique. At age 27, he was a member of Maurice Herzog's 1950 expedition to Annapurna. Prior to this, his usual climbing partner was Marcel Schatz, another member of the expedition. Couzy made the first ascent of Makalu with Lionel Terray on May 15, 1955.

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In the Alps, Jean Couzy was the first to ascend the following routes:

  • Aiguille de l'M near Chamonix, a classical Severe (D) route named "la Couzy"
  • An Extremely Severe (ED) route on the north-west face of the Olan.
  • The Couzy route on the North Face of the Cima Ovest, Dolomites.
  • It was on his last trip in the Dolomites that he died. He was hit on the head by a rock fall.

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    References

    Jean Couzy Wikipedia


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