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17 avril 2018

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Mountainer who loves climbing +8000m
🥇14x8000 completed 1st 🇨🇵 🚻 🇨🇭🇨🇦
@millet_mountain @grivel @recco @altitude_eyewear @timelinenutrition

Announcement: there are other Annapurnas 🗻! Wh

Announcement: there are other Annapurnas 🗻!

When Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal stood atop Annapurna I, they did more than just claim the first ascent of an 8000er — they marked the beginning of the golden age of Himalayan mountaineering ✨📌
Herzog famously ended "Annapurna: Premier 8000" with the phrase, "there are other Annapurnas."

That phrase took on new meaning for me in 2020, standing atop Pisang Peak, gazing at the vast Annapurna range. It was in that moment that the idea of The Other Annapurnas began to take shape.🤩

In 2025, to mark the 75th anniversary of the first ascent of Annapurna I, I am undertaking a special climbing project: The Other Annapurnas, attempting to climb as a start Annapurna IV.
This is my way of honoring the pioneers who paved the way for modern Himalayan exploration.🙏🫶

More details coming soon! 😉🔜

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🇫🇷Annonce : Il y a d’autres Annapurnas 🗻!

Lorsque Maurice Herzog et Louis Lachenal se sont dressés au sommet de l’Annapurna I, ils n’ont pas seulement réussi la première ascension d’un 8000, ils ont marqué le début de l’âge d’or de l’alpinisme himalayen. ✨📌
Herzog l'avait d'ailleurs annoncé au retour "Annapurna : Premier 8000" en terminant son annonce par "il y a d’autres Annapurnas."

Cette phrase a pris un nouveau sens pour moi en 2020, au sommet du Pisang Peak, contemplant la vaste chaîne de l’Annapurna. C’est à ce moment-là que l’idée de "The Other Annapurnas" a commencé à prendre forme🤩

En 2025, pour marquer le 75e anniversaire de la première ascension de l’Annapurna I, un projet d’ascension : The Other Annapurnas, en tentant de gravir comme point de départ l’Annapurna IV.
Avec toute l équipe, une façon d’honorer les pionniers qui ont ouvert la voie à l’exploration moderne de l’Himalaya 🙏🫶

Plus de détails à venir! 😉🔜

#SophieLavaud #AnnapurnaTrilogy #TheOtherAnnapurnas #Annapurna75 #8000ersophie #LetsGoSummit #the112000lady
#HonoringThePioneers #8000erSophie #amrae #GrantAlexander

Happy International Women's Day! 🌍✨ “For A

Happy International Women's Day! 🌍✨
“For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” 💕👩🏻👧🧑🏻‍🦰👱🏻‍♀️🧕🏼💕

Today, I want to take a moment to celebrate all the incredible female adventurers who have paved the way in mountaineering and exploration. 🏔️

From Marie Paradis, the first woman to summit Mont Blanc in 1808 🏞️, to Junko Tabei, who made the first female ascent of Everest in 1975 🏔️.
From Fanny Bullock Workman, who not only set altitude records but also championed women's rights in 1912 📝💪, to @kristin.harila , who rewrote history by summiting all 14 peaks in just 91 days in 2023 🗻⏱️!

Mountains do not discriminate — but history has. Women in mountaineering have had to fight for recognition, sponsorship, and opportunities. Yet, every step taken by these pioneers has made the path a little easier for those who follow. 💫👣

To every woman pushing her limits — whether in the mountains, in sports, or in life, your strength inspires the world 🌟
Keep climbing, keep breaking barriers! 🔝🏔️

Who are the women in adventure that inspire you the most? 🌄💖

📷 @dawasangay_

#InternationalWomensDay #WomenInMountaineering #LetsGoSummit #8000erSophie #letsgosummit #SophieLavaud #SummitWithSophie #148000er

The summit is only halfway! 🏔️ Reaching the

The summit is only halfway! 🏔️

Reaching the top is just one part of the journey — the real challenge often begins on the way down⬇️
The margin for error is razor-thin when exhaustion sets in after hours of summit push, and the safety of the tent below feels both close and impossibly far 😓

As I descended down from the summit of Cholatse 🇳🇵 (6440 m) in 2024, which is not a very high mountain in the Himalayas but is technically difficult, peaks like these require every step with precision
⚠️ A climber only truly succeeds when they return safely—because every summit push is only halfway there 🧗‍♂️

You can see the tents below 🏕️
As a mountaineer, the sight of tents from a long arete high afar is soothing. There's home! 💙

📸 @sophie_lavaud: @dawasangay_ descending from summit to camp 1.

#letsgosummit #SophieLavaud #Cholatse #ExpeditionReflections #8000ersophie #MountaineeringMindset #SummitWithSophie #148000er

"At 8,000m, the difference between success and fai

"At 8,000m, the difference between success and failure is often just a few degrees of temperature, a shift in the wind, or a moment of hesitation."
Mountaineering is about balance between pushing forward and knowing when to turn back⚖️

🔙In 2018, I had to retreat from 130 meters short of the summit. It wasn't an easy decision to make. During the third attempt in 2019, we had to make a decision again!
On our summit push, we reached Camp 2, but high winds delayed the rope-fixing, forcing climbers to make difficult choices. While some remained at C2, we decided to move up to C3 and then C4, enduring two nights at extreme altitude before making our final push💥.
In the end, @dawasangay_ and I reached the summit😅💪.
But in the mountains, success is never guaranteed — it is a result of preparation, adaptation, and trust in the moment.

📸@dawasangay_

#letsgosummit #Kanchenjunga2019 #SophieLavaud #ExpeditionReflections #8000ersophie #MountaineeringMindset #SummitWithSophie #148000ers

As we approach the end of January 2025, looking ba

As we approach the end of January 2025, looking back to 2024, a fabulous year ✨ !

🔹MERCI Sponsors and partners, without you none of this would be possible.

🔹MERCI Dawa Sangay Sherpa and the teams around us

🔹MERCI A film, a book, a partnership and friendship with François Damilano and the production and publishing companies.

🔹MERCI Recognition and celebration!

A busy, intense year, just the way I like it😊!

The mountains: an eternal source of inspiration! MERCI 🏔️

#reylintesasanpaolo #amrae #futura21
#beautifulyear #letsgosummit #moutain #LEDERNIERSOMMET#les148000deSophieLavaud

Climbing new horizons… 🇳🇿💙 These images

Climbing new horizons… 🇳🇿💙
These images of this isolated and beautiful corner of the world, New Zealand, to wish you again with @dawasangay_ a Happy New Year 2025✨!

Our Mt Cook target has not been possible. Global warming has also a strong impact here and even in early Summer, the glacier to access the mountain is already too dangerous and cracked. Like the Alps and Mont Blanc, the good season shifts to Spring....
We reached Lendenfeld Peak summit, 3194m, from the West coast starting from Fox Glacier.

To end our 2024 journey, we went on this beautiful ridge of Mt Aspiring 3033m, named the Matterhorn of New Zealand 🗻.
Access to Collin Todd Hut in 2 big days of walking in a crasy scenery and bush. So beautiful 😍! Perfect conditions and summit reached on January 1st at 10:15 am, a great way to start 2025 !
Mt Aspiring will be my Oceania summit for «my Seven Summits»!
THANK YOU all for making these magnificent ascents possible ! Happy 2025 🎉

📸 @dawasangay_ & @sophie_lavaud

#newzealand #montaspiring #lendenfeldpeak #beautyofnewzealand #reylintesasanpaolo #amrae

✨In a stormy world, I'd like to express you my b

✨In a stormy world, I'd like to express you my best wishes for the New Year 🥰

Connecting with nature, taking time for what we love and those we love, helps us to stay on track in life's blizzard.
Let's keep smiling in spite of everything and move on to new adventures!

Thank you all for your ongoing support 🙏💙

Happy New Year🤩!

#HappyNewYear #bestwishes #reylintesasanpaolo #amrae #futura21

Successful summit of Lendenfeld Peak 🇳🇿 3194

Successful summit of Lendenfeld Peak 🇳🇿 3194m technical and beautiful 😍

Very hot day and snow conditions not good so we didn’t make it to Tasman summit.

Amazing to climb and see the ocean. A great Christmas gift ✨🤩

#newzealand #lendenfeld #summit #letsgosummit #beautyofnewzealand #reylintesasanpaolo #amrae

📸 New technologies open up new perspectives and

📸 New technologies open up new perspectives and views of the world 🤩
Interesting to see some shots of our Cholatse climb with the 360 camera.

->On summit it looks we have a beautiful sculpted ice hat on top of our heads 🎩

->The ridge to reach the summit looks a big snake 🐍

->The group picture with friends, @lottahintsa, @mannellimarcello @dawasangay_ , @gelu show a super steep slope all around us on the close shot and it looks like a big mushroom from a more distant angle 🍄

Choose your favorite view 🤩 !

Now remains to explore how we can share and post the videos...🤣
Our next goal😅😁

📸 : @dawasangay_

#newtechnologies #keepexploring #keepclimbing #keepenjoying #cholatse #beautyofnepal #letsgosummit

✨ Cholatse by night 🌟 The pleasure of living

✨ Cholatse by night 🌟

The pleasure of living outside, and in particular of sleeping in a tent, connects you to nature and the sky.
Having to get out of the tent at night to pee is a gift for the eyes 🤩. A way of finding the positive in situations!😁
Nowhere in the cities can you see such skies. We forget the beauty of the millions of stars above our heads... and the Milky Way…🌟🌟🌟

Pictures from base camp and camp 1 of Cholatse.

📸 @lottahintsa @dawasangay_ @sophie_lavaud

#beautyonhearth #openyoureyes #letsgosummit #cholatse #cholatsebynight #moutaineering #alpinism #reylintesasanpaolo #amrae #futura21

🤝As I always say in my talks, “alone in the H

🤝As I always say in my talks, “alone in the Himalayas, I'm not going anywhere”.
It's the complementary skills of each team members that, together, make it to the top!
Climbers, porters, cooks and camp helpers together form a small family for the duration of the expedition 🤩💪... and I like that!
Cholatse team 2024 : @dawasangay_ @lottahintsa , Gelu, @mannellimarcello , our great porters: Nima, Geljen, Pemba and Nima and Banda and Badur 🙏💪🫶

#cholatse #cholatseteam #11200lady
#reylintesasanpaolo #amrae #futura21 #teamspirit #followership

Successful Summit Cholatse 6440m – November 9th,

Successful Summit
Cholatse 6440m – November 9th, 2024 at 10.30 am 🏔🇳🇵

What a trip!
In the plane taking me back to Paris, exceptionally on a daytime flight, I didn't sleep, and just went through and enjoyed the 1000+ photos of our trip 😍
What a trip! It really is a special atmosphere.
This immersion for days in this Himalayan immensity is what I love, and when we manage to complete our itinerary with a summit like Cholatse, we can say that we were right to come👌 !
Lotta joined us in Dragnag and together we went the base camp⛺️.
When we reached the foot of Cholatse, I knew why I'd come back. This face and this ridge are truly sublime🩵😍.
It's a varied and aesthetic route, and not that easy at all!
It's beautiful with a crazy view, on one side Gokyo, its lakes and Cho Oyu in the background and on the other I'll just mention Everest, Nuptse, Lhotse, Makalu, Ama Dablam... That says it all🗻!
Thanks to all the team @dawasangay_, @lottahintsa, Gelu, @mannellimarcello, our great porters: Nima, Geljen, Pemba and Nima and Banda and Badur our two cooks at base camp 💪🙏.

More details step by step to follow...

📸 @dawasangay_ @lottahintsa & @sophie_lavaud

#cholatse #nepal #summit #11200lady
#reylintesasanpaolo #amrae #futura21

Tesi Lapcha done 🇳🇵👌 What a journey this

Tesi Lapcha done 🇳🇵👌
What a journey this pass… More than a trekking it is pure moutaineering 😅!

After the beautiful Rolwaling Valley, we have been alone for the following days.
Thso Rolpa Lake, Trakarding Glacier, climbing to high camp and reaching Tesi Lapcha pass 5750 m have been a beautiful and demanding journey.

Coming down to Thame and discovering the village after the recent floading brings you back to reality 🩵🙏
Big thank you to our brave porters. They are so strong and always smiling! Nima, Lakpa, Geljen and Pemba, merci 🙏

Heading to Renjo Pass and and looking forward to Cholatse base camp⛺!
See you soon !

📸 @sophie_lavaud @dawasangay_ @mannellimarcello

#reylintesasanpaolo #amrae
#nepal #rolwaling #tesilapcha #112000lady

🔙The decision of going back to climb a mountain

🔙The decision of going back to climb a mountain or not is always a question of attraction or not.

Cholatse, 6440m is in this category🏔🤩

The attraction is so strong that is without any hesitation that I’m really happy to go back soon to Nepal to try this summit again 🇳🇵
🤞We will keep fingers crossed for a successful summit.

📸 @dawasangay_
View from Cholatse: one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Khumbu area 💙

#cholatse #nepal #khumbu #expedition
#reylintesasanpaolo #amrae

✨La soirée @beyond_aventure a été une expéri

✨La soirée @beyond_aventure a été une expérience unique, mêlant audace, intimité et aventure!

Cette immersion artistique originale sur le thème « OSER L’AVENTURE » présentait des performances incroyables, tout en offrant des moments émouvants de partage.
Petit clin d'oeil à mes complices de la soirée, @capucine_trochet, @ramman.ismail, @ludovicf_off, ainsi que @wheeled_world 🤩

🙏Un grand merci aux trois organisateurs, @eloisaintbris, @matthieutordeur et @benjamin_envoie_le_pepin (bon vent et bonne chance pour le Vendée Globe au passage Benjamin😉) pour m’avoir fait confiance en m’invitant à participer à cette aventure! Vivement BEYOND 2025 !

📸 @anne.travel.photography & @beyond_aventure

#chilowé #aventure #partage #expérience #aventuriers

🎉This week it's time to celebrate ! My lucky d

🎉This week it's time to celebrate !

My lucky day in the fall in the Himalayas is October 1st 🍀

🗻After 4 attempts, it was on this day that I successfully reached the summit of Dhaulagiri, 8167m, in 2021, and after 2 attempts, I checked off Manaslu, 8163m, in 2022.

😅Dhaulagiri is the summit I have returned to the most. For these two mountains, it’s a total of 6 expeditions, which perfectly illustrates the resilience, dedication, and perseverance required for these major ascents. This is a theme I regularly address in my talks.

🌄The two photos illustrate the last few meters separating us from the summit. Slow and freezing progress at sunrise, but with hope for success!

Dhaulagiri photos ©️ Dawa Sangay
Manaslu photos @sophie Lavaud and @Lakpa Temba Sherpa

#manaslu #dhaulagiri #14x8000 #resilience #dedication #perseverance #lederniersommet #les148000desophielavaud #futura21
#reylintesasanpolo #amrae

A memorable evening at Les Scala cinema🎬🍿! A

A memorable evening at Les Scala cinema🎬🍿!
A packed house, a warm welcome and superb exchanges 🤩!
Thanks to all the teams who made the evening such a success @agorafilms_distribution @cinemalesscala @caravanproductions
@nilaya_productions @francois_damilano @dawasangay_ @ulysselef 🙏

The film continues to please, so get out and go to the cinema😉 ⤵️
"Sophie Lavaud - THE FINAL SUMMIT » :
https://www.ton-cinema.ch/film/sophielavaudlederniersommet/

📸 ©Julien Dumoulin / Cinéma Les Scala

#thefinalsummit #14x8000 #112000lady #films #cinema @pictetgroup @naefimmobilier @millet_mountain @canalplus @raiffeisen_ch

📚Le livre "Les quatorze 8000 de Sophie Lavaud",

📚Le livre "Les quatorze 8000 de Sophie Lavaud", co-écrit avec @francois_damilano sort aujourd'hui en librairie (France/Suisse)!

🗻 Quatorze chapitres pour 14 sommets: une nouvelle immersion dans le grand Himalaya!

@glenatlivres #beaulivre #les148000deSophieLavaud #14x8000

Best of a great Season in the Alps! 📍Mont Blan

Best of a great Season in the Alps!

📍Mont Blanc, the top of the Alps (4810m)
✔️ 12th of June via the 3 Mounts route and ski down the North face
✔️31th of July via the Bionnassay ridge

📍Matterhorn, 4478m
✔️5th of August via the Lion ridge on the Italian side.

📍 Aiguille du Peigne, 3192 m
✔️23th of August via the normal route

Enjoying by sharing with good friends that’s all we need! 😉🙏🩵🌺

📸 @thomaskguide @dawasangay_ @kristin.harila @rogerbovard @sophie_lavaud

#reylintesasanpaolo #futura21 #amrae
#alps #montblanc #montblancmassif #matterhorn #climbingtraining #keeplearning #keeptraining #keepclimbing #keepsharing

👉At a glance, important and joyful moments in 2

👉At a glance, important and joyful moments in 2024, always with good friends and always in the snow, of course 😍❄️😊!

☑️#elbrus #antartica #unionglacier, Viridiana, #chamonix #montblanc #cervin #matterhorn #merdeglace #aiguilledumidi
#valleeblanche #cholatse #monastry #mountainlife #reylintesasanpaolo #futura21
#amrae

🫂"Chacha" @yangxiaohua.c , @virialvarezmx @dawasangay_ , @julientourral, @lisaroosli, @thomaskguide, @kristin.harila , @rogerbovard @chatours_ @makalu.lakpa @tashisherpa8000er @sevensummittreks

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