Lionel Terray

Personal Info

Birthday

July 25, 1921

Day of Death

1965-09-19

(44 years old)

Place of Birth

Grenoble, France

Also Known As

Лайонел Террей

ليونيل تيراي

Lionel Terray

Biography

Lionel Terray was a French mountaineer born on July 25, 1921 in Grenoble and died on September 19, 1965 at the Gerbier ridge in the Vercors massif. At 11, he made his first easy climbs near Grenoble and then in Chamonix at the age of 12.

In the 1940s, he settled as a farmer in the Chamonix valley. In the summer of 1940, he ran on the south ridge of Le Moine. During the winter of 1940-41, he achieved many successes in alpine skiing in the French championship.

Known For

La Grande Cordée

Route des Cimes

Filmography

2015
Chamonix - Mont Blanc, Une histoire de conquêtes
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Guido Magnone - Le Baladeur
as Self
2007
La Voie Terray
as Self (archive footage)
2002
The Castaways Of Mont Blanc
as Self (archive footage)
2000
When the Mountaineers Make Their Cinema
as Self
1997
La Grande Cordée
as Archive Footage
Guido Magnone - The Artist
as Self (Archive footage)
1966
The Conqueror Of The Useless
as Self
1962
Jannu, Chronicle of a Conquest
as Self
1960
Victories on the Himalayas
as Self
1959
Stars at Noon
as Self
1957
Route des Cimes
as Le Moniteur de Ski
1953
Victory over Annapurna
as Self