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>>> CHRISTOPHE DUMAREST - 26 years old, from Annecy
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Motivated equally by performance and by teamwork, my aim is to put my
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“The north faces of the Alps and the mythical summits of the Mont Blanc
range were the stuff dreams were made of, they are now my playground.”
The Lafaille route on the west face of the Drus (8 days), a winter route opening
on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses (6 days), and the opening of a new
route on the south face of the Mont Blanc are just a few of my achievements.
Far away expeditions to mystical summits are all reminders of tough
challenges : First unroped ascent of the ‘Cruz des Sur’ in Peru (800 m of
granite 7 C+, at 5 000m altitude), ascent ‘alpine style’ of ‘Unnamed tower’ in
the Trango range, Pakistan (1 000 m climbing, 7 C+, to 6 250 m ) and the
reopening of a route on the Trollryngen in Norway.
The teamwork is just as important as the difficulity of the climb.
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Sporting references: |
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Nominated for the FFME Crystal for the ascension of the
Lafaille route on the Drus.
Ascension of the 5 routes on the Grandes Jorasses.
Summer 2005, Expedition to ‘Unnamed Tower’ in Pakistan.
Ascent of the ‘Eternal Flame’ route.
June 2005: opened the ‘Eperon Marshal’ route on the north
face of the ‘Tour Rond’ from the ‘Pilier de Tchua’ on the north
face of the Petites Jorasses with P. Gabarrou. Climbed the
south face of the Täschorn (Switzerland) with P.Gabarrou and
A. Clouet. Winter 2005, opened a new route on the north face of
the Grandes Jorasses.
2004, Nominated for the FFME Crystal for opening a new route
on the Italian face of the Mont Blanc: ‘Patagonic’.
Nominated for the FFME for the reopening of a route on the
Trollryngen in Norway. It was partly unpassable.
May: Attemped to open a route on the East face of the Moose’s
tooth in the Denali range. On sight climbed the ‘through the
fish’ route on the south face of the Marmolada, the Brandler-
Hasse on the Cima Grande di Lavaredo.
2003, Peru expedition: On sight ascension of the Cruz del Sur.
Opened many ice and mixed routes in the Mont Blanc and
Oisans ranges.
2002, Canada expedition: Climbed various major ice routes.
Dolomites trip: climbed routes on the south face of the
‘Marmolada’, the ‘Les temps Modernes’ route. Climbed the
north face of the Cima Grande, the ‘Comici’ route, and the north
face of the Cima Ovest, the ‘Cassin’ route.
2003/2004: Selected by the Fédération Française de la
Montagne et de l'Escalade to join the Young alpinists national
team.
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Professionnal references: |
Technical advisor for Lafuma, Petzl, Julbo, Scarpa, Beal and Racer.
I am also editorial advisor for specialised mountain sports magazine ‘Montagne’.
I am currently training to be a high altitude mountain guide.
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TV 8 Mt Blanc, 15 march 2006: ‘Des monts et des mots’ on the difficulties of mountain sports.
TV 8 Mt Blanc, 18 February 2006: ‘Altitude’
Alpinist, (USA), December 2005: 8 pages on the opening of a new route on the Grandes Jorasses
Vertical, 20 year special, November 2005: 4 page profile
Vertical, July 2005 : Cover photo
La Montagne et Alpinisme, Summer 2005: Report on the ascension of the unnamed tower on the Trango.
Libération, April 2005: News on the opening of a new route on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses.
L’Equipe Magazine, April 2005: Article on the opening of a new route on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses.
Montagne magazine, March 2005: Cover photo
Montagne Magazine, November 2004: 4 page profile
Quechua Magazine, January 2003: profile
Dauphiné Libéré, Winter 2002, ½ page profile
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