Jean Couzy
Jean Couzy 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.
In the Alps, Jean Couzy was the first to ascend the following routes:
On November 2, 1958, he was hit on the head by a rock fall in the southern face of crête des Bergers in the Dévoluy Mountains. He is buried in Montmaur cemetery, at the foot of the mountain where his accident occurred.
