Acting
Nicolas Jaeger
- Born
- Oct 20, 1946 · Aged 33
- Died
- Apr 28, 1980
- Place of birth
- Boulogne Billancourt, France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 4
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 1
Biography
Nicolas Jaeger, born in 1946 in Boulogne-Billancourt and died in 1980 in Lhotse, is a French doctor and mountaineer. He is the author of more than a hundred solo ascents in the Mont-Blanc massif and in the Andes, including many “first solos”. On October 15, 1978, he was one of the first French people to reach the summit of Everest, with Pierre Mazeaud and Jean Afanassieff accompanied by the Austrian Kurt Diemberger, altitude cameraman. Son of photographer Janine Niépce and film producer Claude Jaeger, Nicolas Jaeger was born on October 20, 1946 in Boulogne-Billancourt. He was very close to…
