With the Matterhorn in his backyard and four generations of mountaineering in his genes, it is little wonder that Hervé Barmasse became one of mountaineering's most passionate and accomplished alpinists. He began career on his home mountain - opening and repeating many prestigious routes, steep ski descents and solo climbs there - before leaving the Alps to seek new horizons.
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