Adrien Dagory (Acting)

Adrien Dagory, born January 7, 1922 in Vanves (France) and died December 31, 2026 in Narbonne (France), was a French grimeur and mountaineer. In 1952, he successfully climbed the west face of Les Drus, which many thought impossible with intensive use of artificial climbing, with the Bleausards team of which he was a member: Guido Magnone, Lucien Bérardini, Adrien Dagory and Marcel Wool. In 1954 he was part of a French expedition to the south face of Aconcagua, a 6,962 meter high summit located in Argentina. This expedition, led by René Ferlet, also includes Lucien Bérardini, Guy Poulet, Robert Paragot, Pierre Lesueur, Edmond Denis. Here, no altitude Sherpas, no one to share the hard work of the successive and trying portages. They have to set up everything themselves: tents, bivouac equipment, fixed ropes. Progress is slow, nerve-wracking, they suffer from cold and thirst, but morale is high. Moreover, they finally abandon...Read More