An eternal thought to a big extraordinary man, with whom I shared the love of the high mountain, my chamoniard friend Bernard Constantin says Tintin died in an avalanche which swept on October 18th, 2005 the base camp of Kang Guru, summit situated in the region of Annapurnas, and which took eighteen persons. This expedition was driven by the French climber Daniel Stolzenberg. A legend moreover disappeared for ever from Chamonix...

Bernard Constantin photography