It's 7710 meters high...
The summit is very close. The last steps up to it are given by an effort of will. A few more meters, and in front of me, filling all the space on the left, opens a huge, striking in its size, massif of Kanchenjunga, the third highest peak in the world. It seems that it is quite close.
Leaning my ice hammers on the ridge, thankfully it has no ledge on the other side, I throw my foot over it. A moment more and I find myself sitting on top of the ridge. This is the summit of Jeannoux. Here it is - the moment of fulfillment of human desires. How many days, maybe even years, I have been waiting for this moment, and now it has become a reality.