Jean Couzy
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Jean Couzy was a French mountaineer. He studied aeronautical engineering at the École Polytechnique. He was a member of Maurice Herzog's 1950 expedition to Annapurna, at which time he was 27. Prior to this, his usual climbing partner was Marcel Schatz, another member of the expedition. Couzy made the first ascent of Makalu with Lionel Terray on May 15 1955.