Jacques Poincenot

Biography

Jacques Poincenot, born in 1923 and drowned on December 27, 1951 in the Río Fitz Roy, is a French mountaineer. After the Second World War, he was one of the best climbers in the forest of Fontainebleau, around the "master" Pierre Allain: René Ferlet, Guido Magnone, Jean Couzy, Auguste Fix etc. In 1946, he took part in the 3rd ascent of…