Expedition participant in 1952

Jean-Jacques Asper 1926

As the youngest participant in the spring expedition, Jean-Jacques Asper distinguished himself by his courage and skill as he traversed the huge diagonal crevasse above the ice fall. After two unsuccessful pendulum swings on the double rope, he climbed deep down into the ice abyss, succeeded in straddling the chasm, and climbed the up the narrow notches in the upper crevasse wall until he managed to reach a hump of corn snow. From there, he was able to move onto the upper lip of the crevasse. The rope bridge constructed as a result of this cool acrobatic manoeuvre was the real key to the higher cirque.