Yannick Graziani

Yannick Graziani, born on October 24, 1973, in Cagnes-sur-Mer, is a mountaineer and high-mountain guide who has been a member of the Chamonix Guides Company since 2000. Graziani completed numerous climbs in the Mont Blanc massif, notably the *Directe Américaine* on the West Face of the Drus, the *Gamma* route on the South Face of the Écrins, the *MacIntyre*, *No Siesta*, and *Desmaison-Gousseault* routes on the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses, the *Directe du Nez de Zmutt* on the Matterhorn, and the *Frêneysie Pascale* and *Hyper Couloir* ice gullies on the South Face of Mont Blanc. He then set out to explore the Andes, successfully climbing the South Face of Huandoy Sur (6,160 m) in Per...