Chantal Mauduit

Chantal Mauduit (24 March 1964 – 13 May 1998) was a French alpinist.

Biography Born in Paris, when Mauduit was five she moved with her family to Chambéry, so that her engineer father could take up a position at the plant Saint-Gobain. Mauduit was a second cousin of the alpine skier Georges Mauduit. She was also accused of not pulling her weight on climbing expeditions, leaving it to others to fix ropes on difficult sections of mountain or stock higher camps with food and other provisions, and then taking advantage of their work.

In her honor, her friends and family created a foundation to help needy Nepalese children, especially girls and those in need of schooling: The Association Chantal Mauduit Namasté. Created by the Association, the Chantal Mauduit School in Kathmandu now enrolls 200 children.