Jannu East

“Sometimes an ascent can change your life. I think this one did,” writes Benjamin Vedrines on Instagram. The first ascent of the 7,468-meter-high Jannu East is “undoubtedly the greatest achievement of my mountaineering career,” said the 33-year-old Frenchman after his coup in eastern Nepal, which he accomplished together with his 27-year-old compatriot Nicolas Jean. “Climbing…