French alpinist Sophie Lavaud is in Tibet: she is preparing for the ascent of her 13th summit of more than 8000 m, the Shishapangma, 8027 m. She had climbed the central summit, 8013 meters, in 2012. She must therefore rectify this ascent to tick off the fourteen highest mountains on the planet, the Shishapangma being her penultimate 8000.
She climbed her first 8000 meter peak in 2012: the Central Shishapangma (8013m), antecima of the fourteenth world summit the Shishapangma (main, 8027 m). Followed ten days later by Cho Oyu (8201m), sixth world summit. She then went on to climb a series of summits (Everest, Gasherbrum II, Makalu, Broad Peak, K2, Annapurna, Kangchenjunga, Gasherbrum I, Dhaulagiri, Lhotse, Manaslu), earning herself the nickname of Lady 8000 and becoming the first Swiss, French and Canadian woman to have climbed twelve 8000-metre summits.
Ten years later, she went back to Shishapangma (in China)