Georges Lépineux, born May 9, 1920 in Bagnères-de-Bigorre (France) and died February 13, 2005, was a French speleologist who discovered the first access shaft with Guisseppe Occhialini in 1950 to the Pierre-Saint-Martin chasm. In 1951, Georges Lépineux with Haroun Tazieff, Marcel Loubens gave new life to the Pierre-Saint-Martin massif. Lépineux, filmed by Tazieff, rappels down the well that now bears his name. At 356 meters above the floor trodden by... see more