Scaling his Everest, Vinci chief climbs world’s highest mountain

By Dave Rogers2018-07-25T06:00:00

Bruno Dupety conquers Mount Everest

The chief executive of Vinci’s UK business has been celebrating climbing the world’s highest mountain aged 62.

Bruno Dupety took six weeks unpaid leave this spring to take on the challenge which saw him summit the 8,848m high Mount Everest in May.

An experienced mountaineer, Dupety, who was parachuted in to the business from Vinci’s Paris head office at the end of 2014 after racking up a series of huge losses on a scheme to build a tram in Nottingham, scaled the peak on 21 May after a near nine hour climb from camp 4. This camp is located at 8,000m and is the last camp for climbers to rest before they make their summit attempt.

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