- On his first visit to the Himalayas in 1992 he made an extraordinary solo escape from the ferocious South Face of Annapurna. His climbing partner Pierre Beghin fell to his death during this climb.
- On January 31, 2006 when Lafaille had been missing for a week, his base camp support team concluded that he must have perished in his attempt to make the first solo winter climb of the 27,765 foot Himalayan peak Makalu. His wife flew over the mountain by helicopter and confirmed that there was no longer any hope that he would be found alive. His official date of death was determined to be January 27, 2006.
- One of the world's leading climbers, he had continually undertaken risky mountaineering challenges.
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