Michel Gabriel Paccard (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ɡabʁijɛl pakaʁ]; 1757–1827) was a Savoyard medical doctor and alpinist, citizen of the Kingdom of...
3 KB (345 words) - 08:03, 22 August 2024
Problems playing this file? See media help. 1786: The first ascent, by Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat; see Exploration of the High Alps. 1787: The...
62 KB (6,387 words) - 17:44, 18 October 2024
use among the shepherds." On August 8, 1786, Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard made the first ascent of Mont Blanc. Balmat, a chamois hunter and...
8 KB (1,149 words) - 19:57, 21 September 2024
Alps since the Middle Ages. On 8 August 1786, Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard made the first ascent of Mont Blanc. Balmat, a chamois hunter and...
16 KB (2,113 words) - 17:47, 1 June 2024
James Outram (1864–1925) Canada, first ascent of Mount Assiniboine Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757–1827) France, first ascent Mont Blanc (1786) Bachendri Pal...
74 KB (8,744 words) - 06:49, 21 October 2024
Chamonix (Aiguilles Rouges – Planpraz) Chamonix (Place Balmat – Michel-Gabriel Paccard Statue) Episode summary At the start of this leg, teams had to search...
72 KB (6,309 words) - 20:34, 20 October 2024
gondola for the Winter 2014/15 season. Chamonix is twinned with: Michel-Gabriel Paccard (1757–1827) a Savoyard doctor and alpinist, citizen of the Kingdom...
24 KB (2,156 words) - 22:14, 13 October 2024
Alps, p. 86 On July 14, 1775, Jean-Nicolas Couteran, Francois and Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Victor Tissai may have reached a similar height while attempting...
35 KB (4,603 words) - 18:10, 17 June 2024
climb the mountain, which was claimed in 1786 by Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard. The climb is usually considered an epochal event in the history...
54 KB (6,507 words) - 11:44, 14 October 2024
(RU) 4,697 near Lake Kubenskoye (RU) 8 August 1786 Jacques Balmat, Michel-Gabriel Paccard Goûter Route (PD-/PD+) Highest mountain of the Alps, border dispute...
59 KB (1,068 words) - 16:24, 10 October 2024
border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard. 1794 – Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest...
58 KB (5,746 words) - 04:40, 30 September 2024
before the actual first successful ascent by Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard via the Glacier des Bossons in 1786, also an approach over the Aiguille...
27 KB (3,182 words) - 13:51, 8 October 2024
England. August 8 – Mont Blanc is climbed for the first time, by Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat. August 11 – Captain Francis Light acquires the...
20 KB (2,239 words) - 00:43, 10 October 2024
physician Michel-Gabriel Paccard on 8 August 1786. For this feat, King Victor Amadeus III gave him the honorary title du Mont Blanc. Balmat and Paccard's ascent...
5 KB (526 words) - 07:00, 22 August 2024
climb was the second known to reach the top of Mont Blanc after Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat had already reached the summit a year before...
5 KB (700 words) - 17:56, 13 September 2024
Blanc, often regarded as the "Father of Alpinism"; Together with Michel-Gabriel Paccard, he completed the first ever ascent of Mont Blanc (1786) Marco Belinelli...
299 KB (37,397 words) - 10:50, 21 October 2024
England. August 8 – Mont Blanc is climbed for the first time, by Michel-Gabriel Paccard and Jacques Balmat. August 11 – Captain Francis Light acquires the...
3 KB (25,374 words) - 23:09, 9 September 2024
Aiguilles Rouges Panorama from Mont Buet, around 1900 Swisstopo maps Michel-Gabriel Paccard quoted in Peter H. Hansen, The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering...
9 KB (780 words) - 21:26, 11 October 2024
species of plants. Whilst there he met Voltaire and travelled with Michel-Gabriel Paccard, who received later fame for achieving the first ascent of Mont...
4 KB (405 words) - 09:22, 13 August 2023
the first ascent of Mont Blanc by Jacques Balmat and physician Michel-Gabriel Paccard in 1786. Exchaquet was also the director of mines and foundries...
41 KB (4,536 words) - 16:45, 26 June 2024
first successful ascent of Mont Blanc in 1786 with fellow Italian Michel-Gabriel Paccard. 15. Les Écureuils "The Squirrels" in French 16. Le Pylône "The...
4 KB (247 words) - 19:00, 19 September 2024
Marguerite of the Sacred Heart of Jesus". It was cast on May 13, 1891, by the Paccard foundry (Dynasty of Georges, Hippolyte-Francisque and Victor or "G & F")...
40 KB (4,820 words) - 17:15, 17 October 2024
1679–80 – Charles Desforest 1681 – No award 1682 – Hyacinthe Rigaud 1683 – Gabriel Benoist 1684 – Gregor Brandmüller 1685 – Nicolas Bertin 1686 – Antoine...
68 KB (4,897 words) - 17:40, 6 September 2024
l'Artisanat Traditionnel Islamique dans l'Architecture / Le Paccard) - 2 volumes, Author : André Paccard, Edition: Workshop 74, 1986 Prefacier of the book: Mogador...
23 KB (2,595 words) - 03:20, 17 August 2024
has five bells: Marie Jacobé-Marie Salomé, cast in 1993 by the Fonderie Paccard in Annecy, note: G Claire, cast in 1837 by Eugène Baudouin in Marseille...
26 KB (2,861 words) - 22:20, 10 September 2024
Humbépaire (1948) is illuminated by 20 stained glass panels by Gabriel Loire, a carillon of 6 Paccard bells is installed in the belfry. Remains of the Carmelite...
24 KB (2,477 words) - 01:55, 21 October 2024
162-165 Studer, Vol 2, pp. 190-1 Erschliessung 2, 25 Studer, Vol 3, pp. 206-8 Michel Caviezel, Tourist's Guide to the Upper Engadine, 1875, p. 179 Studer, Vol...
143 KB (3,887 words) - 23:22, 14 October 2024