The golden age of alpinism was the decade in mountaineering between Alfred Wills's ascent of the Wetterhorn in 1854 and Edward Whymper's ascent of the...
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party's ascent of the Dent du Géant in 1882. Whilst the golden age of alpinism (1854–1865) was characterised by the first ascents of many of the greatest...
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golden age of alpinism (1854–1865), during which many major Alpine peaks saw their first ascents. The Golden Age of cricket (1890–1914) Golden age of...
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Mountaineering (redirect from Alpinism)
Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include...
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"Spanish Golden Age", "Dutch Golden Age", "Danish Golden Age", "Golden Age of Flanders" – or the history of a specific field – "Golden age of alpinism", "Golden...
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Alps (redirect from Mountain Region of the Alps)
centuries saw an influx of naturalists, writers, and artists, in particular, the Romanticists, followed by the golden age of alpinism as mountaineers began...
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Grindelwald (redirect from Valley of Grindelwald)
tourist destination of both Switzerland and the Alps since the golden age of alpinism in the 19th century. It is overlooked by a section of the Bernese Alps...
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Wetterhorn (category Mountains of the canton of Bern)
fashionable in Britain and ushered in the so-called golden age of alpinism, the systematic exploration of the Alps by British mountaineers. Despite several...
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to be climbed and its first ascent marked the end of the golden age of alpinism. In the summer of 1860, Edward Whymper, an athletic, twenty-year-old...
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Matterhorn (redirect from List of references to the Matterhorn)
claimed the lives of four of the seven climbers. This disaster, later portrayed in several films, marked the end of the golden age of alpinism. The north face...
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Dolomites (category Mountain ranges of the Alps)
group Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park Golden age of alpinism Italian front (World War I) Silver age of alpinism Strada delle 52 Gallerie Via ferrata White...
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Third Man on the Mountain (category American coming-of-age films)
Michael Rennie, James MacArthur and Janet Munro. Set during the golden age of alpinism, its plot concerns a young Swiss man who conquers the mountain that...
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Leontopodium nivale (category Flora of Europe)
of Stampriet / Namibia Flora of the Alps Golden age of alpinism Khela, S. (2013). "Leontopodium alpinum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e...
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Dent du Géant (category Mountains of the Alps)
France and Italy. The Dent du Géant remained unclimbed during the golden age of alpinism, and was a much-coveted peak in the 1870s, repelling many parties...
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Monte Pelmo (category Mountains of Veneto)
Palafavera Monte Pelmo e Pelmetto on the ball band animation Golden age of alpinism Silver age of alpinism "Monte Pelmo, Italy". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 January...
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Tofane (category Venues of the 1956 Winter Olympics)
kilometres per hour (81 mph). Golden age of alpinism Silver age of alpinism Italian front (World War I) White War Natural Park of the Ampezzo Dolomites Goedeke...
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High mountain tour (category Types of mountaineering)
the conquest of many high western Alpine summits during the golden age of Alpinism around the middle of the 19th century. In other parts of the world the...
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Marmolada (category Mountain ranges of Italy)
face. The cause of the accident was unknown. Sunset Marmolada in autumn Punta Rocca, 3342 m Marmolada - Malga Contrin Golden age of alpinism Italian front...
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mountain guide of the Kingdom of Sardinia and the first ascentionist of many mountains in the western Alps during the golden age of alpinism. He is chiefly...
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First ascent (section In mountaineering and alpinism)
golden age of alpinism when the main alpine peaks were summited (and often using aid climbing). In the 1930s, the focus moved to the first ascents of...
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Florence Crauford Grove (category Presidents of the Alpine Club (UK))
hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Golden age of alpinism Florence Crauford Grove[permanent dead link] at lexikon-portal.de (retrieved...
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Aiguille Dibona (1913) Alps portal Golden age of alpinism History of the Alps Silver age of alpinism A detailed list of first ascents, including over a hundred...
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Antelao (category Mountains of Veneto)
the upper Val d'Oten. Antelao view from Lago di Mosigo Golden age of alpinism List of mountains of the Alps Prominence European high-prominence peaks"....
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Switzerland as a federal state (redirect from Unification of Switzerland)
economy with the foundation of the Union Bank of Switzerland in 1862, the Swiss Bank Corporation in 1872. The golden age of alpinism in the 1850s–60s laid the...
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W. A. B. Coolidge (category Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford)
figures of the so-called silver age of alpinism, making first ascents of the few significant peaks in the Alps that had not been climbed during the golden age...
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the world during the 1850s, Everest became a subject of interest during the Golden age of alpinism, although its height made it questionable if it could...
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Leslie Stephen (category Editors of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography)
one of the most prominent figures in the golden age of alpinism (the period between Wills's ascent of the Wetterhorn in 1854 and Whymper's ascent of the...
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Mont Blanc massif (category Mountain ranges of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
sport of alpine mountaineering, and it was during the golden age of alpinism (1854–65) and the silver age of alpinism (1865–82) that the majority of the...
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Lord Francis Douglas (category Younger sons of marquesses)
matter until long after the deaths of all concerned. The incident is seen as marking the end of the Golden age of alpinism. The Rev. Arthur G. Butler was...
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Valais (redirect from Districts of the canton of Valais)
first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 marking the end of the golden age of alpinism. The boom of tourism followed in the late 19th century. In 1878, the...
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