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    Amé Gorret (1836-1907), known in his native Aosta Valley as the "Abbé Gorret" ("Father Gorret"), was a priest and Alpinist (mountaineer). He was a member...
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    Edward Whymper's ascent team on the north face returning to Zermatt, Amé Gorret, a fellow climber and fellow countryman of Jean-Antoine Carrel, realised...
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    Italian side by Jean-Antoine Carrel and Jean-Baptiste Bich with the abbé Amé Gorret and Jean-Augustin Meynet who followed them near to the summit. The party...
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    proving that the Italian side was not unconquerable. He was accompanied by Amé Gorret, a priest who had shared with him the first attempt on the mountain back...
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    Joseph-Marie Henry (Histoire populaire de la Vallée d'Aoste, 1929) and Amé Gorret (Guide de la Vallée d'Aoste, 1877). It became a popular tourist destination...
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  • attempt (from Breuil) by Jean-Antoine Carrel, Jean-Jacques Carrel, and Amé Gorret. August: Attempt by J. A. and J. J. Carrel. The Grande Tour is reached...
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    mountain was the tallest unclimbed peak in the Alps—with his uncle and Amé Gorret. In the early 1860s, Carrel made numerous attempts to climb the Matterhorn...
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    Chiej-Gamacchio, La fabbricazione degli scroi o sabots: nota, Torino: Bona, 1916 Amé Gorret & Giovanni Varale, Guida illustrata della Valle di Challant o d'Ayas,...
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    name val-dobbia came from the French doubler, overpass. Before that, Amé Gorret offered the translation of Val Dubbia, the valley in doubt, contended...
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    Piedmont and Aosta Valley, in northern Italy, near the Cogne Valley. In 1865 Amé Gorret, Martino Baretti, and Jean-Pierre Carrel reached a subsidiary summit on...
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