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    Michel Auguste Croz (22 April 1830 in Le Tour, Chamonix valley – 14 July 1865, on the Matterhorn) was a Chamoniard mountain guide of the Kingdom of Sardinia...
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    ascent of this, the second-highest summit Pointe Croz (4,110 m; 13,484 ft) – named after Michel Croz, a guide from Chamonix Pointe Hélène (4,045 m; 13...
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    Douglas Hadow, Michel Croz, and two Zermatt guides, Peter Taugwalder and his son of the same name, on 14 July 1865. Douglas, Hudson, Hadow and Croz were killed...
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    Hörnli ridge in Switzerland, guided by the famed French mountaineer Michel Croz and the Swiss father and son Peter Taugwalder Sr. and Jr., and accompanied...
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    Western Summit 156 Felikjoch 23 August 1861 William Mathews, F.W. Jacomb, Michel Croz 28 Zinalrothorn 4,221 Wallis Alps Switzerland 4.5 Weisshorn 491 Hohlicht...
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    British climbers, Charles Hudson and Douglas Robert Hadow, and their guide Michel Croz. At 4:30 a.m. on 13 July, a combined party of seven men, led by Whymper...
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    Klemens Bachleda, Auguste Balmat, Alexander Burgener, Armand Charlet, Michel Croz, François Devouassoud, Angelo Dibona, Andreas Heckmair, the Innerkofler...
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    Englishmen A. W Moore, Horace Walker, and Edward Whymper, guided by Michel Croz from Chamonix and Christian Almer from Switzerland, made the first ascent...
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    of the Matterhorn. Whymper was unable to climb with his usual guide, Michel Croz, who had to wait for a client in Chamonix. As a result, Whymper hired...
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    Verte (the first by the Moine ridge) in 1865 (with T. S. Kennedy and Michel Croz). He is also considered a pioneer of English guideless climbing in the...
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    Anderegg, Johann Joseph Bennen (fr), Peter Bohren, Jean-Antoine Carrel, Michel Croz, Ulrich Kaufmann and Johannes Zumtaugwald. Lucy Walker, sister of Horace...
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    a British party comprising Edward Whymper and A. Reilly with guides Michel Croz, M. Payot, H. Charlet on 15 July 1864. The route they took was via the...
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    unsuccessfully to climb a couloir on the south-east face with Michel Croz. After Croz left for a prior engagement with Charles Hudson, Whymper was unable...
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    was made on 9 July 1864 by A. Reilly and Edward Whymper with guides Michel Croz, H. Charlet and M. Payot. Whymper described the ascent in Scrambles amongst...
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    August 30, 1861 by William Mathews, Frederick Jacomb, Jean-Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz. The first woman to summit the mountain was Alessandra Boarelli (1838–1908)...
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  • Hudson, Douglas Hadow, Michel Croz, P. Taugwalder (father), Peter Taugwalder (son). Death of Douglas, Hudson, Hadow and Croz on the descent. July 17:...
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    usually accompanied by guides from Chamonix or Courmayeur, such as Michel Croz, Michel Payot and Émile Rey, as well as the Swiss guide, Christian Almer...
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  • 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...
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    writer, and rock climber, led early expeditions on K2 and on Kanchenjunga Michel Croz (1830–1865) France, mountain guide with numerous first ascents, died...
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  • collaboration with Travel Store SARL as retail partner, at 21st Avenue Michel Croz, Chamonix, Mont-Blanc, France. The company opened its first store in...
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    the summit, dragging three members of the party (Lord Francis Douglas, Michel Croz and Charles Hudson) with him down the north face of the mountain to their...
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  • guides Michel Croz and E. Favre on 8 August 1860 Castor with F. W. Jacomb and Michel Croz on 23 August 1861 Monte Viso with F. W. Jacomb and Michel Croz on...
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    mountain was made via the east ridge by Edward Whymper, Christian Almer, Michel Croz and F. Biner on 16 June 1865. The Mountet hut (2,886 m (9,469 ft)) and...
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    destination. The first ascent was made by William Mathews along with guides Michel Croz and E. Favre via the south-west face on 8 August 1860. The north face...
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    First ascent 1808 or 1810 by inhabitants of Tignes and soldiers First officially reported ascent by William Mathews and Michel Croz on 5 August 1860...
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    Alps. Barre des Écrins with A. W. Moore and Edward Whymper, and guides Michel Croz, Christian Almer the elder, and Christian Almer the younger on 25 June...
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    Topo map Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo Climbing First ascent August 23, 1861 by F. W. Jacomb and William Mathews with guide Michel Croz...
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    and the col du Glacier Blanc in the Massif des Écrins with the guides Michel Croz, Peter Perren and Bartolommeo Peyrotte. He also made an attempt, with...
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  • latter. Today it is not reserved for public servants anymore. Espace Michel-Croz, abbreviated EMC2, a live theater opened in late 2021 in a space previously...
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    (Dauphiné Alps) with Edward Whymper and Horace Walker, and the guides Michel Croz, Christian Almer the elder, and Christian Almer the younger 28 June 1865 (1865-06-28):...
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