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    The Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m; 13,806 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy...
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    and the fourth ascent of the Walker Spur on the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses in only two days and with limited equipment. This last route had been...
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    "Trilogy" is the three hardest of these north faces, being the Eiger, the Grandes Jorasses, and the Matterhorn. The six great north faces are (sorted by the date...
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    priority card on public transport, Devouassoux nevertheless returned to Grandes Jorasses in 1962 and made it in thirteen hours, with Yvon Masino (1940–1982)...
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    winter alpine free solo of the "north face trilogy" of the Eiger, the Grandes Jorasses, and the Matterhorn. She made Himalayan and high-altitude ascents such...
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    of which are over 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) in height, including the Grandes Jorasses, Rochefort Ridge, Dent du Géant, Mont Maudit, Mont Blanc and its western...
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    end of July 2018, he set a new record time on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses(4208). He climbed the Walkerpfeiler (1200 metres) in the Mont Blanc...
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    bad that year, and she was forced to use alternative routes for the Grandes Jorasses and the Eiger. Without pictures to prove her success and with the use...
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  • Grandes Jorasses, and Other Adventures, The Mountaineers Books, Seattle, WA, English Translation by Tim Carruthers, 2002, from Eigernordwand, Grandes...
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    1975, he made his first solo winter ascent of the north face of the Grandes Jorasses via the Shroud (Le Linceul). In January 1977, he attempted a winter...
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    who made many notable first ascents, including Mount Elbrus and the Grandes Jorasses. Born in 1838, Walker was the son of Liverpool lead merchant and mountaineer...
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  • Yosemite National Park, US North face (Grand Teton), a climbing route in Wyoming, US North face (Grandes Jorasses), in the Mont Blanc massif North Face...
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    Biner they made the first ascent of the Grand Cornier, and the first ascent of Pointe Whymper on the Grandes Jorasses. On the Matterhorn, Croz and Whymper...
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    Mont Dolent in 1864, and the Aiguille Verte, the Grand Cornier and Pointe Whymper on the Grandes Jorasses in 1865. That same year he also made the first...
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    Aiguille Verte (4,122 m) Mer de Glace, Dent du Géant (4,013 m) and Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m) in Chamonix (c. 1890) Tramway du Mont-Blanc, at Bellevue...
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    north faces of the Aiguille Verte, Les Droites, Les Courtes, and the Grandes Jorasses, flying 15 km (9.3 mi) back to the Chamonix valley after his final...
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  • route Cassin, first winter ascent 1968: Grandes Jorasses, N wall, route Cassin, first solo ascent 1969: Grand Capucin, SE wall, Diretta dei Ragni, first...
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  • (the Cima Grande di Lavaredo, the Piz Badile, the Matterhorn, the Grandes Jorasses, the Petit Dru and the Eiger) solo, being the first person to complete...
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    Planpincieux) is a hanging glacier, located on the southern slopes of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps. It is located above the hamlet...
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    mountain's overall morphology and mountaineering significance. (For example, the Grand Gendarme on the Weisshorn was excluded, despite meeting the prominence criterion...
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    celebrated first ascent was of the Walker Spur on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif on 4–6 August 1938 with Esposito and Ugo Tizzoni...
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    climbs in the French, Italian, and Swiss Alps: the Walker Spur of the Grandes Jorasses, the south face of the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey, the north-east face...
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    Droites Le Génépi Grand Capucin Grand Darray Grand Pilier d'Angle Grande Lui Grande Pointe des Planereuses Grande Rocheuse Grandes Jorasses Mont Blanc Mont...
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    Droites Le Génépi Grand Capucin Grand Darray Grand Pilier d'Angle Grande Lui Grande Pointe des Planereuses Grande Rocheuse Grandes Jorasses Mont Blanc Mont...
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  • The Grand Couloir is a couloir on the Aiguille du Goûter. At 3,340 metres (10,960 ft) altitude this gully has to be traversed on foot, to reach the scramble...
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    Retrieved 25 May 2024. "Jacek Czech i Adam Bielecki północną ścianą Grandes Jorasses". 2019-02-26. "Bielecki, Czech i Tekieli drogą Schmidów na Matterhorn"...
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  • some cases, groundbreaking, solo ascents, including: No Siesta on the Grandes Jorasses, Pilier Rouge du Brouillard Direttissima on Mont Blanc, Modern Times...
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    hardest of the six, along with the north faces of the Eiger and the Grandes Jorasses (TD+ Difficulty rating). Overcrowding on the several routes have become...
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    ascent begins in the direction of the Refuge de Tête Rousse, crossing the Grand Couloir or Goûter Corridor, considered dangerous because of frequent rockfalls...
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    Droites Le Génépi Grand Capucin Grand Darray Grand Pilier d'Angle Grande Lui Grande Pointe des Planereuses Grande Rocheuse Grandes Jorasses Mont Blanc Mont...
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