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Dora Keen (June 24, 1871 – January 31, 1963) was an American traveler, Alpinist, and social worker.She was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Blackburn and would subsequently write an article for The Saturday Evening Post titled "First up Mount Blackburn", along with becoming a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
The western of Blackburn's two summits is the mountain's highest point, a fact that was not understood until the 1960s when new USGS maps were published. The first ascent of the west peak, and hence Mount Blackburn, was done on May 30, 1958, by Bruce Gilbert , Dick Wahlstrom , Hans Gmoser , Adolf Bitterlich , and Leon Blumer via the North (also ...
Blackburn with Darwen's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.2% per year. Blackburn with Darwen covers an area of 137 square kilometres (53 square miles) and has a population density of 1,131 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. [90]
Mount Blackburn is set in the Burnett Mountains of the Southern Alps and is situated in the Canterbury Region of South Island. [4] This peak is located seven kilometres (4.3 mi) east of Mount Cook Village and can be seen from Mount Cook Road. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west to the Tasman River via Gorilla Stream and Chop Creek.
Buildering (also known as edificeering, urban climbing, structuring, skywalking, boulding, or stegophily) describes the act of climbing on the outside of buildings and other artificial structures. The word "buildering", sometimes misspelled bildering, combines the word building with the climbing term bouldering .
The Preston Mountaineering Club is one of the older mountaineering clubs in the United Kingdom.Members from the Preston and Blackburn area founded the club in 1933. In the early days of the club, regular visitors were from Lake District given its proximity to the area.
Blackburn fail to take three points which would have secured Championship status despite facing 10 men for half an hour Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Coventry City: ten-man Sky Blues deny hosts crucial win ...
Corporation Park is a traditional Victorian park in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.It was landscaped by William Henderson and opened in 1857. [1] Corporation Park is regarded as the main formal park in Blackburn and is used mainly by local people for general recreation, walking and dog walking, as well as for its tennis, bowling and football facilities.