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Ulrich Inderbinen (3 December 1900 in Zermatt, Valais – 14 June 2004) was a Swiss mountain guide famous for his longevity and love for mountain climbing. He had been on the top of Matterhorn over 370 times and made his last ascent of it when he was 90. [1] Though he was not the first to summit the Matterhorn, he may have done it the best.
Albert R. Ellingwood (22 June 1887 – 12 May 1934) pioneer of climbing peaks in the Rocky Mountains and Colorado in particular; Zsolt Erőss (1968–2013) Hungary, ten eight-thousanders, two with a prosthetic leg, died on descent from Kangchenjunga; Susan Ershler (born 1956) US, climbed Seven Summits
Yasuko Namba was famous in her native Japan for becoming the second Japanese woman to reach all of the Seven Summits including Everest, where she died during the storm of May 1996 during her descent. [37] A climber ascending Mount Vinson. In 2000, Croatian mountaineer Stipe Božić completed the Seven Summits. [38]
Every morning with cup of hot tea, Michael McMahan takes in the unpolished wildness of L.A.'s 4,000-acre Griffith Park behind his apartment complex. When he's lucky, he captures images of P-22 ...
Warren Harding (June 18, 1924 – February 27, 2002) was one of the most accomplished and influential American big wall climbers and aid climbers of the 1950s to 1970s. He was the leader of the first team to climb El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, in 1958.
Rocky Mountains: Harry R. Horn, John F. Habbe and Frank B. Wynn [127] 28 Aug 1920: Lizard Head: 3999: Rocky Mountains: Albert R. Ellingwood and Barton Hoag [128] 22 Jul 1922: Mount Moran: 3842: Rocky Mountains: LeGrand Hardy, Bennet McNulty and Ben C. Rich: 25 Jul 1922: Gannett Peak: 4209: Rocky Mountains: Arthur C. Tate and Floyd J. Stahlnaker ...
Weisshorn (4,507 m) / Its first ascent popularised mountain climbing culture Eiger Switzerland: 3,967 362: 3,605 Mönch (4,099 m) / Famed for its dangerous North face climb Pidurutalagala Sri Lanka: 2,524 2,524: 0 Mount Pico Portugal: 2,351 2,351: 0 none/ HP Portugal, HP Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Moldoveanu Romania: 2,544 2,046: 498 Făgăraș Mountains