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Rock climber Chuck Pratt bivouacking during the first ascent of the Salathé Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley in September 1961.. A bivouac shelter or bivvy (alternately bivy, bivi, bivvi) is any of a variety of improvised camp site or shelter that is usually of a temporary nature, used especially by soldiers or people engaged in backpacking, bikepacking, scouting or mountain climbing. [1]
Bivouac is a type of camp or shelter. The term may refer to: Bivouac Peak, a mountain in the Teton Range, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, United States; A military camp; Bivouac shelter, an extremely lightweight alternative to traditional tent systems; Bivouac (ants), an ant nest constructed out of the living ant worker's own bodies
Camp of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy during World War II, 1945. A military camp or bivouac is a semi-permanent military base, for the lodging of an army.Camps are erected when a military force travels away from a major installation or fort during training or operations, and often have the form of large campsites.
Jim Wickwire (born June 8, 1940) is the first American to summit K2, the second highest mountain in the world (summit at 8,611 m (28,251 ft)). [1] [2] [3] Wickwire is also known for surviving an overnight solo bivouac on K2 at an elevation above 27,000 ft or 8,200 m; considered "one of the most notorious bivouacs in mountaineering history".
In mountaineering parlance, the term "bivouac" refers to spending the night in improvised, unimproved camping conditions, whether or not a bivouac sack or bivouac shelter are used. It is either a noun or a verb. It can be an unplanned night in the open, or a planned stay at a very minimal, rugged, or vertical campsite.
The Solvay Hut or Solvay Bivouac (German: Solvayhütte) is a mountain hut located on the north-eastern ridge (Hörnli Ridge) of the Matterhorn, near Zermatt in the canton of Valais. At 4,003 metres (13,133 ft) [ 1 ] it is the highest mountain hut owned by the Swiss Alpine Club , but can be used only in case of emergency.
Back country hut in the Haast River valley of the West Coast region of New Zealand Lairig Leacach Bothy, Lochaber, Scotland. A wilderness hut, bothy, backcountry hut, or backcountry shelter is a free, primitive mountain hut for temporary accommodation, usually located in wilderness areas, national parks and along backpacking and hiking routes.
Southern Bivouac traces its origins to February 7, 1879, the date on which the Southern Historical Society's Kentucky chapter was created by forty-eight former Confederate officers, most prominently General Basil W. Duke. So many individuals wanted to submit papers and speeches during their monthly meetings that by 1882 it was impossible to use ...