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Great North Faces Of The Alps
The six great north faces of the Alps are a group of vertical faces in the Swiss, French, and Italian Alps known in mountaineering for their difficulty, danger, and great height. The "Trilogy" is the three hardest of these north faces, being the Eiger, the Grandes Jorasses, and the Matterhorn. List The six great north faces are (sorted by the date of the first ascent of the north face): * Matterhorn, first ascent in August 1931; * Cima Grande di Lavaredo, first ascent in 1933; * Petit Dru, first ascent in 1935; * Piz Badile, first ascent July 1937; * Eiger, first ascent in July 1938; * Grandes Jorasses, first ascent in August 1938. Trilogy Three of the six great north faces — the Eiger, the Matterhorn, and the Grandes Jorasses – are considered by climbers to be much harder to climb and are known as 'the Trilogy' (or the "North Face trilogy"). Milestones and records * The first climber to have ascended all six north faces was Gaston Rébuffat, a French alpinist and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Face
North face or Northface or The North Face may refer to: * North face (Eiger), in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland * North Face (Everest), in Himalaya, usually traversed ascending Everest from the north * North face (Fairview Dome), a climbing route in 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 (film), ''North Face'' (film), 2008 German historical fiction film * Northface University, in Utah, US * Northface (horse), a Canadian Thoroughbred * "Northface", a song from the album ''T2: Kontrakultur'' by Timbuktu * The North Face, an American outdoor product company * The North Face (novel), ''The North Face'' (novel), by Mary Renault See also * Great north faces of the Alps * North Wall (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Destivelle
Catherine Destivelle (born 24 July 1960) is a French rock climbing, rock climber and Mountaineering, mountaineer who is considered one of the greatest and most important female climbers in the history of rock climbing, history of the sport. She came to prominence in the mid-1980s for sport climbing by winning the first major female climbing competitions, and by being the List of first ascents (sport climbing)#Redpointed by women, first female to redpoint (climbing), redpoint a sport climbing route with ''Fleur de Rocaille'' in 1985, and an route with ''Choucas'' in 1988. During this period, she was considered the strongest female sport climber in the world along with Lynn Hill, however, in 1990 she retired to focus on alpine climbing. In 1990, she made the first female alpine ascent of the ''Bonatti Pillar'' on the Aiguille du Dru, Petit Dru, which she followed up in 1991, by becoming the first female to create a new extreme alpine route, also on the Petit Dru, which was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountaineering In The Alps
Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports in their own right. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, and bouldering are also considered variants of mountaineering by some, but are part of a wide group of mountain sports. Unlike most sports, mountaineering lacks widely applied formal rules, regulations, and governance; mountaineers adhere to a large variety of techniques and philosophies (including grading and guidebooks) when climbing mountains. Numerous local alpine clubs support mountaineers by hosting resources and social activities. A federation of alpine clubs, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), is the International Olympic Committee-recognized world organization for mountaineering and climbing. The consequences of mountaineering on the natural envi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Mountains Of The Alps
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of '' The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great North Faces Of The Alps
The six great north faces of the Alps are a group of vertical faces in the Swiss, French, and Italian Alps known in mountaineering for their difficulty, danger, and great height. The "Trilogy" is the three hardest of these north faces, being the Eiger, the Grandes Jorasses, and the Matterhorn. List The six great north faces are (sorted by the date of the first ascent of the north face): * Matterhorn, first ascent in August 1931; * Cima Grande di Lavaredo, first ascent in 1933; * Petit Dru, first ascent in 1935; * Piz Badile, first ascent July 1937; * Eiger, first ascent in July 1938; * Grandes Jorasses, first ascent in August 1938. Trilogy Three of the six great north faces — the Eiger, the Matterhorn, and the Grandes Jorasses – are considered by climbers to be much harder to climb and are known as 'the Trilogy' (or the "North Face trilogy"). Milestones and records * The first climber to have ascended all six north faces was Gaston Rébuffat, a French alpinist and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaston Rebuffat
Gaston is a masculine given name of French origin and a surname. The name "Gaston" may refer to: People First name *Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315) * Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343) *Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391) *Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422–1472) * Gaston I, Viscount of Béarn (died circa 980) * Gaston II, Viscount of Béarn (circa 951 – 1012) * Gaston III, Viscount of Béarn (died on or before 1045) * Gaston IV, Viscount of Béarn (died 1131) *Gaston V, Viscount of Béarn (died 1170) *Gaston VI, Viscount of Béarn (1173–1214) *Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn (1225–1290) * Gaston of Foix, Prince of Viana (1444–1470) * Gaston, Count of Marsan (1721–1743) *Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608–1660), French nobleman *Gastón Acurio (born 1967), Peruvian chef *Gaston Bachelard (1884–1962), French philosopher * Gaston Balande (1880–1971), French painter and illustrator * Gaston Borch (1871–1926), French composer, arranger, conductor, cellist and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Hargreaves
Alison Jane Hargreaves (17 February 1962 – 13 August 1995) was a British mountaineer. Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest alone, without supplementary oxygen or support from a Sherpa team, in 1995. She soloed all the great north faces of the Alps in a single season—a first for any climber. This feat included climbing the difficult north face of the Eiger in the Alps. Hargreaves also climbed Ama Dablam in Nepal. In 1995, Hargreaves intended to climb the three highest mountains in the world—Mount Everest, K2, and Kangchenjunga— unaided. On 13 May 1995, she became the first woman to reach summit of Everest without the aid of Sherpas or bottled oxygen; on 13 August, she died while descending from the summit of K2. Personal life Hargreaves grew up in Belper, Derbyshire, and attended Belper High School. After leaving home at 18, she lived with and later married Jim Ballard, and in 1995 the family moved to Spean Bridge, in the Scottish Highlands, closer to co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climbing (magazine)
''Climbing'' is a major US-based rock climbing magazine first published in 1970. In 2007, it was bought by Skram Media, the publisher of ''Urban Climber Magazine''. The headquarters of the magazine is in Boulder, Colorado. It is published nine times a year. Climbing was purchased by '' Outside'' in 2021. Golden Pitons Each year, ''Climbing'' gives out a number of awards, called the ''Golden Pitons''. Award categories include: Sport Climbing, Breakout Performance, Climber of the Year, Rusty Piton, Lifetime Achievement, Comeback, Alpine, Boldest Move, and Competition. See also * ''Alpinist'' magazine * ''Summit'' magazine * ''Rock & Ice ''Rock & Ice'' is a magazine published by Outside focusing on rock and ice climbing. The first issue came out in March 1984. The first publisher was Neal Kaptain. George Bracksieck worked for him, beginning in January 1984, and the two became e ...'' References External links * Online magazines published in the United States Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ueli Steck
Ueli Steck (; 4 October 1976 – 30 April 2017) was a Swiss rock climber and alpinist. He was the first to climb Annapurna solo via its South Face (though this is disputed by some), and set speed records on the North Face trilogy in the Alps. He won two Piolet d'Or awards, in 2009 and 2014. Having previously summitted Mount Everest, Steck died on 30 April 2017, after a fall during an acclimatizing climb for an attempt on the Hornbein route on the north face of Everest without supplemental oxygen. Climbing career At the age of 17, Steck achieved the 9th difficulty rating ( UIAA) in climbing. As an 18-year-old he climbed the North Face of the Eiger and the Bonatti Pillar in the Mont Blanc massif. In June 2004, he and Stephan Siegrist climbed the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau within 25 hours. Another success was the so-called "Khumbu-Express Expedition" in 2005, for which the climbing magazine ''Climb'' named him one of the three best alpinists in Europe. The project con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dani Arnold
Dani Arnold (born 22 February 1984)Christian ThieleInterview in: '' alpin.de'' 6/2016. is a Swiss extreme mountaineer. Life and career Arnold grew up in the Canton of Uri and developed a passion for mountaineering at an early age. He first completed training as a mechanical engineer and then as a mountain guide. He quickly specialized in solo climbing and extremely fast ascents of major walls. In addition to his solo projects, he also works as a professional alpinist for various sponsors and gives lectures about his expeditions. Dani Arnold is a mountain guide A mountain guide is a specially trained and experienced professional mountaineer who is certified by local authorities or mountain guide associations. They are considered to be high-level experts in mountaineering, and are hired to instruct or ..., married, father of a daughter, and lives in Bürglen.Olivier Joliat''"Yes, I take risks"''In: '' Coopzeitung'' No. 6 from 4 February 2014, p. 135, (PDF). Speed records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Ballard (climber)
Tom Ballard (born 16 October 1988; died 24 February 9 March 2019) was a British rock climber and alpinist, who was the first mountaineer to climb the six major alpine north faces solo in a single winter season. In February 2019, Ballard disappeared during bad weather on an expedition to Nanga Parbat, in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. His body was discovered on the mountain's Mummery Spur on 9 March 2019. Early life Ballard was born in Belper, Derbyshire, in 1988, the son of mountaineers Jim Ballard and Alison Hargreaves, who achieved fame both as the first female solo ascensionist of Mount Everest, and for completing the first solo ascents of the six alpine north faces in a single summer season. His mother died in a climbing accident on K2 on 13 August 1995. Ballard also had one sister, Kate. In 1995, Ballard's family moved near to Fort William, Inverness-shire, before relocating to the Alps in 2009, and then Val di Fassa in the Dolomites. In Val di Fassa he met his fiancée S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomo Česen
Tomislav "Tomo" Česen (born 5 November 1959) is a Slovenian mountaineer who specializes in solo climbing ascents in the Alps and the Himalayas. In 1986, aged 26, he reported that he had enchained the three Great north faces of the Alps, becoming the first person to do so solo in winter; although nobody witnessed his feat. Česen enjoyed a period of fame and sponsorship from his enchainment, and went on to claim a number of increasingly bolder, and in some cases, groundbreaking, solo ascents, including: ''No Siesta'' on the Grandes Jorasses, ''Pilier Rouge du Brouillard Direttissima'' on Mont Blanc, ''Modern Times'' on the south face of the Marmolada, the north face of Jannu (or Kumbhakarna), and the enormous south face of Lhotse. Many of his boldest solo ascents are now treated with skepticism in the mountaineering community, and particularly his 1990 solo ascent of Lhotse’s south face. He remains a controversial figure in climbing. One of the main climbing routes on K2 is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
