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Via Ferrata
A via ferrata (Italian language, Italian for "iron path", plural ''vie ferrate'' or in English ''via ferratas'') is a protected climbing route found in the Alps and certain other Alpine locations. The protection includes steel fixtures such as cables and railings to arrest the effect of any fall, which the climber can either hold onto or Glossary of climbing terms#clip in, clip into using climbing protection. Some via ferratas can also include steel fixtures that provide aid climbing, aid in overcoming the obstacles encountered, including steel ladders and steel steps. Description A via ferrata is a climbing route in the mountains that employs steel cables, rungs, or ladders, fixed to the rock to which the climbers affix #Via ferrata set, a harness with two leashes, which allows the climbers to secure themselves to the metal fixture and limit any fall. The cable and other fixtures, such as iron rungs (stemples), pegs, carved steps, and ladders and bridges, provide both footing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climber On Fixed Rope Route Piz Mitgel 2
Climber, or Climbers may refer to: *Climber, a participant in the activity of climbing *Climber, general name for a vine or other climbing plant *Climber, or climbing specialist, a road bicycle racer who can ride especially well on highly inclined roads *Climber (BEAM), a robot that goes upward or downward on a track *Climber (video game), ''Climber'' (video game), by Nintendo *Climber Motor Company, a motor vehicle manufacturer in Arkansas *Climbers (novel), ''Climbers'' (novel), a 1989 novel by M. John Harrison *The Climber (1917 film), ''The Climber'' (1917 film), a silent drama film *The Climber (1966 film), ''The Climber'' (1966 film), a Yugoslav drama film *The Climber (1975 film), ''The Climber'' (1975 film), an Italian crime film *The Climber (album), ''The Climber'' (album), an album by Judge Smith *Dynamic Sport Climber, a Polish paramotor design *''The Climber'', or ''Kokou no Hito'', a Japanese climbing manga See also *Climbing (other) *The Climbers (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrenees
The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. They extend nearly from their union with the Cantabrian Mountains to Cap de Creus on the Mediterranean coast, reaching a maximum elevation of at the peak of Aneto. For the most part, the main crest forms a divide between Spain and France, with the microstate of Andorra sandwiched in between. Historically, the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Navarre extended on both sides of the mountain range. Etymology In Greek mythology, Pyrene is a princess who gave her name to the Pyrenees. The Greek historian Herodotus says Pyrene is the name of a town in Celtic Europe. According to Silius Italicus, she was the virgin daughter of Bebryx, a king in Mediterranean Gaul by whom the hero Hercules was given hospitality during his quest to steal the cattle of Geryon during his famous Labours. Hercules, characteristically drunk and lustful, violates the sacred code of hospitality and rapes his host's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Caporetto
The Battle of Kobarid (also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, the Battle of Caporetto or the Battle of Karfreit) took place on the Italian front of World War I. The battle was fought between the Kingdom of Italy and the Central Powers and took place from 24 October to 19 November 1917, near the town of Kobarid (now in north-western Slovenia, then part of the Austrian Littoral), and near the river Isonzo. The battle was named after the Italian name of the town (also known as ''Karfreit'' in German). Austro-Hungarian forces, reinforced by German units, were able to break into the Italian front line and rout the Italian forces opposing them. The battle was a demonstration of the effectiveness of the use of stormtroopers and the infiltration tactics developed in part by Oskar von Hutier. The use of poison gas by the Germans also played a key role in the collapse of the Italian Second Army. The rest of the Italian Army retreated to the Piave River; its effec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiserjäger
The ''Kaiserjäger'' (officially designated by the Imperial and Royal (''k.u.k.'') military administration as the ''Tiroler Jäger-Regimenter'' or "Tyrolean Rifle Regiments"), were formed in 1895 as four normal infantry regiments within the Common Army of Austria-Hungary. Despite the name "Tirol" in its title its members were not just recruited from the crown land of Tyrol (including Vorarlberg) but also from other parts of the monarchy. The regiments were disbanded in 1918 with the end of the k.u.k. monarchy. The word '' Jäger'' (meaning "hunter" or "huntsman") is a characteristic term used for light infantry or light infantrymen in a German-speaking context. Background The first standing troops in the Tyrol were the native Tyrolese soldiers of the Tyrolean State Battalion (') formed in 1703. This was superseded in 1745 by the Tyrolean Field and State Regiment (''Tiroler Feld- und Landregiment''), which was given the status and prerogatives of an imperial regiment and wen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standschützen
The ''Standschützen'' (singular: ''Standschütze''The German nouns, German noun ''Standschütze'' is a so-called nominal composition, composed of the nouns ''Stand-'' (en = social position, standing, status) and ''-Schütze'' (en = rifle man). In the Imperial-Royal Austria (e.g. Vorarlberg and Tirol) it referred to members of the ''Schützenstand'' (en = rifle guild) or a ''Schützenverein'' (en = shooting club). ''Standschützen'' were skilled in precision shooting and often volunteered for deployments in a k.k. Standschützen units.) were originally rifle guilds and rifle companies that had been formed in the 15th and 16th centuries, and were involved time and again in military operations within the borders of the Austrian County of Tyrol. A ''Standschütze'' was a member of a ''Schützenstand'' ("shooting club"), into which he was enrolled,''enrolliert'' is the Austrian military jargon for "enrolled" (from the Old French ''enroller''). which automatically committed him to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First World War
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Powers
The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires,; ; , ; were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918). It consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria; this was also known as the Quadruple Alliance., , , The Central Powers' origin was the Dual Alliance (1879), alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1879. Despite having nominally joined the Triple Alliance (1882), Triple Alliance before, Kingdom of Italy, Italy did not take part in World War I on the side of the Central Powers and later joined on the side of the Allies of World War I, Allies. The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria did not join until after World War I had begun. The Central Powers faced, and were defeated by, the Allied Powers, which themselves had formed around the Triple Entente. They dissolved in 1918 after they lost the war. Name The name 'Central Powers' is derived from the location of its member countries. All f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Remains From World War I Found During Demining On Monte Piano
Dangerous may refer to: Film and television * ''Dangerous'' (1935 film), an American film starring Bette Davis * '' Dangerous: The Short Films'', a 1993 collection of music videos by Michael Jackson * ''Dangerous'' (TV series), a 2007 Australian drama * ''Dangerous'' (web series), a 2020 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller * ''Dangerous'' (2021 film), a Canadian-American action thriller * ''Dangerous'' (2022 film), an Indian Hindi-language action drama film Music * Dangerous!, an Australian punk band * Dangerous World Tour, Michael Jackson's 1992–93 world concert tour * Dangerous Records, a British record label associated with Sawmills Studios Albums * ''Dangerous'' (Andy Taylor album), 1990 * ''Dangerous'' (The Bar Kays album) or the title song, 1984 * ''Dangerous'' (Michael Jackson album) or the title song (see below), 1991 * ''Dangerous'' (Natalie Cole album) or the title song, 1985 * ''Dangerous'' (SpeXial album) or the title song, 2015 * ''Dangerous'' (Yande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Jahn
Gustav Jahn (17 May 1879 – 17 August 1919) was a landscape painter, poster artist and mountaineer who lived most of his life in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Early life and education Gustav Jahn was born in 1879 in Vienna. From his youth, his true passion was mountaineering. He attended the private art school operated by Adolf Kaufmann starting in 1895. Then in 1896, at age 16, he was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, studying with August Eisenmenger and Alois Delug. He was awarded the Gundel-Prize for excellence in 1899. From 1900 to 1904, he studied with Genre art, genre painter Franz Rumpler, and he became a member of the prestigious Austrian Alpine Club in 1901. He combined his interests by specializing in landscapes and genre scenes of the high mountains. As part of the Rome Prize, he won a Kenyon study scholarship in 1904, which he used more for climbing in the Mont Blanc area than painting. Career Within ten weeks Jahn painted twelve large-format paint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
