Mount Clemenceau is the fourth highest

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in the

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of the

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. The peak was originally named "Pyramid" in 1892 by

Arthur Coleman Arthur Alonzo Coleman (March 18, 1898 - February 27, 1960) was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played from 1919 to 1921 with Jewell's ABCs, the Dayton Marcos The Dayton Marcos were a Negro league baseball team ...

. The mountain was renamed by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey in 1919 to its present name, which is for

Georges Clemenceau Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (28 September 1841 – 24 November 1929) was a French statesman who was Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1909 and again from 1917 until 1920. A physician turned journalist, he played a central role in the poli ...

, premier of France during

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. Mount Clemenceau was first climbed in 1923 by D.B. Durand, H.S. Hall, W.D. Harris and H.B. De V. Schwab. __NOTOC__

Routes

There are three standard climbing routes: *West Face II **This is the normal route, similar to the north glacier route (normal) on

Mount Athabasca Mount Athabasca is in the Columbia Icefield of Jasper National Park in Canada. The mountain was named in 1898 by J. Norman Collie, who made the first ascent on August 18 of that year. Athabasca is the Cree language name for "where there are reed ...

but considered more interesting. The route avoids the steepest parts of the face. *North-East Ridge IV *North Face IV

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External links

* Mount Clemenceau aerial photo
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