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Михаил Тимофеевич Погребецкий (1892—1956) — советский альпинист, заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1939), первовосходитель на пик Хан-Тенгри (1931), вместе с Борисом Тюриным и Францем-Йозефом Зауберером)...

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Михаил Тимофеевич Погребецкий (1892—1956) — советский альпинист, заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1939), первовосходитель на пик Хан-Тенгри (1931), вместе с Борисом Тюриным и Францем-Йозефом Зауберером)...

5/22/2024

Franz-Joseph Sauberer (1904 - 1944)

Franz-Josef Sauberer (geboren 26. Februar 1904 in Wien, Österreich-Ungarn; gestorben 11. Oktober 1944 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Bergsteiger in der Sowjetunion.

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Franz-Joseph Sauberer (1904 - 1944)

Franz-Josef Sauberer (geboren 26. Februar 1904 in Wien, Österreich-Ungarn; gestorben 11. Oktober 1944 ebenda) war ein österreichischer Bergsteiger in der Sowjetunion.

5/22/2024

Marie Marvingt MP (1875 - 1963)

"The bride of danger"

Marie Félicie Elisabeth Marvingt 1875 - 1963 An extraordinary woman Marie Marvingt was the most decorated woman in France - holder of 34 medals and decorations from France and elsewhere Officier d...

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3/15/2024
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Marie Marvingt MP (1875 - 1963)

"The bride of danger"

Marie Félicie Elisabeth Marvingt 1875 - 1963 An extraordinary woman Marie Marvingt was the most decorated woman in France - holder of 34 medals and decorations from France and elsewhere Officier d...

3/15/2024

Charles Stimson Bullitt (1919 - 2009)

Bullitt, Stimson (1919-2009) Stimson Bullitt climbed mountains and rock faces, helped transform Seattle’s rundown 1st Avenue, served a decade as King Broadcasting Co. president, was a skilled appellate...

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3/15/2007
12/30/2023
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Charles Stimson Bullitt (1919 - 2009)

Bullitt, Stimson (1919-2009) Stimson Bullitt climbed mountains and rock faces, helped transform Seattle’s rundown 1st Avenue, served a decade as King Broadcasting Co. president, was a skilled appellate...

12/30/2023

Messner (Bressanone, 17 settembre 1944) è un alpinista, esploratore, scrittore e politico italiano.

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10/14/2020
6/22/2023
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Messner (Bressanone, 17 settembre 1944) è un alpinista, esploratore, scrittore e politico italiano.

6/22/2023

Dr. Roger Sherman Whitney After graduating from Yale in 1928, and Harvard Medical School in 1932, he came to Colorado Springs in the mid 1930s to attend to Tuberculosis patients. It was in his adopte...

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2/16/2009
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Dr. Roger Sherman Whitney After graduating from Yale in 1928, and Harvard Medical School in 1932, he came to Colorado Springs in the mid 1930s to attend to Tuberculosis patients. It was in his adopte...

4/30/2023

Wilhelm Filchner MP (1877 - 1957)

Wilhelm Filchner (13 September 1877 – 7 May 1957) was a German army officer, scientist and explorer. He conducted several surveys and scientific investigations in China, Tibet and surrounding regions...

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3/9/2023
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Wilhelm Filchner MP (1877 - 1957)

Wilhelm Filchner (13 September 1877 – 7 May 1957) was a German army officer, scientist and explorer. He conducted several surveys and scientific investigations in China, Tibet and surrounding regions...

3/9/2023

Heinrich Harrer MP (1912 - 2006)

Heinrich Harrer (6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman,geographer, member of the Nazi party, oberscharführer in the Schutzstaffel, and author. He was a member of the four...

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4/22/2016
2/18/2023
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Heinrich Harrer MP (1912 - 2006)

Heinrich Harrer (6 July 1912 – 7 January 2006) was an Austrian mountaineer, sportsman,geographer, member of the Nazi party, oberscharführer in the Schutzstaffel, and author. He was a member of the four...

2/18/2023

Oscar Eckenstein (1859 - 1921)

Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein (9 September 1859 – 8 April 1921) was an English rock climber and mountaineer, and a pioneer in the sport of bouldering. Inventor of the modern crampon, he was an inn...

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11/19/2022
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Oscar Eckenstein (1859 - 1921)

Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein (9 September 1859 – 8 April 1921) was an English rock climber and mountaineer, and a pioneer in the sport of bouldering. Inventor of the modern crampon, he was an inn...

11/19/2022

Wanda Rutkiewicz MP (1943 - 1992)

Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943-1992) was a Polish computer engineer and mountain climber. She was the first woman to successfully summit K2. Wikipedia EN

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10/12/2021
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Wanda Rutkiewicz MP (1943 - 1992)

Wanda Rutkiewicz (1943-1992) was a Polish computer engineer and mountain climber. She was the first woman to successfully summit K2. Wikipedia EN

10/12/2021

Hector Macpherson, Jr. (1918 - 2015)

Photo: Capt. Hector Macpherson Jr. receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross from Maj. Gen. Nathan Farragut Twining, summer 1944"Huck" Macpherson Jr. (September 18, 1918 – March 21, 2015) was an America...

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10/8/2021
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Hector Macpherson, Jr. (1918 - 2015)

Photo: Capt. Hector Macpherson Jr. receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross from Maj. Gen. Nathan Farragut Twining, summer 1944"Huck" Macpherson Jr. (September 18, 1918 – March 21, 2015) was an America...

10/8/2021

Guy Henry Bullock (1887 - 1956)

Henry Bullock (23 July 1887 – 12 April 1956) was a British diplomat who is best known for his participation in the 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. As expedition mountaineers, he a...

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8/21/2011
6/12/2021
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Guy Henry Bullock (1887 - 1956)

Henry Bullock (23 July 1887 – 12 April 1956) was a British diplomat who is best known for his participation in the 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition. As expedition mountaineers, he a...

6/12/2021

Prof. Joseph Nisbet LeConte (1870 - 1950)

"Little Joe"

Nisbet LeConte was a noted explorer of the Sierra Nevada. He was also a cartographer, a photographer and a professor of mechanical engineering.Joseph Nisbet LeConte was born in Oakland, California to J...

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Prof. Joseph Nisbet LeConte (1870 - 1950)

"Little Joe"

Nisbet LeConte was a noted explorer of the Sierra Nevada. He was also a cartographer, a photographer and a professor of mechanical engineering.Joseph Nisbet LeConte was born in Oakland, California to J...

8/1/2020

Barbara Washburn (1914 - 2014)

Washburn (November 10, 1914 – September 25, 2014) was an American mountaineer. She became the first woman to climb Denali (Mount McKinley) on June 6, 1947. She was the wife and climbing partner of moun...

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2/23/2020
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Barbara Washburn (1914 - 2014)

Washburn (November 10, 1914 – September 25, 2014) was an American mountaineer. She became the first woman to climb Denali (Mount McKinley) on June 6, 1947. She was the wife and climbing partner of moun...

2/23/2020

Vince Lee (1938 - d.)

"Vince" Richards Lee (born 7 November 1938), now retired, has served as a Marine Corps officer, founder and chief instructor of his own mountaineering school, western residential architect, Andean expl...

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12/14/2019
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Vince Lee (1938 - d.)

"Vince" Richards Lee (born 7 November 1938), now retired, has served as a Marine Corps officer, founder and chief instructor of his own mountaineering school, western residential architect, Andean expl...

12/14/2019

Anne Lister MP (1791 - 1840)

Anne Lister was a Yorkshire landowner, diarist, mountaineer and traveller. Throughout her life she kept diaries which chronicled the details of her everyday life, including her lesbian relationships, h...

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2/19/2012
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Anne Lister MP (1791 - 1840)

Anne Lister was a Yorkshire landowner, diarist, mountaineer and traveller. Throughout her life she kept diaries which chronicled the details of her everyday life, including her lesbian relationships, h...

8/25/2019

John Percy Farrar (1857 - 1929)

John Percy Farrar DSO (25 December 1857 – 18 February 1929), also known as Percy Farrar and as J. P. Farrar, was an English soldier and mountaineer. He was President of the Alpine Club from 1917 to 191...

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John Percy Farrar (1857 - 1929)

John Percy Farrar DSO (25 December 1857 – 18 February 1929), also known as Percy Farrar and as J. P. Farrar, was an English soldier and mountaineer. He was President of the Alpine Club from 1917 to 191...

3/20/2018

Dora Keen (1871 - 1963)

Keen (1871–1963) was an American traveler and Alpinist, also a social and educational worker.Early lifeShe was born in Philadelphia, a daughter of the surgeon William Williams Keen. After graduating fr...

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Dora Keen (1871 - 1963)

Keen (1871–1963) was an American traveler and Alpinist, also a social and educational worker.Early lifeShe was born in Philadelphia, a daughter of the surgeon William Williams Keen. After graduating fr...

12/12/2017

wonderful person - DLAMember of the 1939 K2 expeditionMount Cromwell is a mountain located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park, in Alberta, Canada. Cromwell lies two km north of the ea...

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wonderful person - DLAMember of the 1939 K2 expeditionMount Cromwell is a mountain located in the Sunwapta River Valley of Jasper National Park, in Alberta, Canada. Cromwell lies two km north of the ea...

12/10/2017

Oliver Eaton Cromwell, Sr. MP (1847 - 1909)

With the exception of the few years lived in Washington, DC, he lived in NYC. Member of the Metropolitan Union, St. Nicholas, and the Metropolitan Club in Washington, DC. Chairman of the NY Yacht Club ...

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Oliver Eaton Cromwell, Sr. MP (1847 - 1909)

With the exception of the few years lived in Washington, DC, he lived in NYC. Member of the Metropolitan Union, St. Nicholas, and the Metropolitan Club in Washington, DC. Chairman of the NY Yacht Club ...

12/9/2017