Edward Whymper information

Edward Whymper FRSE (27 April 1840 – 16 September 1911) was an English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator, and author best known for the first ascent of...

first ascent of the Matterhorn was a mountaineering expedition made by Edward Whymper, Lord Francis Douglas, Charles Hudson, Douglas Hadow, Michel Croz, and...

ascent of the Matterhorn was in 1865 from Zermatt by a party led by Edward Whymper, but during the descent, a sudden fall claimed the lives of four of...

Whymper may refer to: Edward Whymper (1840–1911), English mountaineer and explorer Frederick Whymper (1838–1901), English artist and explorer Frederick...

of the Matterhorn and for his climbing partnership (as a guide) with Edward Whymper. Croz began his guiding career in 1859 when he was engaged by William...

ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 by a party led by English illustrator Edward Whymper, in which four of the party members fell to their deaths. By this point...

29 June 1865 by Edward Whymper, Christian Almer and Franz Biner, a fortnight before the fateful first ascent of the Matterhorn. Whymper was unable to climb...

second-highest peak on the mountain (Pointe Whymper, 4,184 m; 13,727 ft) was first climbed by Edward Whymper, Christian Almer, Michel Croz and Franz Biner...

climber Edward Whymper reached the summit of Chimborazo. The route that Whymper took up the mountain is now known as the Whymper route. Edward Whymper, and...

mountaineering between Alfred Wills's ascent of the Wetterhorn in 1854 and Edward Whymper's ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, during which many major peaks in...

A Whymper tent is a ridge tent of A-frame construction used for mountaineering which was designed by English mountaineer Edward Whymper (1840–1911) and...

Hudson's stature – persuaded Edward Whymper that Hadow was a suitable companion for an attempt on the Matterhorn. Whymper later wrote: Before admitting...

a doubled rope had already been described in the late 1700s and by Edward Whymper around 1860, though neither case were used with what would be considered...

and politician, 18th President of the United States (d. 1885) 1840 – Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, author, and illustrator (d. 1911)...

Scrambles amongst the Alps, an illustration by Edward Whymper of the Notre Dame Cathedral gargoyle called La Stryge....

ascended most of the peaks and were eagerly sought as mountain guides. Edward Whymper reached the top of the Matterhorn in 1865 (after seven attempts), and...

planned. One such group consisted of Douglas, Edward Whymper, and their guide Peter Taugwalder. Whymper had already made several unsuccessful attempts...

of the three men that survived the descent, along with his son and Edward Whymper. A native of Zermatt, Taugwalder also made the first ascent of Pollux...

Páez, Vicente Ramón and Eusebio Rodriguez. In 1880 British mountaineer Edward Whymper and the Italian guides Jean-Antoine Carrel and Louis Carrel made the...

bags and food, but water is available to be boiled. The Englishman Edward Whymper tried and failed twice to make the first ascent of Iliniza Sur. It was...

artist Edward Whymper (1840–1911), who made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, Switzerland, July 14, 1865; designer of the prototype of the Whymper tent...

Jorasses (Pointe Whymper) 4,184 Mont Blanc Group France/ Italy 0.2 Pointe Walker 51 col with the Pointe Walker 24. June 1865 Edward Whymper, Michel Croz,...

Rockies. Part I: On a Collection of Middle Cambrian Fossils obtained by Edward Whymper, Esq., F.R.G.S., from Mount Stephen, British Columbia". Geological Magazine...

area, including the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party. The museum displays one of the two stones that Claude Nicollier...