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Whymper Spur (80°25′S 21°29′W / 80.417°S 21.483°W / -80.417; -21.483) is a rock spur rising to about 1,250 m eastward of Blanchard Hill in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after English mountaineer and 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, 1861–62.

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Whymper Spur

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Whymper Spur (80°25′S 21°29′W / 80.417°S 21.483°W / -80.417; -21.483) is a rock spur rising to about 1,250 m eastward of Blanchard Hill in Pioneers...

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Whymper

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water-colourist Mr. Whymper, a human character in George Orwell's Animal Farm Mount Whymper (disambiguation), two separate mountains in Canada Whymper Spur, Antarctic...

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Pioneers Escarpment

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tremolite aggregates. Weissenstein (White Spur) is an outcrop halfway between Mummery Cliff and Whymper Spur. It is composed of a very pure, even-grained...

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Grandes Jorasses

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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...

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Blanchard Hill

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433°S 21.933°W / -80.433; -21.933) is a hill between Mount Kelsey and Whymper Spur in the Pioneers Escarpment, eastern Shackleton Range. Photographed from...

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Mummery Cliff

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cliff situated in Antarctica rising to about 1,250 m to the southeast of Whymper Spur in the Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. In association with the...

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Michel Croz

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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 Mathews...

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Snow partridge

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Frank (1915). Indian Sporting Birds. Francis Edwards, London. pp. 240–242. Whymper, SL (1910). "Birds' nesting in Garhwal". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 19 (4):...

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Horace Walker

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north faces of the Alps. Barre des Écrins with A. W. Moore and Edward Whymper, and guides Michel Croz, Christian Almer the elder, and Christian Almer...

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Walter Bonatti

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the 6 and 10 August 1964, Bonatti climbed for the first time the Pointe Whymper (one of the six summits of the Grandes Jorasses) together with Michel Vaucher...

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Bredon Hill

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William Parsons, Benjamin Williams Leader, Frederick Whitehead, Josiah Wood Whymper, Alfred Egerton Cooper, A. R. Quinton, Henry Yeend King and Anna Hornby...

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Charpoua Hut

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planned reopening in 2023. It was constructed between 1903 and 1904 on a rocky spur situated south of the Aiguille du Dru and the Aiguille Verte. List of mountain...

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Adolphus Warburton Moore

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25 June 1864 (1864-06-25): Barre des Écrins (Dauphiné Alps) with Edward Whymper and Horace Walker, and the guides Michel Croz, Christian Almer the elder...

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Barry Blanchard

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Canada with David Cheesmond and Tim Friesen. In 1984, he climbed the North Spur of Rakaposhi, Pakistan with Dave Cheesmond and Kevin Doyle. With David Cheesmond...

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Haslemere

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(Subscription or UK public library membership required.) "Josiah Wood Whymper and Edward Whymper". Haslemere Society. 2021. Archived from the original on 17 November...

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Trolltinder Mountain

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first ascent of the mountain was made in 1901 by James Outram and Edward Whymper, with guides Christian Kaufmann, Christian Klucker, and Joseph Pollinger...

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List of climbers and mountaineers

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Whittaker (born 1991) UK, first free ascent of Century Crack 5.14b (8c) Edward Whymper (1840–1911) UK, first ascent Matterhorn (1865), first ascent Chimborazo...

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Les Droites

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north-east flank by Bobi Arsandaux and Jacques Lagarde on 31 July 1930. The north spur was first climbed in 1972 by French alpinist Nicolas Jaeger. The dangers...

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List of glaciers in New Zealand

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44°25′28″S 168°25′29″E / 44.424389°S 168.424749°E / -44.424389; 168.424749 Whymper Glacier Westland 43°28′43″S 170°21′35″E / 43.478639°S 170.359778°E /...

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Pic Luigi Amedeo

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named after Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, after whom the Abruzzi Spur on K2 is also named. The first ascent of the peak was by G.B. and G.F. Gugliermina...

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Castle Mountain

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of the mountain, and found that a deep valley separated it from a lower spur composed of splintery shale of a dull red colour. The mass of the mountain...

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Riccardo Cassin

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the age of 78. Perhaps his most celebrated first ascent was of the Walker Spur on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif on 4–6...

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Jakob Anderegg

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(Pennine Alps) with A. W. Moore and Melchior Anderegg on 9 July 1865 Brenva Spur of Mont Blanc (Mont Blanc massif) with George Spencer Mathews, A. W. Moore...

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Mont Mallet

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mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in Haute-Savoie, France. It lies on a spur running northwards from the French-Italian frontier ridge, and can be most...

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Torino Hut

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times, and today accommodates 38 guests. It is situated on the southeast spur of Pointe Helbronner, at the terminus of the second section of the Mont Blanc...

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