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Christian Almer

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Christian Almer Christian Almer (29 March 1826 – 17 May 1898) was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascentionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden and silver ages of alpinism. [1]

28 relations: Aiguille de Chambeyron, Aiguille Verte, Ailefroide, Alps, Barre des Écrins, Bernese Alps, Canton of Bern, Cottian Alps, Dauphiné Alps, Eiger, First ascent, Golden age of alpinism, Graian Alps, Grand Cornier, Grandes Jorasses, Grindelwald, Grosses Fiescherhorn, Les Bans, Les Droites, Mönch, Mont Blanc massif, Mountain, Mountain guide, Nesthorn, Pennine Alps, Silver age of alpinism, Switzerland, W. A. B. Coolidge.

Aiguille de Chambeyron

Aiguille de Chambeyron (3,412m) is a mountain of the Cottian Alps and is the highest mountain of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in southeast France.

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Aiguille Verte

The Aiguille Verte, which is French for "Green Needle", is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.

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Ailefroide

The Ailefroide (3,954 m) is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps, and is the third highest peak in the Dauphiné Alps after the Barre des Écrins and La Meije.

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Alps

The Alps (Alpes; Alpen; Alpi; Alps; Alpe) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe,The Caucasus Mountains are higher, and the Urals longer, but both lie partly in Asia.

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Barre des Écrins

The Barre des Écrins (4,102 m) is a mountain in the French Alps with a peak at 4102m altitude.

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Bernese Alps

The Bernese Alps (Berner Alpen, Alpes bernoises, Alpi bernesi) are a mountain range of the Alps, located in western Switzerland.

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Canton of Bern

The canton of Bern (Bern, canton de Berne) is the second largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population.

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Cottian Alps

The Cottian Alps (Alpes Cottiennes; Alpi Cozie); are a mountain range in the southwestern part of the Alps.

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Dauphiné Alps

The Dauphiné Alps (Alpes du Dauphiné) are a group of mountain ranges in southeastern France, west of the main chain of the Alps.

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Eiger

The Eiger is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais.

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First ascent

In mountaineering, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guidebooks) is the first successful, documented attainment of the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route.

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Golden age of alpinism

The golden age of alpinism was the decade in 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 the Alps saw their first ascents.

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Graian Alps

The Graian Alps (Alpi Graie; Alpes grées) are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps.

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Grand Cornier

The Grand Cornier is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland.

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Grandes Jorasses

The Grandes Jorasses (4,208 m; 13,806 ft) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif, on the boundary between Haute-Savoie in France and Aosta Valley in Italy.

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Grindelwald

Grindelwald is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.

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Grosses Fiescherhorn

Grosses Fiescherhorn is a mountain peak of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Bern and ValaisValais, halfway between the Mönch and the Finsteraarhorn.

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Les Bans

Les Bans (3,669 m) is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins in the Dauphiné Alps, first climbed by W. A. B. Coolidge, Christian Almer and U. Almer on July 14, 1878.

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Les Droites

Les Droites is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps and is the lowest of the 4000-metre peaks in the Alps.

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Mönch

The Mönch (German: "monk") at is a mountain in the Bernese Alps, in Switzerland.

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Mont Blanc massif

The Mont Blanc massif (Massif du Mont-Blanc; Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end.

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Mountain

A mountain is a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.

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Mountain guide

Mountain guides are specially trained and experienced professional mountaineers who are certified by national mountain guide associations which are affiliated to the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations (IFMGA).

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Nesthorn

The Nesthorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps.

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Pennine Alps

The Pennine Alps (Walliser Alpen, Alpes Pennines, Alpi Pennine, Alpes Poeninae), also known as the Valais Alps, are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps.

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Silver age of alpinism

The silver age of alpinism is the name given in Great Britain to the era in mountaineering that began after Edward Whymper and party's ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 and ended with W. W. Graham and party's ascent of the Dent du Géant in 1882.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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W. A. B. Coolidge

William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge (August 28, 1850 – May 8, 1926) was an American historian, theologian and mountaineer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Almer

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