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History of Mountaineering Timeline Answer Key Name History of Mountaineering Timeline Answer Key Name Date Directions: Read Reaching for the Heavens: The History of Mountaineering for details to develop a timeline of major moments in the history of mountaineering. When: Who? What? Where? The first ascent of 1492 Antonine de Ville France Mont Aiguille Visited Chamonix and Horace Bénédict de offered a reward to 1760 France Saussure the first to summit Mt. Blanc Michel-Gabriel First to summit Mt. 1786 Paccard, and France Blanc Jacques Balmat Horace Bénédict de De Saussure summited 1787 France Saussure Mt. Blanc Attributed mountain sickness to low oxygen Alexander von 1802 at high altitudes after Ecuador Humbolt almost summiting Chimborazo First female to summit 1808 Marie Paradis France Mt. Blanc Antoni Malczewski, First ascent of Aiguille 1818 J.M. Balmat, and five France du Midi guides NATGEOED.ORG 1 First summit of Pikes 1820 Dr. Edwin James Colorado, U.S.A. Peak First ascent of the 1854 Alfred Willis Switzerland Wetterhorn John Ball, E.S. Founded Alpine Club 1857 London, England Kennedy, and others of Great Britain Golden Age Charles Edward First summit of the 1865 Switzerland and Italy Whymper Matterhorn First female ascent of 1871 Lucy Walker Switzerland and Italy the Matterhorn First to climb 1875 George Anderson California, U.S.A. Yosemite’s Half Dome First summit of 1897 Matthias Zurbriggen Argentina Aconcagua Founding President: Ladies’ Alpine Club 1907 Great Britain Mrs. Aubrey le Blond Founded Invention of 10-point 1908 Oscar Eckenstein United Kingdom crampon NATGEOED.ORG 2 Hudson Stuck, Robert First summit of Denali 1913 Tatum, Harry Karstens, Alaska, U.S.A. (Mt. McKinley) and Walter Harper Reached 8,306 meters Federal Democratic (27,250 feet) on an George Finch and Republic of Nepal / 1922 Everest expedition Geffrey Bruce People’s Republic of pioneering the use of China bottled oxygen Federal Democratic George Mallory and Republic of Nepal / 1924 (Student Choice) Andrew Irvine People’s Republic of China Federal Democratic Sherpa Tenzing First official summit of Republic of Nepal / 1953 Norgay and Edmund Mt. Everest People’s Republic of Hillary China Ladies’ Alpine Club 1975 N/A and Alpine Club of Great Britain Great Britain merged Federal Democratic First female to summit Republic of Nepal / 1975 Junko Tabei Everest People’s Republic of China First to reach the summit of all of the 1986 Patrick Morrow All seven continents Seven Summits, including Kosciuszki First woman to 1992 Junko Tabei conquer the Seven All seven continents Summits Conrad Anker and the Khumbu climbing Federal Democratic 2003 Alex Lowe Charitable center opened Republic of Nepal Foundation NATGEOED.ORG 3 Diving Deeper: Support your reasoning for labeling 1922 as you have by providing three reasons for your decision. 1. 2. 3. NATGEOED.ORG 4 .
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