Aiguille du Grépon
| Aiguille du Grépon | ||
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 left Aiguille des Grands Charmoz , right Aiguille du Grépon. Seen from Chamonix. |
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| height | 3482 m | |
| location | France | |
| Mountains | Montblanc massif | |
| Coordinates | 45 ° 54 '10 " N , 6 ° 55' 4" E | |
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| First ascent | August 5, 1881 by Albert Mummery , Alexander Burgener and B. Venetz | |
The Aiguille du Grépon is an alpine peak in the Montblanc massif with a height of 3482 m . The Grépon is the highest point of a sharp granite ridge east of the Glacier des Nantillons above Chamonix and northeast of the Aiguille du Midi .
The first ascent was made by Albert Mummery , Alexander Burgener and B. Venetz on August 5, 1881. This first ascent marked the beginning of a new development in alpinism , as climbing difficulties that were previously not considered possible at the later so-called Mummery crack (a few meters IV + ) have been mastered.
Three weeks before Mummery's ascent of Grépon, Peter Knubel from St. Niklaus and his brother-in-law Johann Petrus from Stalden stood with their guests, brothers Francis M. and Gerald W. Balfour, on the southern tip of Grépon (3385 m).
literature
- Laroche / LeLong: The peaks of Montblanc . blv-Verlag 1999, ISBN 3-405-15693-9
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Imboden: Berge: Beruf, Berufung, Schicksal , Rotten Verlag, Visp, 2013, pages 70 and 118
- ^ Albert Frederick Mummery: My mountain trips in the Alps and in the Caucasus , Bruckmann Munich 1988, p. 179 ff.
Web links
- Aiguille du Grépon on summitpost.org
- The “Grepon” photographed by “Charmez” in: AF Mummery: My climbs in the Alps and Caucasus. Publisher TF Unwin London; C. Scribner's sons New York, 1895
- The lower peak of the "Grepon" seen from the highest point in: AF Mummery: My climbs in the Alps and Caucasus. Publisher TF Unwin London; C. Scribner's sons New York, 1895
- A crack on the “Grepon” with the “Verte” in the distance in: AF Mummery: My climbs in the Alps and Caucasus. Publisher TF Unwin London; C. Scribner's sons New York, 1895