Betty Favre

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Betty Favre

Berthe "Betty" Favre , née Berthe Poschung , (* 1918 in Abländschen ; † 1977 ) was a Swiss mountaineer , photographer and author .

Life

Betty Favre, née Poschung, grew up in modest circumstances in Château-d'Oex . In the 1940s and 1950s she formed a rope team with her husband Ernest and Louis-Maurice Henchoz , who managed the most difficult climbing routes and first ascents, especially in the local Gastlosen , but also in the granite of the Bergell and Gotthard area .

Betty was the first to climb difficult routes, photographed and wrote articles in the alpine press about her undertakings, for example the first women’s ascent of the northeast face of Piz Badile .

She was the author and co-editor of books about the Gastlosen and the Pierreuse , the largest nature reserve in western Switzerland .

First ascents (selection)

  • 1948 First ascent of the Salbitschijen west ridge
  • 1952 First women's ascent of Piz Badile northeast face (Cassin)

Works by Betty Favre (selection)

  • La Pierreuse. Poems and photos. Editions de La Pierreuse, Château-d'Œx 1963
  • La Pierreuse reserve vaudoise. Editions de la Pierreuse, Château-d'Œx 1959
  • Louis Seylaz, Betty Favre, Louis-Maurich Henchoz: Les Gastlosen. Editions du Griffon, Neuchâtel 1950

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claude Remy: Life in the Fast Lane. In: Marco Volken : Badile. Granite cathedral. AS Verlag, Zurich 2005.
  2. ↑ Caroline Fink , Karin Steinbach Tarnutzer : First on the rope. Pioneers in rock and ice. Tyrolia Verlag , Innsbruck-Vienna 2013.
  3. ↑ Betty Favre: Badile. German in: Marco Volken: Badile. Granite cathedral. AS Verlag, Zurich 2005.
  4. ↑ The wings of passion. In: Emil Zopfi : Poets on the mountain. AS Verlag, Zurich 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Favre, Betty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Favre, Berthe; Porschung, Berthe (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss mountaineer, photographer and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Abländschen
DATE OF DEATH 1977