Jacques Balmat
Jacques Balmat (* 1762 in Chamonix , † 1834 in Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval ) was a Savoyard chamois hunter , crystal seeker , mountaineer and finally a mountain guide .
Balmat, together with the doctor Michel-Gabriel Paccard , was the first to climb Mont Blanc on August 8, 1786 . This ascent of the highest peak in the Alps and thus Europe outside the Caucasus (on the border with Asia ) took place at the suggestion of the Geneva researcher Horace-Bénédict de Saussure , who finally showed Balmat the way to the mountain and led him up twice. Other people also made use of his mountain guide services, which was a decisive step in the beginning of alpinism .
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SURNAME | Balmat, Jacques |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mountain guide and crystal seeker |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1762 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chamonix |
DATE OF DEATH | 1834 |
Place of death | Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval |