Jakob Anderegg

Jakob Anderegg standing, 1st from left with the Walker family, 1870

Jakob Anderegg (born March 11, 1829 in Oberwil im Simmental ; † September 17, 1878 in Meiringen ) was a Swiss mountain guide and, like his cousin Melchior , who was also known as the “King of Guides”, was the first to climb several peaks in the Western Alps . The Andereggs customers included prominent alpinists and members of the English Alpine Club , such as Leslie Stephen , Horace Walker and Lucy Walker .

Jakob Anderegg was present on the following first ascents:

• Balmhorn (3698 m, Bernese Alps ) with Frank, Lucy and Horace Walker and Melchior Anderegg on July 21, 1864,
• Piz Roseg (3937 m, Bündner Alps ) with AW Moore and Horace Walker on June 28, 1865,
• Ober Gabelhorn (4063 m, Valais Alps ) with AW Moore and Horace Walker on July 6, 1865,
• Pigne d'Arolla (3790 m, Valais Alps ) with AW Moore and Horace Walker on July 9, 1865,
• Brenvasporn ( Mont Blanc ) with George Spencer Mathews, AW Moore, Frank and Horace Walker and Melchior Anderegg on July 15, 1865,
• Gspaltenhorn (3436 m, Bernese Alps ) with GE Forster and Hans Baumann on July 10, 1869.

literature

• Fergus Fleming: Up. The first conquests of the Alpine peaks. Piper Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-492-24751-2 .

Web links

• Peter Bernet: Anderegg, Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hartmut Eberlein: Mont-Blanc-Gruppe: Area guide for mountaineers and climbers . 10th edition. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-7633-2414-3 , p. 93 ( online [accessed May 1, 2018]).