Johann Joseph Benet

Johann Joseph Benet / Bennen (1862)

Gravestone of Johann Joseph Benet in Ernen, VS

Johann Joseph Benet (also Bennen , born November 11, 1819 in Steinhaus , Canton Valais ; † February 28, 1864 on the Haut de Cry mountain (2969 m)) was a Swiss mountain guide .

Life

Johann Joseph Benet was born in Steinhaus in the Swiss canton of Valais. He was also called "Bennen" by his friend John Tyndall and, because of his revolutionary mountaineering style, called "Garibaldi the mountain guide". Johann Joseph Benet died on February 28, 1864 when he was buried by a slab of snow on the Haut-de-Cry, a mountain in Lower Valais. He was buried in Ernen . The tombstone is at the lower exit of the cemetery on the right. The inscription reads: MOUNTAIN GUIDE JOHANN JOSEPH BENNEN, FROM LAX, BORN 11 NOV. 1819, ACCIDENT FEB 28. 1864, AT HAUT-DE-CRY, ERECTED BY, JOHN TYNDALL, F. VAUGHAN HAWKINS, AND FF TUCKETT, RENOVATED BY, LC TYNDALL, 1902

Note: LC TYNDALL is Louisa Charlotte (Hamilton) Tyndall (1845-1940), the wife of John Tyndall.

First ascents

• June 18, 1859: First ascent of the Aletschhorn with Peter Bohren (guide), V. Tairraz (guide) and the guest Francis Fox Tuckett
• July 18, 1861: First ascent of today's normal route to Mont Blanc (4810 m) with Melchior Anderegg (guide) and Peter Perren (guide) and guests Leslie Stephen and Francis Fox Tuckett
• August 19, 1861: First ascent of the Weisshorn with Ulrich Wenger (guide) and guest John Tyndall
• In 1862, John Tyndall climbed the southwest shoulder of the Matterhorn , today's Pic Tyndall, for the first time with the guides Johann Joseph Benet, Anton Walter, Jean-Jacques and Jean-Antoine Carrel .

literature

• Christian Imboden: Mountains: job, calling, fate . Rotten Verlag , Visp 2013, ISBN 3-907624-48-3 , p. 62 and 179 .

Web links

Commons : Johann Joseph Bennen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Johann Joseph Benet in the Historical Alpine Archive of the Alpine Clubs in Germany, Austria and South Tyrol (temporarily offline)