Switzerland

A Valais-born mountain guide who grew up in Macugnaga, the first person to climb Aconcagua in 1897.

A mountain guide from Grindelwald, who led the first ascent of the Eiger in 1858.

Geneva-born scientist and naturalist, who at the end of the 18th century played a decisive role in the birth of modern mountaineering and especially in the conquest of Mont Blanc. He was born in 1740 in Conches, near Geneva, to a family originally from...

 On 5 August 1804, Gottlieb Samuel Studer was born in Langnau im Emmental (Canton Bern), a Swiss mountaineer who was the first ascender of the Wildhorn (3248m) and one of the founders of the Swiss Alpine Club. In his mountaineering career he climbed more than 650 peaks. 

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Il 28 aprile 1959 nasce, a Bulle nel Canton Friburgo, Erhard Loretan alpinista svizzero noto per le sue numerose ascensioni nelle Alpi e sugli 8000. Famosa fu la sua straordinaria via sull'Annapurna aperta nel 1994, una lunga concatenazione di creste...