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1980 Reinhold Messner of Italy is 1st to solo ascent Mount Everest
1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1937 C Isherwood/WH Auden's "Ascent of F6," premieres in London 1911 Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (Ascent of Matterhorn), dies 1908 1st ascent of Mount Erebus, Antarctica 1873 1st ascent of Mount Whitney, California, 14,494' 1870 1st ascent of Mount Rainier, Washington 1865 1st ascent of Matterhorn 1837 1st ascent of Mount Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, New York 1797 1st ascent of "Great Mountain" (4,622') in Adirondack New York (C Broadhead) 1783 Jean Pilatre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent 1709 1st known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors) |
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