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Golden age of alpinism
Decade in mountaineering (1854–1865) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The golden age of alpinism was the decade in mountaineering between Alfred Wills's ascent of the Wetterhorn in 1854[1] and Edward Whymper's ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, during which many major peaks in the Alps saw their first ascents.[2][3][4]
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