Dent du Requin

ascents in the French and Swiss Alps, including the first ascent of the Dent du Requin [ fr ] above the town of Chamonix. Slingsby was an honorary member of

first ascents, most notably the Aiguille du Grépon (which features a crack named after him), the Dent du Requin, the Grands Charmoz, the Teufelsgrat on

the Aiguille du Midi to the Aiguille du Plan, either returning to the cable car or descending the Mer de Glace from the 'Plan' to the Requin Hut or continuing

ascent of the Dent du Requin (regarded as a significant event in the history of Alpine climbing) and the first traverse of the Aiguille du Plan, reaching

Breithorn, Castor and Pollux and both summits of Monte Rosa, and the Dent du Requin Needle on Mont Blanc. Barry soloed the Italian Ridge on the Matterhorn