Fritz Wiessner
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Fritz Wiessner was a German American pioneer of free climbing. Born in Dresden, Germany, he immigrated to New York City in 1929 and became a U.S. citizen in 1935. In 1939, he made one of the earliest
Wiessner, age 86, on the Rupley Towers, Mount Lemmon, Arizona
Fritz Wiessner, age 81, climbing on the Rupley Towers, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, in 1981
Mount Waddington
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Mount Waddington, once known as Mystery Mountain, is the highest peak in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Although it is lower than Mount Fairweather and Mount Quincy Adams, which stra
Fritz Wiessner
…Wallface Mountain, New York Adirondack Mountains; Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota; Devils Tower, Wyoming (the first free ascent); and Mount Waddington, British Columbia. In 1935, while climbing at Breakneck Ridge on the Hudson River, Wiessner spotted the gleaming white quartzite cliffs of the Shawangunks…
View of Mt. Waddington from the south, Sept. 2006
Summit of Mount Waddington as viewed from the northwest peak