Ludwig Purtscheller
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Ludwig Purtscheller was an Austrian mountaineer and teacher.
Ludwig Purtscheller
The 'bad step' on the Aiguille Méridionale d’Arves showing L. Purtscheller and Karl Blodig. Illustration by E.Compton, 1895.
Meije
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La Meije is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins range, located at the border of the Hautes-Alpes and Isère départements. It overlooks the nearby village of La Grave, a mountaineering centre and ski re
Ludwig Purtscheller
…the route finding and lead climbing. By the end of his life he had recorded climbing over 1,700 mountains. A celebrated climb was the traverse of the Meije together with the Zsigmondy brothers in 1885, which to this date is considered a classic alpine route. He is best known as the first European to ascend…
La Meije
The Meije Massif from Col du Lautaret