Matthias Zurbriggen
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Matthias Zurbriggen was a Swiss mountaineer. He climbed throughout the Alps, the Andes, the Himalayas and New Zealand.
Zurbriggen in 1895
Memorial to Matthias Zurbriggen, Monte Moro Pass, on the border between Italy and Switzerland
Edward Arthur FitzGerald was an American mountaineer and soldier, best known for leading the expedition which made the first ascent of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas, in 1897.
Matthias Zurbriggen
…best known of which is Aconcagua in Argentina, the highest peak outside of Asia, which he climbed alone on 14 January 1897, during an expedition led by Edward FitzGerald. During the same expedition Zurbriggen also made the first ascent of Tupungato with Englishman Stuart Vines. He went with Martin Conway on his expedition…
FitzGerald in 1895
Mountaineers in the Tasman Valley of New Zealand (from left): Matthias Zurbriggen, Fizgerald, Arthur Ollivier, George Edward Mannering and Jack Adamson