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3 unusual facts about Adolphus Warburton Moore


A.W. Moore

Adolphus Warburton Moore, (1841–1887), British civil servant and mountaineer

Gross Fiescherhorn

The summit was first reached on 23 July 1862 by H. B. George and Adolphus Warburton Moore, with guides Christian Almer and Ulrich Kaufmann.

Piz Roseg

The highest point of the mountain was reached two years later by A. W. Moore and Horace Walker with guide Jakob Anderegg on 28 June 1865.


Barre des Écrins

The mountain was first climbed on 25 June 1864 by A. W. Moore, Horace Walker and Edward Whymper with the guides Michel Croz, Christian Almer the elder, and Christian Almer the younger.


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