King Albert, hero of the First Word War, died in 1934, a year after his ascent of the Via Preuss, also in a fall, at Marche-les-Dames.
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Rudolf Fehrmann and Oliver Perry-Smith thus traced a completely new route along the south-west diedre up to the top of the shoulder and from there connecting to the Via Normale (Via Fehrmann, IV+, SW diedre, 350 m.).
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King Albert of Belgium (le Roi Alpiniste) climbed Campanille Basso in 1933 by the Via Preuss, giving name to the Terrazzino Re dei Belgi.
Ivan Basso | Pasquale Festa Campanile | basso profondo | St Mark's Campanile | Keith H. Basso | Campanile giganteum | Basso profondo | basso |