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unusual facts about Horace Walker


Horace Walker

Mount Elbrus (Main West Peak, 5642 m) (Caucasus) with F. Crauford Grove, Frederick Gardner and the guides Peter Knubel of St. Niklaus in the canton Valais and Ahiya Sottaiev in 1874


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.

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.


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