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3 unusual facts about Meta Brevoort


Meta Brevoort

In 1876, she had her final opportunity for a first ascent, but, instead, stayed in the Oberland in order to give more money to her nephew, to support his efforts in the range.

She made a number of important ascents in the Alps in the 1860s and 1870s, but was thwarted in her two greatest alpine ambitions: to be the first woman to climb the Matterhorn, and the first person to climb the Meije in the Dauphiné.

The two climbed together for over ten seasons, and were joined in many of their adventures by Tschingel, (1865 – 1879), a small dog their guide Christian Almer gave to her nephew.



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