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The first solo ascent is also commonly noted, although the first free solo ascent is a more controversial aspect, given the concerns about advocating such a dangerous form of climbing. With the rise in female participation in climbing, the first female free ascent (or FFFA ) has also become notable.
In rock-climbing, a first free ascent (FFA) is the first redpoint, onsight or flash of a single-pitch, multi-pitch (or big wall), or boulder climbing route that did not involve using aid equipment to help progression or resting; the ascent must therefore be performed in either a sport, a traditional, or a free solo manner.
Members of a survey party led by Hermann van Acken [63] Sep 1854: Mount Adams: 3743: Cascade Range: A. Glenn Aiken, Edward J. Allen, and Andrew J. Burge [64] 1 Aug 1855: Monte Rosa (Dufourspitze) 4634: Alps: Ulrich Lauener, Johann and Matthias Zumtaugwald guiding James Smyth, Christopher Smyth, Charles Hudson, John Birkbeck, Edward Stephenson ...
September 3: First ascent via the Zmutt ridge by Albert F. Mummery, Alexander Burgener, Johann Petrus and Augustin Gentinetta. [ 2 ] One hour later William Penhall , Ferdinand Imseng [ fr ] and Louis Zurbrücken finished the first ascent (partially) over the west face (significantly overlapping the Zmutt Ridge route) [ 2 ] [ 4 ]
Falkenstein, in Saxon Switzerland where routes above grade 6a (5.10a) were first climbed in 1906. [11]1848: Sebastian Abratzky [], a local chimney sweep, enters the hill-top Königstein Fortress by climbing a chimney in the sandstone plateau to avoid the entrance fee; this is now considered the first free climb in the Saxon Switzerland climbing region, and is today a climbing route called ...
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