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Peter Taugwalder (4
April 1820 – 10 July 1888) was a
Swiss mountaineer and guide.
Along with his son of the same name,
Taugwalder was one of
seven men...
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Charles Hudson,
Douglas Hadow,
Michel Croz, and two
Zermatt guides,
Peter Taugwalder and his son of the same name, on 14 July 1865. Douglas, Hudson, Hadow...
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descended first, then Hadow,
Hudson and Douglas, the
elder Taugwalder, Whymper, with the
younger Taugwalder coming last. They
climbed down with
great care, only...
- proof, and
Peter Taugwalder was acquitted. The rope had
snapped between Taugwalder and Lord
Francis Douglas.
Whymper asked Taugwalder to show him the rope...
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group consisted of Douglas,
Edward Whymper, and
their guide Peter Taugwalder.
Whymper had
already made
several unsuccessful attempts on the mountain...
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followed by Hadow, then Hudson, Douglas, old
Peter Taugwalder and Whymper, with
young Peter Taugwalder bringing up the rear.
According to
Claire Engel,...
- Hudson, Hadow,
Douglas and the
guides Croz and
Taugwalder father and son. Only
Whymper and the
guides Taugwalder will
survive the descent. Luis
Trenker as...
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Taugwalder were
swept away, but they were
roped to
Viennin who was a
little distance below the summit.
Viennin was able to
belay Taugwalder and Douglas...
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years later, on 22
August 1851,
Johann Zumtaugwald returned, with
Peter Taugwalder and
Peter Inderbinen and the
Swiss botanist brothers Adolf and Hermann...
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reached the
summit with the
guides Peter Taugwalder and his son. But
after a
minor accident,
Peter Taugwalder refused to go any higher.
Kennedy would finally...
