Mountaineers on the Balmhorn in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland
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Mountaineers on the Balmhorn in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland
It’s mountaineering season in the Alps of Europe. It was on Alpine peaks such as the Balmhorn, seen here, where the modern ideas, practices, and requirements of mountaineering were established during the ‘golden age of alpinism,’ a period in the mid-19th century when numerous climbers and climbing teams began to reach the summits of various mountains in the Alps.
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