Tag Archives: Mountaineering

No Mountain Too High: The Climbs of Betsy Cowles Partridge

Posted on November 28, 2018 by ahcadmin

Three years before Sir Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Nargay made their famous ascent of Mount Everest in 1953[1], Elizabeth “Betsy” Cowles Partridge, an intrepid woman from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was part of an American Expedition exploring a route to conquer … Continue reading →

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Who Climbed the Grand Teton First?

Posted on August 11, 2018 by ahcadmin

One hundred and twenty years ago, on August 11, 1898, William O. Owen (federal surveyor and outdoorsman), Reverend Franklin Spencer Spalding, and Jackson Hole ranchers Frank L. Petersen and John S. “Jack” Shive made an ascent of the Grand Teton by way … Continue reading →

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Americans on Mt. Everest

Posted on September 8, 2015 by mmarcusse

In 1963, 19 Americans, 32 Sherpas, and 909 porters set out to climb Mount Everest. The first successful assault on the summit had occurred just 10 years before under the command of Englishman Sir Edmund Hillary, but no American had … Continue reading →

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