The east ridge of the Doldenhorn in the Bernese Oberland of the Swiss Alps, just after several days of heavy fresh snowfall through which the climbers were wallowing. Look carefully to see the footsteps of two other parties [that] climbed this ridge before the storm, still clearly visible behind this group of climbers

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The east ridge of the Doldenhorn in the Bernese Oberland of the Swiss Alps, just after several days of heavy fresh snowfall through which the climbers were wallowing. Look carefully to see the footsteps of two other parties [that] climbed this ridge before the storm, still clearly visible behind this group of climbers

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Negative 4479.

Identifier

2008.2.111

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1 item

Date

1960

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Framed

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“The east ridge of the Doldenhorn in the Bernese Oberland of the Swiss Alps, just after several days of heavy fresh snowfall through which the climbers were wallowing. Look carefully to see the footsteps of two other parties [that] climbed this ridge before the storm, still clearly visible behind this group of climbers,” The Collections of the American Alpine Club Library, accessed November 23, 2024, https://library.americanalpineclub.org/items/show/270.