Mountaineers Collection (page 6)

Climbing Mount Baker, Washington, U.S.A. Date: early 1930s

Source Size = 1706 x 1904
MAN AND WOMAN OF THE JU TRIBE, A Tribe of Mountaineers in the Interior of China

Homicidal Alp, front cover illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre
XIR414880 Homicidal Alp, front cover illustration from Le Petit Journal, supplement illustre, 10th August 1913 (colour litho) by French School

Pyrenean Mountaineers, France. engraving 1855

Arriving at the Grand Mulets (coloured engraving)
XCF271683 Arriving at the Grand Mulets (coloured engraving) by English School; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

A Terrible Accident in the Alps, from Le Petit Journal, 23rd July 1892
XIR246053 A Terrible Accident in the Alps, from Le Petit Journal, 23rd July 1892 (colour litho) by Meyer, Henri (1844-99); Private Collection; (add.info.: fall from 3800m altitude; ); French

The Death of Lieutenant Bujon: The Discovery of his Body, from Le Petit Journal
XIR236278 The Death of Lieutenant Bujon: The Discovery of his Body, from Le Petit Journal, 12th September 1891 (colour litho) by Meaulle, Fortune Louis (1844-1901) & Meyer

The Mountains at Lauteraar, 1776 (oil on canvas)
XIR166394 The Mountains at Lauteraar, 1776 (oil on canvas) by Wolf, Caspar (1735-83); 55x82.5 cm; Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland; Swiss, out of copyright

Mountaineers and climbers, Mont Blanc Massif, Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Haute Savoie, French Alps, France, Europe

Pyrenean Mountaineers, France. engraving 1855

Mountaineers, French Alps C017 / 6762
Mountaineers climbing a granite rock ridge in the Chamonix Aiguilles near Mont Blanc (Arete des Cosmiques, southwest ridge of Aiguille du Midi). Photographed in August in the French Alps

Chamonix Aiguilles, French Alps C017 / 6767
Mountaineers climbing a granite rock ridge in the Chamonix Aiguilles (Arete des Cosmiques, southwest ridge of Aiguille du Midi), melting glaciers of Mont Blanc and the Aiguille de Gouter behind

Glacier du Geant, French Alps C017 / 6764
Three mountaineers climbing near crevasses on the Glacier du Geant, Chamonix-Mont Blanc in August. Photographed in the French Alps

Mountaineering in the French Alps. Mountaineers climbing a granite rock ridge in the Chamonix Aiguilles, near Mont Blanc, France. Photographed in August

Helicopter rescue C015 / 5475
Helicopter rescue. Helicopter rescuing a climber from the Aiguille Verte mountain (4122m), near Chamonix-Mont Blanc, France. Photographed in August

Climbing in Antarctica C013 / 7484
Climbing in Antarctica. Group of climbers making their way up Spigot Peak, Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Scotland / Glenbrittle
Glenbrittle, Isle of Skye, Scotland, popular with mountaineers who wish to climb the Coolins. Date: 1950s

Switzerland - Ascending a glacier
Switzerland - Fice climbers scale a glacier Date: circa 1910s

Ice Grotto - Eiger Glacier
An Ice grotto cut into glacier on the lower slopes of the Eiger Mountain, Switzerland

Collonel of the Pandours and Master of the Watch. Originally Hungarian mountaineers, serving in the Austrian army, noted for their ruthlessness

Blowpipe Borneo 18C
BLOWPIPE used by Biajos or mountaineers of Borneo

A mountain hut or refuge overlooking the Tre Cime in The Italian Dolomites
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Matt Szundy, rock climbing teacher on the wall behind the Alyeska Resort, off Seward Highway, Girdwood, Alaska, United States of America, North America

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