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kachoong
Oct 23, 2009, 4:27 PM
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sungam wrote: I have to apologize, I'm now receiving mixed information now. Apparently there was more then one time that the Olympic gold medal was awarded for Alpinism. There have been 25 awards made, and none of them have been guessed yet.
Well, now you're starting to make it easier... the last of the three north face walls were done in the 30's, right? The Matterhorn was done in either 1931 or 32 by Schmid (Schmidt ?) brothers, so I'm guessing they got a medal for that? The other two (Grand Jorasses and Eiger possibly received medals too?) Did Harrer et. al. get one for their 1938 ascent?
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kachoong
Oct 23, 2009, 4:28 PM
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Matterhorn FTW?
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sungam
Oct 23, 2009, 4:47 PM
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kachoong wrote: sungam wrote: I have to apologize, I'm now receiving mixed information now. Apparently there was more then one time that the Olympic gold medal was awarded for Alpinism. There have been 25 awards made, and none of them have been guessed yet. Well, now you're starting to make it easier... the last of the three north face walls were done in the 30's, right? The Matterhorn was done in either 1931 or 32 by Schmid (Schmidt ?) brothers, so I'm guessing they got a medal for that? The other two (Grand Jorasses and Eiger possibly received medals too?) Did Harrer et. al. get one for their 1938 ascent?
A full list of people who have recieved them can be found here:
http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ALP/
The awards were given for 2 different Himalayan expeditions and for the Schmidt route.
And so Kachoong wins this one.
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kachoong
Oct 23, 2009, 5:27 PM
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sungam wrote: kachoong wrote: sungam wrote: I have to apologize, I'm now receiving mixed information now. Apparently there was more then one time that the Olympic gold medal was awarded for Alpinism. There have been 25 awards made, and none of them have been guessed yet. Well, now you're starting to make it easier... the last of the three north face walls were done in the 30's, right? The Matterhorn was done in either 1931 or 32 by Schmid (Schmidt ?) brothers, so I'm guessing they got a medal for that? The other two (Grand Jorasses and Eiger possibly received medals too?) Did Harrer et. al. get one for their 1938 ascent? Harrer and co did not recieve a medal - but Franz and Toni Schmidt did, for their ascent of the North Face of the Matterhorn. A full list of people who have recieved them can be found here: http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ALP/ The awards were given for 2 different Himalayan expeditions and for the Schmidt route. And so Kachoong wins this one.
I knew all that reading would come in handy... I think I read about those ascent accounts in Messner's book about Big Walls. Knowing about the history of climbing is something all climbers should read into... it really is the backbone of why we do what we do.
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sungam
Oct 23, 2009, 7:39 PM
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kachoong wrote: sungam wrote: kachoong wrote: sungam wrote: I have to apologize, I'm now receiving mixed information now. Apparently there was more then one time that the Olympic gold medal was awarded for Alpinism. There have been 25 awards made, and none of them have been guessed yet. Well, now you're starting to make it easier... the last of the three north face walls were done in the 30's, right? The Matterhorn was done in either 1931 or 32 by Schmid (Schmidt ?) brothers, so I'm guessing they got a medal for that? The other two (Grand Jorasses and Eiger possibly received medals too?) Did Harrer et. al. get one for their 1938 ascent? Harrer and co did not recieve a medal - but Franz and Toni Schmidt did, for their ascent of the North Face of the Matterhorn. A full list of people who have recieved them can be found here: http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/sports/ALP/ The awards were given for 2 different Himalayan expeditions and for the Schmidt route. And so Kachoong wins this one. I knew all that reading would come in handy... I think I read about those ascent accounts in Messner's book about Big Walls. Knowing about the history of climbing is something all climbers should read into... it really is the backbone of why we do what we do.
For anyone who hasn't read it Fergus Flemming's Killing Dragons just can't be missed. Classic stories of the birth of the spirit of alpinism - and excellently written.
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skiclimb
Oct 26, 2009, 2:19 PM
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Pretty cool how many sherpas have gotten recognition.
(This post was edited by skiclimb on Oct 26, 2009, 2:19 PM)
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olderic
Oct 26, 2009, 4:04 PM
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skiclimb wrote: Pretty cool how many sherpas have gotten recognition.
Unfortunately all the ones on this list died in one of the early Everest expeditions.
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skiclimb
Oct 30, 2009, 4:15 PM
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olderic wrote: skiclimb wrote: Pretty cool how many sherpas have gotten recognition. Unfortunately all the ones on this list died in one of the early Everest expeditions.
Ouch..your right I should have noticed that
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