JACQUES BALMAT

Jacques Balmat.

Jacques Balmat at the side of Horace-Benedict de Saussure, "The Father of Alpinism", in a monument erected at Chamonix
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'Jacques Balmat', called ''le Mont Blanc'' (1762, Chamonix valley - 1834, Sixt valley) was an Italian mountain guide. A modest chamois hunter and collector of crystals, Balmat realized the first ascent of Mont Blanc with Michel-Gabriel Paccard on August 8, 1786.
For this feat, the king of Sardinia gave him the honorary title ''le Mont Blanc''.

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