One by one, the high summits of the Alps, peaks, needles, points and domes have been tamed, etching in the memory of the mountains glorious ascents and other tragic ones. In these superior immensities, where man survives more than he lives, great adventures have been experienced. From the conquest of the highest mountains to the technical exploit, to the sporting performance,
Le Figaro
traces the ascents that have marked the history of mountaineering.
On the terrace of the Hôtel Juge, in the town of La Grave in the summer of 1877, it's been the same ritual since these gentlemen from the French Alpine Club come for the summer.
They do without brass glasses, and observe what local people have known for centuries: the aiguille du
midi
, better known by its Occitan name of "
Meije
", above which the sun invariably gives the midday mark.
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