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Date: 01/08/1855
On 1 August 1855, John Birbeck, Charles Hudson, Ulrich Lauener, Christopher Smyth, James G. Smyth, Edward Stephenson, Matthäus Zumtaugwald and Johannes Zumtaugwald reached Dufourspitze (4,634 m) for the first time, setting off from Zermatt and ascending to the summit via what is now known as the standard route.