On this day

Mountain history events that happened on 17 January

1. 1845 181 years ago

   

   Antonio Castagneri is born is born

   

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   redazione

2. 1977 49 years ago

   

   Dougal Haston dies

   Dougal burst onto the mountaineering scene in the late '1950s by climbing new routes in Scotland together with Robin Smith. He went on to make an initial English ascent of the Eigerwand, was a major force in the creation of...

   

   Edited by:

   Massimo Martini