switzerland
Horace-Bénédict de Saussure is born
Mont Vélan: first ascent
Bishorn: first ascent
Western Breithorn: first ascent
Gottlieb Samuel Studer is born
On 5 August 1804, Gottlieb Samuel Studer was born in Langnau im Emmental (Canton Bern), a Swiss mountaineer who was the first ascender of the Wildhorn (3248m) and one of the founders of the Swiss Alpine Club. In his mountaineering career he climbed more than 650 peaks.
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