W. A. B. Coolidge

William Augustus Brevoort Coolidge ( born August 28, 1850 in New York; † May 8, 1926 in Grindelwald, Switzerland ) was a British citizen, Anglican theologian, historian and avid climbers.

He led in the last four decades of the 19th century in the Swiss, French and Italian Western Alps numerous mountain rides through, where he often entrusted the leadership Christian Almers. So he led, together with his aunt Margaret Claudia ( "meta" ) Brevoort, thanks to which he had come as a teenager for mountaineering, as well as Christian and his son Ulrich Almer in January 1874, the first winter ascent of the Jungfrau in the Bernese Oberland by. Coolidge's dog Tschingel also took part in this winter ascent. Christian Almer had the young Coolidge gave the bitch after a failure on the Eiger as a consolation. The half-breed from the Loetschental undertook in the wake of his master and his aunt in his dog's life hundreds of walks, 30 great tours, including eleven first ascents and was at that time the only female being honorary member of the Alpine Club. As Coolidge was often on the road with his dog and aunt in the mountains, he became known in his early years as " the young American who climbs with his aunt and his dog ".

1885 settled WAB Coolidge in Grindelwald and devoted himself to a rich literary activities, which earned him many honors. In 1908 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern. Coolidge was the editor of the Alpine Journal.

After WAB Coolidge of the 3,774 -meter-high Pic Coolidge and the Coolidge Couloir are ( the south-west ice channel ) named in the Dauphiné Alps at 3,946 m high Mont Pelvoux.

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