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34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

Even today, mountain climbing is not considered the safest of hobbies.

By Cameron Fetter

Published 1 month ago in Wow

Even today, mountain climbing is not considered the safest of hobbies. But imagine what it would have been like over a hundred years ago before mountaineers wore parkas, climbing harnesses, or even carabiner clips.


Yep, for whatever reason, mountain climbers in the past eschewed useful equipment. Most of the climbers you’ll see in this gallery were wearing tweed clothing, wool socks, and flat caps. And rather than hooking themselves into harnesses they formed human chains and clung to heavy ropes to pull themselves up.


You’ll doubt it’s worth it until you see some of the incredible vistas these early mountaineers were treated to at the summit of their climbs. Thank god the camera had been invented so we can see them too.

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    Mountaineers hike through the Swiss Alps circa 1920.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mountaineers at the top of the Jungfrau, one of the summits of the Alps. 1910s.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mountaineers climbing Mount Rainier in the 1910s.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    A mountain climber above a crevasse in a glacier in Washington, around 1951.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Tourists climb a glacier in the French Chamonix Valley. Circa 1913.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mountaineers resting in the Swiss Alps in the 1910s. Their spiked boots used for climbing are alongside them.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    A mountain climber mounts a peak in the Swiss Alps around 1919.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Climbing a mountain in Zermatt, Switzerland, 1954.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Rock climbing in the English Lake District, 1900.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mountain climbers on the summit of Mount Rainier. 1925.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Group of climbers in an ice field. Date unknown.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mountaineers from Slovakia. 1940.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    A group of hikers climbing Nisqually Glacier, Mount Rainier, 1919.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    A daredevil mountain climber holding onto a tightrope between two peaks in the Alps. 1913.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Summit of Pinnacle Peak in Washington. 1906.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mountaineers climbing Mont Blanc. 1862.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mountain climbers on Mt. St. Helens. 1895.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mt. Tacoma or Rainier. 1906.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Photo of famous mountain climber Henriette D’Angerville from 1838. She was the second woman to climb Mont Blanc, and the first to do so unaided.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    View of Lake Yamanaka from the top of Mt Fuji, 1905.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Group of men and women on Mt. Shasta, California. 1901.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Workman posing with mountain climbing gear. Year unknown.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    On the summit of Mt Hood, Oregon, 1904. 11,225 feet above sea level.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mountaineers climbing Mt. McKinley. Circa 1900s.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Welsh mountain climbers. 1900s.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Climbers on the top of the Black Cuillin Mountains. Early 1900s.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    A mountaineer in North Wales taking a break. 1900s.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Two brothers climbing a mountain in Britain. 1900s.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mountain climber circa early 1900s.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mountaineer on Tryfaen. 1906.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Climbers on Nisqually Glacier in 1919.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Theodore Roosevelt mountain climbing in the West. 1880.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    Mountaineer on Mt. Hood, 1903.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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    A group of climbers on Nisqually Glacier, Mount Rainier National Park. 1919.

    34 Vintage Photographs of Daredevil Mountain Climbers

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