Abstract

Without Oscar Eckenstein, mountaineering as we know it today would not exist. Responsible for the invention of crampons — de rigueur for the modern mountaineer — the English railway engineer, born in 1859, is recognised as the first true innovator of climbing equipment for the masses. Crucial to his success was that his inventions were not only […]

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