Luigi Amedeo Giuseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco (1873-1933), better known as Duke of the Abruzzi was an italian mountaineer and explorer who made the first ascent of Mount Saint Elias (Alaska-Yukon) in 1897. 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mountaineering is an umbrella term that can variously be used to describe the actions of climbing, hillwalking and scrambling. ... See also explorations, sea explorers, astronaut, conquistador, travelogue, the History of Science and Technology and Biography. ... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... Mount Saint Elias is the second highest mountain in both the United States and Canada, being situated on the Alaska and Yukon border. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 1st 663,267 mi² / 1 717 854 km² 808 mi / 1300 km 1,479 mi / 2380 km 13. ... Motto: none Official languages {{{OfficialLang}}} Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 1 1 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 9th 482,443 km² 474,391 km² 8,052 km² (1. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

He was born January 29, 1873 in Madrid, Spain. He died on March 18, 1933, at Abruzzi City, near what is now called Mogadishu, Somalia. January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... Madrid is the capital and largest city in Spain, as well as in the province and the autonomous community of the same name. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Mogadishu Mogadishu (Somali: Muqdisho, Italian: Mogadiscio), a city in East Africa on the Indian Ocean, serves as the nominal capital of anarchic Somalia. ...

Mountaineering

In 1906, the Duke led an expedition to the Ruwenzori Range and scaled sixteen summits in the range, including the six principal peaks. One of them, Mount Luigi di Savoia, bears his name. 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Ruwenzori Range, now officially called Rwenzori Mountains (the spelling having been changed in about 1980 to conform more closely with the local tribal name) is a small but spectacular mountain range of central Africa, often referred to as Mt. ...

The standard route up K2 climbs on the Abruzzi Spur (formerly known as K2's East Ridge). A team led by Abruzzi reached a height of 6250m on the ridge in 1909. In an attempt on Chogolisa the next year, he and his companions again failed to reach the summit, but set a world altitude record. For other uses, see K2 (disambiguation). ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Chogolisa (or Bride Peak) is a mountain in the Karakoram region of Pakistan. ...