Mountaineer Collection

SIR EDMUND HILLARY (1919-2008). New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay near the summit of Mount Everest, 28 May 1953

1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Norton and Mallory
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Major Edward " Teddy" F. Norton (1884-1954) and George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) at nearly 27, 000 feet. Date: 1922

Edmund Hillary & Tensing
Sir Edmund Hillary with Tenzing Norgay after their successful attempt to scale Mount Everest in Nepal on 29th May 1953. The legendary mountaineer died in January 2008

[The Ascent of Mont Blanc], 1861. Creator: Auguste-Rosalie Bisson
[The Ascent of Mont Blanc], 1861

Annie Peck masked and dressed for climbing
Annie Smith Peck (October 19, 1850 July 18, 1935), American mountaineer pictured in her climbing outfit at the time she had scaled Mount Huascan

MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION. The camp of the 1924 British expedition to Mount Everest, on the crest of the North Col

Mount Everest Expedition 1924
Mount Everest Expedition, 1924. Led by General The Hon. C. B. Bruce C.B. A view of Mount Everest from the Base Camp in the Rongbuk Valley, Tibet. Sent (and signed on front) by J. B. L

Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National Park
Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894 - 1986) was a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club

Poster for Ovo Sports Food
Advertising poster for Ovo Sport, a special food developed to provide nourishment during sport and training. The tagline claims Instant Fortification

Mountaineers and climbers, Mont Blanc range, French Alps, France, Europe

Poster advertising Mount Cook, New Zealand. Three travellers enjoy the healthy mountain air

Ice climbing at Ice Park, Box Canyon, climbing capital of America, Ouray, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Cable cars approaching Aiguille du Midi summit, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, French Alps, France, Europe

Mountaineers and climbers, Mont Blanc range, French Alps, France, Europe

Mountaineer climbing sport art
Justyna Jaszke

Mountain climbers in the Alps, 1880s
Mountaineering in the Tyrol with ropes and picks, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Stage in the ascent of Mont Blanc, c1853, (1946). Creator: George Baxter
Stage in the ascent of Mont Blanc, c1853, (1946). Climbers on Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps - a man is being pulled out of a crevasse on a rope

Nepal, Mount Everest. The tents of mountaineers are scattered along the Khumbu Glacier at Base Camp

Mountaineers and climbers, Mont Blanc range, French Alps, France, Europe

Ecuador Chimborazo
Chimborazo and Carihuairazo, pictured by Whymper who was a noted mountaineer as well as artist

The summit of Ben Nevis, the UKs highest peak in Scotland, in winter
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

The Abruzzi Spur On The K2 Mountain. From The Year 1910 Illustrated

Mountaineers in the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

The Dru from the Grand Montets above Chamonix France
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Cover of " The Laughter", Satirical in Colours, 1898_10_1: Cree du coeur - Anti feminism, Leisure, Fashion
ICA4839074 Cover of " The Laughter", Satirical in Colours, 1898_10_1: Cree du coeur - Anti feminism, Leisure, Fashion, Mountain Mountaineering Climbing

Savoie Dome du Gouter Sunrise Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876)
JEB4899895 Savoie Dome du Gouter Sunrise Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) 1862 Musee Cantini Marseille Size cm 23,9x40,2; Musee Cantini, Marseille

Summit of Mont Blanc Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876)
JEB4899880 Summit of Mont Blanc Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) 1862 Musee Cantini Marseille 23,2x38,7; Musee Cantini, Marseille

Vallee blanche de Chamonix Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876)
JEB4899819 Vallee blanche de Chamonix Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) 1862 Musee Cantini Marseille Dim cm 24x40,2; Musee Cantini, Marseille

A Drama of the Mountain - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving)
ICA4949957 A Drama of the Mountain - Cover of "The Eye of the Police", 1911 (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © Caricadoc.

Switzerland: A climber and her guide resting at the entrance of a cave, 1900
LUX4816484 Switzerland: A climber and her guide resting at the entrance of a cave, 1900; (add.info.: Switzerland: A climber and her guide resting at the entrance of a cave)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), Dent de la Prat: Rest mountaineers count the landscape, 1910
LUX4808006 France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38), Dent de la Prat: Rest mountaineers count the landscape, 1910; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Isere (38)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, les dents Parrachee, 1900
LUX4795604 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, les dents Parrachee, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, les dents Parrachee

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, sheepfold 'hotel Richard' between 2 waters, 1900
LUX4795711 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, sheepfold 'hotel Richard' between 2 waters, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, Chasseforet from the bank of Chaviere, 1900
LUX4795688 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, Chasseforet from the bank of Chaviere, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise

Letter: A (Mountaineer). Recreative alphabet. Chromolithography, undated (ca. 1920)
DUV4203754 Letter: A (Mountaineer). Recreative alphabet. Chromolithography, undated (ca. 1920). Offered by "La Samaritaine de Nancy"

France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69): Snow-covered Mont Blanc with mountaineer at the summit, 1885
LUX4706707 France, Rhone-Alpes, Rhone (69): Snow-covered Mont Blanc with mountaineer at the summit, 1885; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: Mont-Blanc Massif, 4 climbers on a glacier, 1900
LUX4770796 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: Mont-Blanc Massif, 4 climbers on a glacier, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: Mont-Blanc Massif

Engraving by Riou, illustrating the novel by Jules Verne " Journey to the center of the earth"
PCT4260822 Engraving by Riou, illustrating the novel by Jules Verne " Journey to the center of the earth", collection " extraordinary journeys

Ascension of a glacier at the end of the 19th century - mountaineering, mountaineering - passage of a crevasse
PCT4295236 Ascension of a glacier at the end of the 19th century - mountaineering, mountaineering - passage of a crevasse - illustration of the book " Moeurs et caracteres des peuples"

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: 4 men walk on the sea of ice
LUX4749533 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: 4 men walk on the sea of ice, 1888 - On the sea of ice on August 1st 1888 M Echenique

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: a family of mountaineers poses encordee, 1880
LUX4709832 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: a family of mountaineers poses encordee, 1880; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74)

Sir Alfred Wills, 1828-1912
5614247 Sir Alfred Wills, 1828-1912; (add.info.: Sir Alfred Wills, 1828-1912. Judge of the High Court of England and Wales and a well-known mountaineer)

Mountaineers climbing Mont Blanc, Haute Savoie (Mountaineers climbing the mont Blanc, alps) Postcard ca
ELD4944745 Mountaineers climbing Mont Blanc, Haute Savoie (Mountaineers climbing the mont Blanc, alps) Postcard ca. 1910 Private collection; (add.info.: Mountaineers climbing Mont Blanc)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, Arriez and Vion J.B stormed the mountains with their
LUX4795657 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, Arriez and Vion J.B stormed the mountains with their equipment, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): Vanoise massif, tip of the Gliere, promenade at the top, 1900
LUX4795613 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): Vanoise massif, tip of the Gliere, promenade at the top, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): Vanoise massif

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, Arriez, J. Girard
LUX4795695 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74): massif de la Vanoise, Arriez, J. Girard and Vion J.B stormed the mountains with their equipment, 1900; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes)

France, Ile-de-France, Seine-et-Marne (77), Fontainebleau: the forest and the rocks, 5 mountaineers in the cordee, 1900
LUX4771276 France, Ile-de-France, Seine-et-Marne (77), Fontainebleau: the forest and the rocks, 5 mountaineers in the cordee, 1900; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France, Seine-et-Marne (77)

Mountaineering Savoy passage a rope Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876)
JEB4899825 Mountaineering Savoy passage a rope Photography by Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900) and Louis Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) 1862 Musee Cantini Marseille Size cm 24,5x39,5; Musee Cantini

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"Conquering the Heights: A Tribute to Mountaineers and Explorers" In the realm of mountaineering, few names resonate as strongly as Sir Edmund Hillary. Born in 1919, this New Zealand mountaineer and explorer etched his name into history when he reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 28, 1953, alongside Tenzing Norgay. Their triumphant ascent marked a monumental achievement for mankind. But Hillary was not alone in his pursuit of conquering nature's grandest peaks. Rewind back to 1922 when British climbers Norton and Mallory embarked on their perilous expedition up Mt Everest. Though they did not reach the summit, their courage paved the way for future adventurers like Hillary. The allure of scaling towering mountains has captivated generations throughout history. In 1861, Auguste-Rosalie Bisson captured this fascination with his iconic photograph titled "The Ascent of Mont Blanc. " The image immortalizes brave souls who dared to challenge nature's might. Among these daring individuals was Annie Peck, masked and dressed for climbing in an era where women faced countless barriers. Her determination shattered stereotypes and inspired others to follow her lead. Fast forward to the early twentieth century - we find ourselves at the campsite of the ill-fated British expedition in 1924. Despite tragedy striking that year, these courageous mountaineers left an indelible mark on our collective consciousness. Across continents and cultures, mountaineering has become a symbol of human resilience and ambition. Dorothy Pilley exemplified this spirit as she fearlessly climbed through Glacier National Park in England - proving that gender should never limit one's aspirations. Even today, modern-day adventurers continue pushing boundaries while promoting sports nutrition like Ovo Sports Food through captivating posters that inspire us all to embrace challenges head-on. From Europe's majestic Mont Blanc range to New Zealand's awe-inspiring Mount Cook, the call of the mountains echoes across borders.