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Christian Klucker (1853–1928) was a Swiss mountain guide who made many first ascents in the Alps, particularly in the Bernina Range, the Bregaglia and the Pennine Alps. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Mountain guides are specially trained and Experienced Mountaineers and Professionals who are generally certified by an association In Climbing, a first ascent (FA is the first modern recorded climb to reach the top of a Mountain, or the first to follow a particular Climbing route The Bernina Range is a Mountain range in the Alps of eastern Switzerland and northern Italy. The Bregaglia Range (commonly the Bregaglia) is a small group of mostly Granite Mountains in Graubünden, Switzerland and The Pennine Alps (also Valais Alps) are a Mountain range in the western part of the Alps.

Amongst his first ascents were:

  • Gurgel (couloir) on north-east face of Piz Bernina on 18 June 1890 (with L. Piz Bernina (4049 m is the highest Mountain of the Eastern Alps. Norman-Neruda)
  • North-west face of Piz Scerscen on 9 July 1890 (with L. Piz Scerscen (3971 m is a Mountain in the Bernina Range in Switzerland and Italy, joining the neighbouring Piz Bernina by its Norman-Neruda)
  • North-east face of Piz Roseg on 16 July 1890 (with L. Piz Roseg (pronounced as peetse rawzech) is a Mountain in the Bernina Range in Switzerland and Italy. Norman-Neruda)
  • East-north-east ridge of the Ober Gabelhorn on 1 August 1890 (with L. The Ober Gabelhorn (4053 m is a Mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. Norman-Neruda)
  • 'Norman-Neruda route' on the north-east face of Lyskamm on 9 August 1890 (with L. Lyskamm (or Liskamm) (4527 m is a Mountain in the Alps lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Norman-Neruda and J. Reinstadler)
  • Nadelgrat from the Hohberghorn to the Lenzspitze in 1892
  • Peuterey ridge to the summit of Mont Blanc via a couloir on the Brenva face on 15–19 August 1893 (with Paul Güssfeldt, Emile Rey and César Ollier)
  • West-south-west ridge of Piz Badile on 14 June 1897 (with Anton von Rydzewski and M. The Hohberghorn (4219 m is a Mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. The Lenzspitze (4294 m is a Mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. The Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey (4112 m is a Mountain of the Mont Blanc massif in Italy. Mont Blanc Massif The Mont Blanc ( French for white mountain) or Monte Bianco ( Italian 'White Mountain' also Dr Paul Güssfeldt ( 14 October 1840 – 18 January 1920) was a German geologist mountaineer and explorer Piz Badile (3308 m is a Mountain in the Bregaglia range in Switzerland and Italy, the border between the two countries running along the Barbaria)
  • First traverse from the Italian side of the Porta da Roseg on Piz Roseg on 21 June 1898 (with M. Barbaria)

Klucker appeared as the character Otto Spring (a guide) in the 1929 mountain film, Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü (The White Hell of Piz Palü), directed by Arnold Fanck. A mountain film is a Film genre that focuses on Mountaineering and especially the battle of man against nature The White Hell of Pitz Palu (German Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü) is a 1929 silent Mountain film directed by Arnold Arnold Fanck ( 6 March 1889 in Frankenthal, Germany – 28 September 1974 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

References

External links

List of first ascents with Anton von Rydzewski in the Bregaglia (in German)

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