Peter Bohren (20 June 1822 – 4 July 1882) was a Swiss mountain guide from Grindelwald.[1]
Peter Bohren made three first ascents in the Bernese Alps. On 11 August 1858 he jointly made the first ascent of the Eiger (3967 m above sea level), climbing via the west face with fellow guide, Christian Almer, and Charles Barrington. The group started at 3:30 a.m at the Hotel Wengernalp and the mountaineers reached the summit of the Eiger in the fog at 12 noon.[2]
The following year, he reached the Aletschhorn (4193 m) with two colleagues and a guest on 18 June 1859. His last first ascent was the Äbeni Flue (3962 m) together with a colleague and a guest via today's normal route (southwest flank and southeast ridge) on 27 August 1868.[3]
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- ^ Peter Bohren in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
- ^ Gillman, Peter; Gillman, Leni (2016). "The Redoubtable Beaufoys". Extreme Eiger: The Race to Climb the Eiger Direct. Mountaineers Books. ISBN 9781680510515.
At 3.30 a.m. they set off up the Eiger's West Flank
- ^ Erstbesteigungen Peter Bohrens Retrieved 8 March 2009.