Jakob Anderegg

Who is Jakob Anderegg?

Jakob Anderegg was a Swiss mountain guide and the first ascensionist of many prominent mountains in the western Alps during the golden and silver ages of alpinism. Jakob Anderegg made the first ascent of the following peaks or routes:

Balmhorn, 21 July 1864 with Frank, Lucy and Horace Walker, and Melchior Anderegg

Piz Roseg with A. W. Moore and Horace Walker on 28 June 1865

Ober Gabelhorn with A. W. Moore and Horace Walker on 6 July 1865

Pigne d'Arolla with A. W. Moore and Melchior Anderegg on 9 July 1865

Brenva Spur of Mont Blanc with George Spencer Mathews, A. W. Moore, Frank and Horace Walker on 15 July 1865

Gspaltenhorn with G. E. Forster and Hans Baumann on 10 July 1869