How to Pronounce Charles Hudson (climber)
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Oct 04, 1828 Ripon, England, United Kingdom Died on 14 Jul 1865 (aged 36)
Anglican chaplain, British mountain climber
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About Charles Hudson Climber
- Charles Hudson (4 October 1828 – 14 July 1865) was an Anglican chaplain and mountain climber from Skillington, Lincolnshire, England. Hudson was one of the most important climbers of the golden age of alpinism.
- An immensely strong walker, amongst his climbs were the first ascent of Monte Rosa in 1855, the first official ascent of Mont Blanc du Tacul in 1855, the first completed passage of the Mönchjoch in 1858, the first ascent of Mont Blanc by the Goûter route (incomplete) in 1859 with E.
- S.
- Kennedy and party, and the second ascent of the Aiguille Verte (the first by the Moine ridge) in 1865 (with T.
- S.
- Kennedy and Michel Croz).
- He is also considered a pioneer of English guideless climbing in the western Alps, having made the first guideless ascent of Mont Blanc in 1855 and a guideless ascent of the Breithorn.
