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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 341 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORTLER , the highest point (12,802 ft.) in See also:

Tirol, and so in the whole of the Eastern See also:Alps. It is a See also:great See also:snow-clad See also:mass, which rises E. of the Stelvio Pass, and a little S. of the upper valley of the See also:Adige (whence it is very conspicuous) between the valleys of Trafoi (N.W.) and of Sulden (N.E.). It was See also:long considered to be wholly inaccessible, but was first conquered in 1804 by three Tirolese peasants, of whom the See also:chief was Josef See also:Pichler. The first traveller to make the climb was Herr Gebhard in 18o5 (See also:sixth ascent). In 1826 Herr Schebelka, and in 1834 P. K. T. Thurwieser attained the See also:summit, but it was only after the See also:discovery of easier routes in 1864 by F. F. Tuckett, E. N. and H. E.

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Buxton, and in 1865 by Ilerr E. von Mojsisovics that the expedition became popular. Many routes to the summit are now known, but that usually taken (from the Payer See also:Club hut, easily accessible from either Sulden or Trafoi) from the See also:north is daily traversed in summer and offers no difficulties to moderately experienced walkers. (W. A. B.

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