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First Ascents 2

DateClimbersType NotesReference
7/20/1911 1. Howard Putnam
2. Edward W. D. Holway
3. Frederic K. Butters
First Ascent


Howard Palmer. Chapter XIX: The Ascent of Mount Austerity, 1911 in "Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks". GP Putnam's Sons, New York and London; The Knickerbocker Press, pp. 265-281 (1914). 1st ed. ↗
8/1/1948 1. Sterling Hendricks PMC
2. Donald Hubbard PMC
3. Alex Faberge
Second Ascent Faberge mistakenly claims the summit of Turret and Austerity are first ascents. However, Palmer, in his 1914 book clearly describes the summit of Austerity, so this ascent is being marked as the second ascent. Arnold Wexler. The Northern Selkirks. American Alpine Journal, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 256-167 (1949)