On This Day June 26

The sport of mountaineering originated on June 26, 1492 when an expedition set out to climb Mont Aiguille, in the Vercors near Grenoble, led by Antoine De Ville, Lord of Domjulien and Beaupré. De Ville and his team scaled the near-vertical Alpine peak Mont Aiguille on King Charles VIII orders. They reached the summit by means of ropes and siege ladders, remaining there for just under a week. It was the first ever recorded climb of any technical difficulty.

Picture of a mountaineer by Josef Feid Anastasius Grün

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