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3 unusual facts about Meta Brevoort


Meta Brevoort

In 1876, she had her final opportunity for a first ascent, but, instead, stayed in the Oberland in order to give more money to her nephew, to support his efforts in the range.

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She made a number of important ascents in the Alps in the 1860s and 1870s, but was thwarted in her two greatest alpine ambitions: to be the first woman to climb the Matterhorn, and the first person to climb the Meije in the Dauphiné.

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The two climbed together for over ten seasons, and were joined in many of their adventures by Tschingel, (1865 – 1879), a small dog their guide Christian Almer gave to her nephew.



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