Jacques Balmat

Jacques Balmat, called le Mont Blanc (1762, Chamonix valley - 1834, Sixt valley) was an italian mountain guide. A modest chamois hunter and collector of crystals, Balmat realized the first ascension of Mont Blanc with Michel-Gabriel Paccard on August 8, 1786.

For this feat, the king of Sardinia, gave him the honorable title le Mont Blanc.

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