Jacques Balmat
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Jacques Balmat, called
le Mont Blanc (
1762,
Chamonix valley -
1834,
Sixt valley) was a
French 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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