Paul Preuss
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| Nationality: | AT |
| Date of birth: | 19th August 1886 |
| Date of death: | 3rd October 1913 |
Geoffrey Winthrop Young, writing in the Alpine Journal on Preuss' death:
His reliance upon his own skill was justifiable. He had a sounder knowledge of mountaineering principles and practice, assimilated from all quarters as well as from personal experience, than most of us who are now content to sit back and advise others. If he has fallen, it has been from no ill-considered daring or neglect of the precautions held necessary by his school. Accidents in mountaineering occur to the ablest no less than to the least enterprising. Solitary climbing will always have its critics as well as its devotees. But with the feeling of regret for the premature death of a great climber and a fine personality comes also the feeling of pride that there are still men of the highest intellect in our generation who, with full knowledge of all the easier and more profitable alternatives that life has to offer, continue to match their skill as it increases against increasing difficulty, and accept the issue with calm courage. [2]
References
[1] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/1709279942471507
[2] Alpine Journal 1913 Vol 27 427-429 Preuss Accident
