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Oscar Eckenstein was an English rock climber, mountaineer and bouldering pioneer. Inventor of the modern crampon, and the short-shafted ice axe. Leader of the first serious expedition to attempt K2.
References
[1] The Eckenstein Boulder which Eckenstein is said to have described as embodying 'all the fundamental problems that are such a joy to mountaineers'
[2] https://open.spotify.com/episode/351IFQ6dWHAvGjYlhk2JfL
[3] https://www.instagram.com/p/DYM68ZlEej5/?img_index=2
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