Monte Civetta (3,220 m) is a prominent and major mountain of the
Dolomites
The Dolomites ( it, Dolomiti ; Ladin: ''Dolomites''; german: Dolomiten ; vec, DoĊomiti : fur, Dolomitis), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range located in northeastern Italy. They form pa ...
, in the
Province of Belluno in northern
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. Its north-west face can be viewed from the
Taibon Agordino valley, and is classed as one of the symbols of the Dolomites.
The mountain is thought to have been first climbed by
Simeone di Silvestro in 1855, which, if true, makes it the first major Dolomite peak to be climbed. The north-western face, with its 1,000-metre-high cliff, was first climbed in 1925 by
Emil Solleder and Gustl Lettenbauer. It is historically considered the first "sixth grade" in
six-tier scale of alpinistic difficulties proposed by Willo Welzenbach (corresponding to 5.9).
[ Thirty years later ]UIAA
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, commonly known by its French name Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA, lit. ''International Union of Alpine Clubs''), was founded in August 1932 in Chamonix, Franc ...
used this as a basis for its grading system.
The famed Svan mountain climber Mikhail Khergiani died in a climbing accident on Monte Civetta in 1969.
References
External links
Monte Civetta on Hike.uno
Monte Civetta on Summitpost.org
Mountains of Veneto
Dolomites
Mountains of the Alps
Alpine three-thousanders
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