Gaston Rébuffat mountain climbing in France, 1944 Photography by George Tairraz

[Guillaume Gris]

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“I tried to establish order over the chaos of my imagination, but this essence, the same that presented itself to me still hazily when I was a child, has always struck me as the very heart of truth. It is our duty to set ourselves an end beyond our individual concerns, beyond our convenient, agreeable habits, higher than our own selves, and disdaining laughter, hunger, even death, to toil night and day to attain that end. No, not to attain it. The self-respecting soul, as soon as he reaches his goal, places it still further away. Not to attain it, but never to halt in the ascent. Only thus does life acquire nobility and oneness.”

― Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco

alpes suíços, por volta de 1920. foto de georges tairraz. 

France

~ Georges Tairraz (1868-1924)

George Tairraz Gaston Rébuffat en pic du roc. Mont Blanc 1944

Ravageurs climb. | Gaston Rébuffat by George Tairraz

Georges Tairraz - Glacier des Bossons, Septembre 1925

Georges Tairraz, Refuge-bivouac des Périades, firstly built by Chevalier and Sauvage in 1925, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, 3459m. 1957 "In the years 1920-1925, mountaineers, more and more numerous and motivated, sought to open new more difficult routes in this sector of the massif. In August 1928, two climbers, Paul Chevalier and Maurice Sauvage, members of the brand new GHM (High Mountain Group), decided to build a small shelter in the middle of this beautiful ridge that is the Périades. Paul Chevalier, architect, designed this shelter, established the plan and built it himself, paying the costs of the construction out of his own pocket. The two companions chose the point of Sisyphus at 3459 meters, near the Brèche Puiseux. The equipment is mounted on the back of a man. They inaugurated it on the night of August 10 to 11, 1928, which enabled them to successfully complete the first ascent of the Rochefort ice cap via the north ridge." https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnarYiAzUg/?igshid=1h5oo01unjhuu

Georges II Tairraz - Chamonix et le massif du Mont Blanc, Haute-Savoie, c. 1950.

1959 French Tourism Department travel poster.

Photo by George Tairraz.

Etoiles & Tempêtes - Gaston Rebbufat, Georges Tairraz avec Maurice Baquet - 1955

Where is his parachute? Gaston Rébuffat mountain climbing in France, 1944. Photograph by George Tairraz. Peace.

Gaston Rébuffat mountain climbing in France, 1944

Georges Tarraiz I, Refuge Albert ler le soir, 1900. From "Joseph, Georges I, Georges II et Pierre Tairraz: Les Alpes de père en fils (Atelier Tairraz)"

Etoiles & Tempêtes - Gaston Rebbufat, Georges Tairraz avec Maurice Baquet - 1955