Historical Rock Climbing
Images
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Miscellaneous Elbsandstein/Leipzig Images |
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Rappelling off the Wartturm,
Elbsandstein ca. 1930 Photo R. Kobach Tension Traverse on the Kohlenberg
at the
Leipzig Climbing School
ca. 1930 |
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Remainder of photos by Dr
Teubner/W. Kiessig
 On the Schwarze Wand at Leipzig ca. 1930 |
 Right side of the Piazwand, Leipzig ca. 1930 |
 Felix Simon on the Fliegerwand, Leipzig ca. 1930 |
 Felix Simon on the Richard Voigtländer Memorial Route, Leipzig ca. 1930 |
Felix Simon and Richard Voigtländer, in 1919, established the Leipzig Climbing School. Simon climbed extensively in Saxony, and in 1932 was a member - as was Fritz Wiessner - of the Nanga Parbat expedition. He wrote a book entitled Felstürme und Eiswände (1957). |