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Meta Brevoort (
1825 –
1876), an
American mountain climber, spent her early years in a
Paris convent school. She made a number of important ascents in the
Alps in the
1860s and
1870s, but was thwarted in her two greatest alpine ambitions: to be the first woman to climb the
Matterhorn, and the first person to climb the
Meije in the
Dauphiné. Brevoort's role-model and rival was
Lucy Walker, who began her considerable
mountaineering career at the age of 28, in
1859, and it was Walker who, hearing that Meta planned an expedition to the Matterhorn in
1871, quickly assembled a party that included the famous guide,
Melchior Anderegg, and made the summit a few days before Brevoort arrived in
Zermatt.
Meta Brevoort was the aunt of
W. A. B. Coolidge, whom she brought to Europe in
1865, when he was 15 years of age, and introduced to alpine climbing. Coolidge eventually became an outstanding mountaineer, with over 1,700 ascents in the Alps, and the greatest alpine historian of the
Victorian age. The two climbed together for over ten seasons, and were joined in many of their adventures by
Tschingel, (
1865 –
1879), a small dog Miss Brevoort gave to her nephew. Later, she'd proudly refer to their canine companion as the only "Honorary Lady member of the
Alpine Club".
She and Coolidge journeyed to the Dauphiné several times in order to attempt the Meije, but encountered bad weather each trip. In
1876, she'd her final opportunity for a first ascent, but, instead, stayed in the
Oberland in order to give more money to her nephew, to support his efforts in the range. A few months later she died.
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