Today we open door seventeen and see what history for us can mean..

1786 can be seen as the start of the mountaineering history. At this time the Mont Blanc was climbed, and now it become a activity to count for. For Sweden it all begun at 1883 with the first ascend of Kebnekaise of Charles Rabot.

Charles Rabot at the summit of Kebnekaise 1883.

In the beginning the climbing in Sweden was just done in the northern part in the Swedish mountains. In 1930 we started to climb cliffs for training for adventures in alps and prepare for the mountains in the northern part of Sweden. At Häggstaberget in Stockholm Botkyra the explorers prepaired for upcoming adventures in high mountain environments.

Becoming a mountain manager at this time, was a hard work with life at stakes…

See ya tomorrow..