Ludwig Purtscheller
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Ludwig Purtscheller (October 6, 1849 in Innsbruck - March 3, 1900 in Bern, Switzerland) was an Austrian mountaineer and teacher.
In the late 19th century he was known as the best mountaineer in the Alps,[citation needed] where he had climbed over 1,700 mountains. He is best known for his first ascent of Kilimanjaro in 1889, together with the German mountaineer Hans Meyer and Yohani Kinyala Lauwo.
He died when trying to climb the Aiguille du Dru in the French Alps near Mont Blanc.
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