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Name: OLLIER, Cesar
Birth Date: 1865 Courmayeur
Death Date: 1930 Dent de Jétoula
Nationality: Italian Swiss
First Date: 1899
Profession: An Alpine guide from Switzerland, with Joseph Brocheret he accompanied Mackinder & Hausberg on their expedition up Mt Kenya in 1899 and with Mackinder reached the summit (Batian) in Sept. 1899
Book Reference: Gillett, North
General Information:
He was first a chamois hunter, then a porter in 1890, before becoming a guide in 1894. He was hired in 1899 by Halford John Mackinder for an expedition of exploration in Africa and succeeded in the first ascent of Mount Kenya. In 1906, he returned to Africa with Louis-Amédée de Savoie, explored the Ruwenzori and climbed Mount Stanley. Returning to the Alps, and finally becoming a gamekeeper, he died on the slopes of the Dent de Jétoula, in the Mont Blanc massif in Italy.