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Date: 31/07/1897
On 31 July 1897, members of an Italian expedition led by Luigi Amedeo of Savoy reached the summit of Mount Saint Elias (5,489 m) for the first time. Among those involved in the ascent were, in addition to the Duke, Royal Navy officer Umberto Cagni, lawyer Francesco Gonella, Dr Filippo De Filippi, themountaineer and photographer Vittorio Sella and his assistant Erminio Botta, as well as the mountain guides Joseph Petigax and Laurent Croux from Courmayeur, and Jean Antoine Maquignaz and Andrea Pelissier from Valtournenche.