caption death_date death_place birth_place sport birth_date yearsactive image article_title name
pierre gaspard 16 january 1915 saint-christophe-en-oisans , france saint-christophe-en-oisans , france mountaineering 27 march 1834 1876 -- 1913 pierre gaspard.jpg pierre gaspard -lrb- mountaineer -rrb-
 pierre gaspard
pierre gaspard -lrb- mountaineer -rrb-

pierre gaspard -lrb- 27 march 1834 , saint-christophe-en-oisans - 16 january 1915 , saint-christophe-en-oisans -rrb- was a french mountain climber , one of the greatest mountain guides in the silver age of alpinism .
he made the first ascent of la meije -lrb- massif des Écrins -rrb- on 16 august 1877 with his son and emmanuel boileau de castelnau .
their ascent followed the south buttress `` arête du promontoire '' , which became the `` normal route '' .
