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Award Ceremony 2008
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 Eighth Award Ceremony B (2300 kb)
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Award Winners 2008 (2800 kb) |
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Kurt Albert / Medal (1600 kb) |
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Gerhard Baur / Medal (1400 kb) |
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Catherine Destivelle / Medal (1000 kb) |
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Jon Mathieu / Medal (1000 kb) |
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Hanspeter Schreier / Medal (1180 kb) |
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Award Ceremony 2006
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Michel Guérin (396 kb)
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Professor Lawrence Hamilton (288 kb)
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Logo Alpine Museum (248 kb)
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Professor Peter Rieder (388 kb)
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Stepha Venables (276 kb)
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1. King Albert I (left) with the guides Angelo and Giuseppe Dimai in the Forcella del Diavolo in the Dolomites, 24 July 1930. Photo by Aldo Bonacossa (2.6 mb)
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2. Albert I leading a difficult pitch in the north face of Punta Santner in the Dolomites, at the age of 56, 8 September 1931. Photo by Walter Amstutz (1.3 mb)
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3. Albert I climbing the Salbitnadel in the Gotthard mountains, belayed by Hans Steger, June 1932. Photo by Aldo Bonacossa (1.3 mb)
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4. King Albert I at the foot of the «Rocher inaccessible» at Marche-les-Dames where he used to climb, also on 17 February 1934 (1.3 mb)
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5. Paula Wiesinger, Albert I and Tita Piaz on the summit of Sass Pordoi, May 1932 (844 kb)
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6. Torre Re Alberto in Bregaglia, first climbed by Aldo Bonacossa and Giusto Gervasutti, 6 October 1933, with the route they climbed. Photo by Bonacossa (576 kb)
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7. Prince Albert I and his wife Elisabeth on two needles of Las Trais Fluors (the three flowers) near St. Moritz, 29 June 1907. Photo by Charles Lefébure (1 mb)
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8. Albert I, King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934, on the Albigna Glacier in Bregaglia, July 1930. Photo by Walter Amstutz (2.4 mb)
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9. Charles Lefébure, Benedikt Supersaxo, Prince Albert and Aloys Supersaxo at Riffelalp, summer 1908. In the background the Matterhorn they climbed together (816 kb)
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10. Prince Albert at work during a wintry journey over the Stelvio, 18 October 1906, on his first return from the Dolomites, his favorite playground in the Alps (768 kb)
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11. Walter Amstutz (left) and Albert I in Mürren, January 1929: the beginning of a very special friendship. On skis Arnold Lunn (736 kb)
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12. Opening of the Refuge Albert Ier near Chamonix, 26 August 1930; the King stands second from right. The hut was built by the Club Alpin Belge (804 kb)
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In front of the Engelhornhütte Queen Astrid and King Leopold III frame Eveline Palmer, wife of Walter Amstutz who took the picture on 4 August 1935. Leopold, son of Albert, was an excellent climber himself. Astrid was killed in a car accident near Küssnacht/Rigi on 29 August 1935 (912 kb)
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14. Two days after the King’s death on 17 February 1934 guides of Chamonix hoist the Belgian flag on an unnamed peak of the Aiguilles de Chamonix, to become Pointe Albert. Photo by Roger Frison-Roche, famous guide and writer (668 kb)
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