Jacques Balmat it turns out, possesses an extraordinary mountaineering sense, an unerring instinct for the crevasses and seracs of the glaciers ..." After the successful ascent, Balmat collected the reward offered 25 years before by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure to the first man who could climb Mont Blanc. On 3 August 1787 he assisted de Saussure himself to reach the summit with a party of about 17 people. During the Napoleonic Wars, Savoy fell under French control, and Citizen Jacques Balmat became a member of the council of the commune. He led an unsuccessful attempt to introduce Merino sheep into the Chamonix valley.
Deaf climbers climbs as well as accomplished them. These climbers are not as publicly known as hearing climbers are. Many professional climbers are sponsored by various companies such as The North Face, Mad Rock, and Patagonia to name a few, they are paid to climb as well as gain recognition with their accomplished climbs. There are two deaf climbers who reached the summit of Mount Rainier which is a 14,410 foot mountain. One of the climbers name is Alec Naiman from New York, and the other Paul Stefurak from Washington. They attempted and reached the summit alongside five blind climbers, a man