Marie Paradis Blanc. The second woman to climb Mont Blanc did so thirty years after her; when Henriette d'Angeville celebrated her successful ascent in Chamonix, she was congratulated by Paradis who had received her special, personal invitation. Marie Paradis Marie Paradis (1778 – 1839) was the first woman to climb Mont Blanc. Paradis was a poor maidservant who lived in Chamonix at that time part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. On 14 July 1808, in the company of renowned mountain guide Jacques Balmat, she became the first woman to climb Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain. The party camped on the Grands Mulets,
Deaf climbers of the United States. This is because of the vast mountain ranges and wilderness in the west. It is difficult as a climber in the east of the United States where the terrain is much different. To climb outdoors depending on where in the east you live, you would have a long trip getting there. There are many indoor climbing gyms which many climbers start out at in the urban areas. There are many well known professional climbers throughout the climbing world, none of which are deaf. Although this is true, there are deaf climbers out there who have attempted