The project would not have been possible without the kind advice, assistance and encouragement of the following people:

Malcolm Eldridge, member of the British Alpine Club
Glyn Hughes, honorary secretary of the British Alpine Club
Urs Kneubühl, director of the Swiss Alpine Museum
Laudo Albrecht of Pro Natura's Aletsch Centre
Hans-Ueli Klossner of the Mountain Guide Office Grindelwald
Joe Luggen, director of tourism in Grindelwald
Thomas Antonietti of the cantonal museum of history in Valais
Samuel Michel, director of Grindelwald's Heimatmuseum
Hans Peter Holzhauser, scientist at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
Kaspar von Almen, former owner of the Hotel Jungfrau on Wengern Alp
Andreas von Almen, owner of the Hotel Bellevue - Des Alpes on the Kleine Scheidegg
The Jungfrau Railways

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