# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oscar-eckenstein
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:04:50.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oscar-eckenstein"
name: "Oscar Eckenstein"
slug: "oscar-eckenstein"
description: "Oscar Johannes Ludwig Eckenstein was an English rock climber and mountaineer, and a pioneer in the sport of bouldering. Inventor of the modern crampon, he was an innovator in climbing technique and mountaineering equipment, and the leader of the first serious expedition to attempt K2."
tagline: "British mountain climber (1859–1921)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oscar_Eckenstein.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1859-09-09"
deathDate: "1921-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.2501737317581654
  historical:           9.8531
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "آسکر ایکنسٹین"
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    title: "Oscar Eckenstein"
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    title: "Oscar Eckenstein"
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    title: "Oscar Eckenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Eckenstein"
    title: "Oskar Eckenstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Eckenstein"
    title: "Oscar Eckenstein"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump