In total "he made more than 90 ascents in Saxon Switzerland, 33 of which
are rated VI or above; there were 32 first ascents, 13 solo climbs and 36
additional ones on which he led".[2]
Alps
On a trip to the
Alps in 1908 he and his friend
Rudolf Fehrmann made a number of first ascents.
The most famous is the "Fehrmann Corner" (in German, Fehrmannverschneidung), V−, on
Campanile Basso, SW face (also known as "Guglia di Brenta", in
Brenta group in
Dolomites, on August 28). Despite its name, this route was led by Perry-Smith (because, as explained in biographical article in AAJ 1964, "Fehrmann was the first to sign the summit book and later he was assumed by later climbers to be a leader"[3]).
One of others of their new routes is the north face of
Cima Piccola di Lavaredo (in German: Kleine Zinne), Aug 15.[3]
^Proceedings of the Club: Secretary report for the year 1969, AAJ 1970, pp. 224, lines 6-8 (for pdf version, see External links)
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abJ. M. Thorington, In Memoriam: Oliver Perry Smith..., AAJ, 1970, pp. 218 (see section "Sources")
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abJ. M. Thorington, Oliver Perry Smith; Profile of a Mountaineer, AAJ, 1964, p. 113 (see "Sources")
Sources
J. Monroe Thorington, Oliver Perry Smith; Profile of a Mountaineer,
American Alpine Journal (AAJ) 1964, pp. 99–120 (with 14 photographs in additional plates)
J. Monroe Thorington, In Memoriam: Oliver Perry Smith (1884-1969), AAJ, 1970, pp. 218–219