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(contracted; show full)8008|ft|abbr=on}}) on the [[Alaska]]-[[Yukon]] border was summitted by the [[Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi|Duke of the Abruzzi]] and party. But it was not until 1913 that [[Denali]] ({{convert|20237|ft|abbr=on}}), the tallest peak in North America, was successfully climbed by [[Hudson Stuck]]. [[Mount Logan]] ({{convert|19551|ft|abbr=on}}), the tallest peak in Canada was first summitted by a half dozen climbers in 1925 in an expedition that took more than two months.

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In 1879-1880 the exploration of the highest [[Andes]] in South America began when English mountaineer [[Edward Whymper]] climbed [[Chimborazo]] ({{convert|20564|ft|abbr=on}}) and explored the mountains of Ecuador. The [[American Cordillera|Cordillera]] between Chile and Argentina was visited by [[Paul Güssfeldt]] in 1883, who ascended the volcano [[Maipo (volcano)|Maipo]] ({{convert|17270|ft|abbr=on}}) and attempted to climb the tallest mountain in the A(contracted; show full){{Climbing navbox}}
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