François Devouassoud
Mountaineering
Mountaineering
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### Alps

He was admitted to the Compagnie des guides de Chamonix in 1849\.Cunningham and Abney, 1888, p. 107 Amongst those who sought his services in the Alps were Freshfield, [W. A. B. Coolidge](/wiki/W._A._B._Coolidge "W. A. B. Coolidge"), [Francis Fox Tuckett](/wiki/Francis_Fox_Tuckett "Francis Fox Tuckett"), [Horace Walker](/wiki/Horace_Walker "Horace Walker"), [Adolphus Warburton Moore](/wiki/Adolphus_Warburton_Moore "Adolphus Warburton Moore") and Charles Comyns Tucker. Devouassoud was treasurer of the Compagnie des guides de Chamonix for ten years,\<c\&a2/\> but refused the post of president.

Claire Engel offers the following portrait of Devouassoud, based on the account of Freshfield:

### Greater Ranges

As Freshfield stated, Devouassoud was the first alpine guide to work in the greater ranges. Cunningham and Abney write that he was "the doyen of the pioneers who have set out at different times for the Caucasus, the Himalayas, New Zealand, or the Andes". In 1868 he made the first ascents of [Kazbek](/wiki/Kazbek "Kazbek") and the east summit of [Elbrus](/wiki/Elbrus "Elbrus") in the [Caucasus](/wiki/Caucasus "Caucasus").

In 1887 he was the subject of a photograph by Abney, possibly the one illustrating this article, entitled "A Chamounix Guide, Francois Devouassoud" at the 32nd Exhibition of [Photographic Society of Great Britain](/wiki/Photographic_Society_of_Great_Britain "Photographic Society of Great Britain").["Exhibitions of the Royal Photographic Society 1870\-1915: Catalogue records from the annual exhibitions"](http://erps.dmu.ac.uk/exhibit_details.php?serial=11157), erps.dmu.ac.uk. Accessed 23 August 2012


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