Peter Bohren

{{Short description|19th-century Swiss mountaineer}}

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Peter Bohren (20 June 1822 – 4 July 1882) was a Swiss mountain guide from Grindelwald.{{HDS|044250|Peter Bohren}}

Peter Bohren made three first ascents in the Bernese Alps. On 11 August 1858 he jointly made the first ascent of the Eiger (3967 m above sea level), climbing via the west face with fellow guide, Christian Almer, and Charles Barrington. The group started at 3:30 a.m at the Hotel Wengernalp and the mountaineers reached the summit of the Eiger in the fog at 12 noon.{{cite book |last1=Gillman |first1=Peter |last2=Gillman |first2=Leni |date=2016 |title=Extreme Eiger: The Race to Climb the Eiger Direct |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AG4CwAAQBAJ |publisher=Mountaineers Books |chapter= The Redoubtable Beaufoys |page= |quote= At 3.30 a.m. they set off up the Eiger's West Flank|isbn=9781680510515}}

The following year, he reached the Aletschhorn (4193 m) with two colleagues and a guest on 18 June 1859. His last first ascent was the Äbeni Flue (3962 m) together with a colleague and a guest via today's normal route (southwest flank and southeast ridge) on 27 August 1868.[http://www.erstersteiger.de/ergebnis.php?typ=person&per=185&PHPSESSID=6b662d71bd08dfd94a6fba93320666fc Erstbesteigungen Peter Bohrens] Retrieved 8 March 2009.