Matterhorn south face: François Cazzanelli, Emrik Favre and Francesco Ratti making the first winter ascent 'Padre Pio, Une Echelle Vers le Ciel' (27/02 - 0/03/2022) Planetmountain.com is a site about ...
In 1865, in what is now referred to as "the golden days of Alpinism", English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator and author, Edward Whymper, completed the first ascent of the Matterhorn ...
There are four routes up the Matterhorn which are climbed relatively regularly. All can be climbed from Zermatt. By far and away the most frequented is the North-East or Hörnli Ridge (AD III-). This ...
There are four routes up the Matterhorn which are climbed relatively regularly. All can be climbed from Zermatt. By far and away the most frequented is the North-East or Hörnli Ridge (AD III-). This ...
The first filmed winter ascent of the north face of the Matterhorn. To set the scene, the tragic story of Edward Whymper's first ascent is skillfully pieced together. The modern expedition ...
Whymper spent the rest of his life talking about the ascent ... tried to make it up the Matterhorn, he ended up having to admit defeat. Desperate to get to the top first, Whymper came up with ...