This is what it look like climbing on the iconic mountain of the Matterhorn Hoernli Ridge, the easiest of routes on the mountain, first climbed on the 15 July 1865 by Edward Whymper with tragic consequences when a number of his party fell to their deaths during the descent. The mountain is the heart and sole of the Swiss mountain holiday resort of Zermatt in the Swiss Canton of Valais as it was in 2000.
This is what it look like climbing on the iconic mountain of the Matterhorn Hoernli Ridge, the easiest of routes on the mountain, first climbed on the 15 July 1865 by Edward Whymper with tragic consequences when a number of his party fell to their deaths during the descent. The mountain is the heart and sole of the Swiss mountain holiday resort of Zermatt in the Swiss Canton of Valais as it was in 2000.
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Location: Zermatt, Switzerland
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
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