Punta Pioda doesn't have the same notoriety as the north faces of the Eiger, the Matterhorn, or the Grandes Jorasses. But ...

Swiss Mountaineer Dani Arnold breaks the record for the quickest ascent of the north face of the Matterhorn mountain in the Alps. The 1,100 meter-high climb usually takes mountain climbers between ...

As well as beautiful, the Matterhorn is also steeped in history tinged with tragedy. The first ascensionists’ joy was short-lived as four of the party fell to their death on the descent. It is a ...

A Drop of Water. For Bonatti, the trick now is to find new ways to climb the familiar old hills. And he had a really novel idea for the Matterhorn: a “direttissima” assault, straight up the ...

To this day, its beauty is matched by its deadliness, ranked as one of the most difficult mountains to climb on the planet. The Matterhorn is globally recognized. Walt Disney was smitten with the ...

When Rick Accomazzo and Tobin Sorenson emerged from the icy north face of Les Drus into the sunlight, the young men became ...

Kammerlander and the mountain guide Wellig searched for a new record and/or enchainment. They set off on 19 August 1992 with the aim of climbing all 4 Matterhorn ridges in 24 hours. They started at ...

This Matterhorn stage for Hervé Barmasse is nothing but the start ... but the biggest joy of all was no longer having to climb up chossy rock..." The rock is so chossy and untrustworthy that, as he ...

climbed the Matterhorn in the Alps when he was just 16. He went on to found mountain rescue teams, write books on mountaineering and is credited with inventing climbing's first all-metal ice axe ...

As well as beautiful, the Matterhorn is also steeped in history tinged with tragedy. The first ascensionists’ joy was short-lived as four of the party fell to their death on the descent. It is a ...