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

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 ...

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 ...

Filip Babicz of Poland has chosen Matterhorn for his latest speed climbing stunt. He climbed all four ridges of the iconic ...

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 ...

Swiss mountaineer Jean Troillet and the Frenchmen Martial Dumas and Jean-Yves Fredriksen have made the first ascent of "Sébastien Gay" (600m ABO), a new difficult route up the North Face of the ...

Established in 1980 in memory of Jonathan Conville who died aged 27 climbing the Matterhorn, the Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust aims to encourage and assist young people to train for and pursue ...

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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 ...

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 ...