Matterhorn North Face and the approaching Storm

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Matterhorn North Face and the approaching Storm

Matterhorn North Face and the approaching Storm

Whilst getting the abseil rope stuck on the Grand Gendarme of the Arbengrat, whilst descending this route on the Obergablehorn, we watched with increasing concern as TWO massive storms brewed up over the Matterhorn and the Dent Blanche. This was 2003. It was stinkin' hot and a great chunk fell off the Hornli route stranding a load of climbers on that route.
AlexS
on Sep 11, 2010 1:02 pm
Image Type(s): Alpine Climbing
Image ID: 659684

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hansw

hansw - Sep 11, 2010 3:15 pm - Voted 10/10

Scary weather...

...and an interesting picture. Speaking of the rock fall on the Matterhorn here is a link with pictures:

The rock fall of 2003

/Hans

AlexS

AlexS - Sep 12, 2010 10:47 am - Hasn't voted

Re: Scary weather...

Cheers for the link, looking at the close up pictures of the hornli ridge, it's no wonder bits of it fall off!

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