Nice TR. And you did it in style without a guide. The guided American who couldn't remember the summit, so typical when you go too fast.
Nyle Walton - Oct 20, 2010 11:47 am - Hasn't voted
Fifty years later.
I enjoyed reading your account of climbing the Matterhorn almost fifty years after I did it. It brought back a stream of memories of the climb I made on August 3, 1955. Your weather was better than the weather I encountered. However I did it in just one day and got back to Zermatt just after dark. The Hornli ridge was less crowded back then and the guide's fee was only forty dollars. You can read about it in the summit register.
noah - Oct 2, 2005 5:07 am - Hasn't voted
Trip Report CommentGreat read, hope you post more ..once again great read.
Ps welcome to SP.
n.
jwclimbs - Oct 3, 2005 11:25 pm - Hasn't voted
Trip Report CommentI'll second that noah...great TR indeed. And a fabulous mtn to boot.
-JW
BobSmith - Oct 4, 2005 5:32 pm - Hasn't voted
Trip Report CommentYou are not a sissy.
whitestone - Oct 6, 2005 1:42 pm - Hasn't voted
Trip Report CommentGreat post!
fepweissbier - Oct 7, 2005 9:32 am - Hasn't voted
Trip Report CommentVery nice read. Great. I will try Matterhorn next year.
skorpeo - Oct 7, 2005 6:33 pm - Hasn't voted
Trip Report Commentgreat story!
Nyle Walton - Oct 29, 2005 10:54 am - Hasn't voted
Trip Report CommentAn excellent treatise on why men climb mountains.
Brodlle - Jan 20, 2006 8:01 am - Hasn't voted
Trip Report CommentSuperb trip story, really enjoyed it, look forward to any more reports from other mountains
mvs - May 15, 2006 1:34 pm - Voted 10/10
nice TR!Really enjoyed it, thanks!
Nigel Lewis - Jun 19, 2007 4:23 pm - Voted 9/10
Well writtenNicely written. Pity about the piccies.
N
Buckaroo - Sep 26, 2009 10:30 pm - Voted 10/10
Good writingNice TR. And you did it in style without a guide. The guided American who couldn't remember the summit, so typical when you go too fast.
Nyle Walton - Oct 20, 2010 11:47 am - Hasn't voted
Fifty years later.I enjoyed reading your account of climbing the Matterhorn almost fifty years after I did it. It brought back a stream of memories of the climb I made on August 3, 1955. Your weather was better than the weather I encountered. However I did it in just one day and got back to Zermatt just after dark. The Hornli ridge was less crowded back then and the guide's fee was only forty dollars. You can read about it in the summit register.