The first man to climb the Matterhorn, who was haunted by the death of his climbing companions during the attempt, will be commemorated with a blue plaque to be unveiled on Friday at his home in the ...

It is striking and unmistakable, a jagged rock summit perfectly formed like an Egyptian pyramid. And for mountaineers looking for glory in the golden age of alpinism in the mid-1800s, the Matterhorn ...

IT has often been said that the British invented mountain climbing. This is not really so if one means that the British were the first to conceive the idea of climbing mountains for some reason other ...

Some of the greatest mountains in Switzerland get their share of attention at Zermatt but the Matterhorn has the lion's share It is by nothing more than an accident that Zermatt's festivities this ...

The engravings may be better than the writing, but with its blend of triumph and tragedy, the story of Whymper's five-year campaign for the first ascent of the Matterhorn is one of mountain climbing's ...

Switzerland is marking the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of its most famous mountain. The Matterhorn was first climbed on 14 July 1865 by English climber Edward Whymper. It was an event that ...

IN Edward Whymper, who died suddenly at Chamonix on Saturday last, September 16, we have lost one who was more than a most undaunted and successful climber of mountains. Born on April 27, 1840, the ...

It is striking and unmistakable, a jagged rock summit perfectly formed like an Egyptian pyramid. And for mountaineers looking for glory in the golden age of alpinism in the mid-1800s, the Matterhorn ...