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Visit the cemetery in Zermatt first, and check out the graves of the climbers who didn't survive the mountain.The Mattahorn I would love to climb it but probably not fit enough
Annapurna I is the hardest of the 8000 meter climbs and one of the deadliest per attempts due to avalanches. Would love to just go to base camp one day to see it. The Matterhorn is amazing in person I have been fortunate enough to see it. The reason it has so many deaths is because it’s fairly accessible and seen as an “easier” yet challenging climb so you get tourist climbers training for two months and thinking it’s not that hard.Visit the cemetery in Zermatt first, and check out the graves of the climbers who didn't survive the mountain.
People call the North Face of the Eiger the "Death Wall" because it has killed 64 climbers. The Eiger is nothing in comparison - the Matterhorn has killed over 500; some say as many as 700. I was there one time when they were removing another body off the mountain.
It is something you respect; an awesome thing to see.
You can't tackle the Matterhorn without a guide these days; and the foot traffic up the mountain during the summer has choke points, with delays of hours. Most don't go right to the top because the higher reaches require pitons and ropes, with one section hanging off the backward leaning cliff face.Annapurna I is the hardest of the 8000 meter climbs and one of the deadliest per attempts due to avalanches. Would love to just go to base camp one day to see it. The Matterhorn is amazing in person I have been fortunate enough to see it. The reason it has so many deaths is because it’s fairly accessible and seen as an “easier” yet challenging climb so you get tourist climbers training for two months and thinking it’s not that hard.
Imagine waiting for that after dialling 000!View attachment 34641
Newtown Fire Brigade, Australia Street, Newtown - 1912