The Matterhorn and the Taugwalders: reflections on the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn
gstain
July 17, 2015
When my mother was dying of cancer in 1965, the very last birthday present she gave me and my twin brother John was a new ‘centenary’ edition of Edward Whymper’s classic mountaineering book, Scrambles Amongst the Alps, telling the story