The Matterhorn. Sketch by Gordon Stainforth, Zermatt, 1967
First roped climb. On the summit of the Riffelhorn, 1966. Gordon foreground right. Emil Perren standing.
Signature of Edward Whymper’s great great nephew, after making an ascent of the Matterhorn, August 1966
Extract from Gordon’s climbing logbook, August 1967
Gordon and John Stainforth on the summit of the Zinalrothorn, August 30, 1967. Photo: Heinrich Taugwalder
The Hornli Ridge of the Matterhorn, from the Hornli Hut, August 2nd 1966. Photo: Gordon Stainforth
Heinrich Taugwalder on the summit of the Zinalrothorn, Aug 30, 1967. Photo: Gordon Stainforth
Approximate position of the Matterhorn disaster, July 14, 1865
Sketch of the Zinalrothorn by Gordon Stainforth, 1967
Heinrich Taugwalder at ‘The Notch’, Zinalrothorn, Aug 30 1967. Photo: Gordon Stainforth
The Matterhorn from the summit of the Zinal Rothorn, August 1967. Photo: Gordon Stainforth