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The Reverend Charles Hudson, who made that first ascent of the Matterhorn, in 1865, and died on the way down, is buried beneath the altar. The readings are from the bible he took to the Crimea.

Solar-powered lamps illuminated the arduous path of the first ascent of the iconic Matterhorn as Switzerland marked the 150th anniversary of the climb on Monday night. For a long time the ...

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 ...

BERLIN (AP) — No climbers were allowed on Switzerland’s Matterhorn mountain Tuesday, as authorities declared a daylong ‘silence’ on the 150th anniversary of the first ascent to honor more ...

John Cleare, who has died aged 88, was regarded as the outstanding British mountain photographer of the post-war era; he also ...

It's been 150 years since Englishman Edward Whymper became the first person to scale the iconic 14,692-foot Matterhorn mountain. Photographer Robert Bösch and a team of Zermatt mountain guides ...

BERLIN (AP) Switzerland's most famous mountain, the Matterhorn, will be closed to climbers on the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of its summit. The Alpine resort of Zermatt says the 24-hour ...

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