Misplaced images of Edward Whymper’s controversial conquest of the Matterhorn summit to be printed


In 1865, in what’s now known as “the golden days of Alpinism”, English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator and writer, Edward Whymper, accomplished the primary ascent of the Matterhorn, within the Alps.

Climbing the Matterhorn was thought of an unimaginable endeavor, and his achievement would go on to encourage many mountaineering endeavors to return. 

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