Lived with for millennia, first climbed in 1865: the Matterhorn
Lived with for millennia, first climbed in 1865: the Matterhorn
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“I was using the mountain to measure myself. The mountain is the means, the man is the end.” — Walter Bonatti (1930-2011)
People who climb mountains are like people who ride motorbikes or take illegal drugs. They tend to have a lot of friends who die young — or they die young themselves. (more…)