The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
Whymper, Edward / Smith, Ian / Smith, Ian
In 1865, when just twenty-five years of age, Edward Whymper achieved the fame of which he had dreamt as a teenager by making the first ascent of the Matterhorn, the last great unclimbed summit in the Alps. With renown came notoriety and lasting sorrow, though, due to the catastrophic accident on the descent, which cost the lives of four of his party.
Whymper's life was marked by the conquest of the Matterhorn, but his mountaineering achievem...