A Few Days with the Matterhorn

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A Few Days with the Matterhorn

Wed 14 Aug, 2013 9:21 am

Hi all - here are some pix from my recent trip to the Swiss Alps, starting with a few days above Zermatt near the wonderful Matterhorn.

I've also written some blog posts about the experience here http://www.naturescribe.com

enjoy

Peter

Matt Pano.jpg
Panorama from Klein Matterhorn
Origins.jpg
Which came first?
Matterhorn5.jpg
Rothorn.jpg
Walking towards Rothorn
Matterhorn desktop.jpg
Matterhorn reflections near Fluhalp
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Re: A Few Days with the Matterhorn

Wed 14 Aug, 2013 9:34 am

Wonderful stuff!
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Re: A Few Days with the Matterhorn

Wed 14 Aug, 2013 10:12 am

GPSGuided wrote:Wonderful stuff!

+1 :D
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Re: A Few Days with the Matterhorn

Wed 14 Aug, 2013 6:46 pm

Fantastic photos.
I fell in love with The Matterhorn when I was in Grade 6 and I read Banner in the Sky. I finally visited the area for a week in 2005 and got some great photos but all on film. Need to scan them I guess.
The week before I was there an old guide died in his 90s. He had climbed The Matterhorn 365 times, the last time at the age of 90. Pretty good effort.
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Re: A Few Days with the Matterhorn

Wed 14 Aug, 2013 6:55 pm

Awesome photos whynotwalk

Loved the last photo 'Matterhorn reflections near Fluhalp'.
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Re: A Few Days with the Matterhorn

Thu 15 Aug, 2013 7:40 am

Thanks for the feedback - always appreciated. Graham that old Zermatt guide was Ulrich Inderbinen. He guided until the age of 95! I loved something he said so much that I copied it down. "I live how I climb a mountain: my walking rhythm is slow and deliberate, but steady and determined."
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