Matterhorn North Face
My first climbing trip to the alps culminated in a speedy shop at a camping store to buy some tent pegs as we couldn’t afford ice screws and then a not so speedy ascent of the Hornli ridge on the Matterhorn. We had plenty of time to take in the sights during our 28 hour ascent and I remember looking down from the summit at the north face and thinking that's the way a proper climber ascends this mountain.
I could only dream that in 11 years time and in less than half the previous ascent time I would be standing on the top again.
Proper chuffed.... mainly because we climbed it but also because I won’t have to get on that mountain again.
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