The Ascent of the Matterhorn

Edward Whymper was a geographer and woodcut artist, and the first explorer of the Golden Age of Exploration to gain world fame when he conquered the Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland. He lectured around the world with a set of slides which were only recently rediscovered. Theresa May MP (Maidenhead) was the Prime Minister of Britain until July 2019 and a fan of the Alps and Edward Whymper.

When Whymper set out from Zermatt for the summit of the Matterhorn on 14 July 1865 on his ninth attempt, he would both achieve success and failure. Of the seven of his team, only Whymper and two Swiss guides would return alive.
Disaster struck on the way back down under circumstances still not fully explained. The controversial death of the three British climbers - a heartthrob, an aristocrat and a nineteen year old - spread like wildfire around the world. It made Whymper?s and Zermatt?s names notorious around the world and Whymper?s book on the ascent the first exploration classic.