The Day the Rope Broke : The Tragic Story of the First Ascent of the Matterhorn
Publisher: Mara Books
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The first ascent of the Matterhorn in July 1865 is one of the key events in the history of mountaineering. It was the climax of five years' struggle by the English mountaineer Edward Whymper in competition with Jean Antonie-Carrel, the Italian mountain guide who had grown up in the mountain's shadow.
The triumph also produced perhaps the most famous mountaineering accident of the 19th century, bringing to an end the 'Golden Age of Alpine climbing'. This is the story of the events leading up to this remarkable ascent and its terrible aftermath—a gripping classic of mountaineering literature.
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