European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse ,.,Swiss National tourist office the matterhorn towers above the valleys crags and houses of Switzerland seeming to be just waiting for climbers to take it on. The author did just that. A Peak experience matterhorn climb is ultimate hike by Mark save Trengen. About the time i turned. 24, i saw the Alps for the first time while serving in the army. I loved the mountains and Learned to ski Down a few but had no desire to climb any. A a a a a. The matter Orrin Switzerland i knew it existed but. That s about All. Ten years later in 1974, i took up Hunting in. Germany. Before Long i was getting acquainted with a Mountain trails for Chamois South of Garmisch. Those bavarian Hunters the Way they dressed and made their Way up the Mountain i think i had seen them years before in Sally Pollard s fourth Grade geography class in Northeast Missouri. F Hunting in the Alps eventually led me to Mountain. Hiking. Although this was often strenuous it Felt Good and Yves continued to ski in the Winter. Pour years later Hank Rilling my Boss at he time. Recommended that i try skiing in Zermatt Switzerland. You la love it he said and the Snow is great there. So on his advice i went with my family to Zermatt. And on a sunday walking with my daughter toward the lift skis on our shoulders i saw the. Matterhorn for the first time. It was Beautiful. More so than in the pictures. Skiing there and we thought it would to Nice to go Back someday. Then Rilling told me about an idea he and had of climbing the matterhorn. A climbing the matterhorn a i said . You. Would try such a thing Quot. Quot sure Quot rifling said. Quot people do it Quot. I had walked up and Down Mountain trails but. Never. Climbed a Mountain i could t believe it would be a something for me. But now killing had revived a curiosity that started Back in the fourth Grade i read about climbing the matterhorn including a accounts by Edward by hyper an English in ankh Lyrse a a party of seven had been the first to reach the top in. 1869, then had a tragic Accident on the Way Down hat killed discussed die idea of climbing the Mountain with a a Quot a friends during tie next few years i did More Mountain a walking i hiked to the lop of Maria s a. Of the sound Ozealus a Fanie i Syc it up the Krame Spitz and few a a limes arid some of the walkable peaks in Zermatt. On Tinidad no 4
