Whymper's way to the Matterhorn *EDF

A single film as a double contemporary document, that is "Whymper's way to the Matterhorn". On the one hand, the documentary shows the historical facts surrounding the first ascent of the Matterhorn by the British Edward Whymper and his rope team. The victory, reaching the summit on July 14, 1865, was followed by a tragic crash in which four people died: the English Lord Francis Douglas, Reverend Charles Hudson, Douglas Robert Hadow and the mountain guide Michel-Auguste Croz from Chamonix. Surviving were Edward Whymper and Peter Taugwalder of Zermatt, father and son.

The Matterhorn was one of the last four-thousand-meter peaks that had not yet been climbed. After the tragic story about the first ascent, alpinists and tourists traveled from all over the world to see the Matterhorn.