The Search for Truth / 150 Years of the First Ascent of the Matterhorn (Swiss Stories 2016, by Matthias Taugwalder) - Swiss Press Award
!["Arrival at the Summit," reproduction of the lithograph by Gustave Doré (1832-1883). Archive: Matterhorn Museum, Zermatt](https://swiss-press-award.storage.googleapis.com/submissions/2015/9075/24195-9075-2200c4-dbfad5f0-9e8d6a-tiny.webp ""Arrival at the Summit," reproduction of the lithograph by Gustave Doré (1832-1883). Archive: Matterhorn Museum, Zermatt")
Matthias Taugwalder
"Arrival at the Summit," reproduction of the lithograph by Gustave Doré (1832-1883). Archive: Matterhorn Museum, Zermatt
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Photo / Swiss Stories
2016
Matthias Taugwalder
What remains after 150 years? Can the circumstances of the first ascent's tragedy still be reconstructed? Matthias Taugwalder—a descendant of the first climbers—sets out to discover what really happened during the first ascent of the Matterhorn.
