2011 marks the centenary of the death of Edward Whymper, one of the most
\nimportant figures in the history of mountaineering. His ascent of the
\nMatterhorn in 1865, and the deaths of four members of his party on the way
\ndown, attracted attention throughout the world, bringing him praise and
\ncriticism in equal measure. In later years, he largely devoted his life to
\nlecturing and writing guidebooks, touring Britain, Europe and America. Whymper
\nwas an early member of the Alpine Club and in the club’s archives is a set of
\nmagic lantern slides he used to illustrate his lectures. Based on extensive
\nresearch, former AC Archivist Peter Berg has combined these images with
\nextracts from Whymper’s books and diaries and writings by his contemporaries,
\nto recreate the lecture ‚My Scrambles amongst the Alps‘, first given in 1895.
\nThese pictures, mostly not seen for 100 years and never been published as a
\nset before, give us a unique glimpse of the mountain world at the end of the
\n19th century. We visit the Zermatt valley and its peaks, passes and glaciers,
\nexperience Whymper’s many attempts to climb the Matterhorn, explore the Mont
\nBlanc region, including the ill-fated building of an observatory on the
\nsummit, and share some of the joys and sorrows of mountaineering. Setting the
\nlecture in context, is a foreword by the distinguished mountaineer and former
\nAC President, Stephen Venables. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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