The fixed steel ropes on the Matterhorn which had become- worn by time and weather—-.have all been changed — a difficult operation, as two Alpine guides had to carry the heavy steel ropes on their shoulders to a height 01 over 12,000 ft., passing over many dangerous points.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 86, 21 January 1938, Page 3
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