Students Killed On Matterhorn
(Rec. 8 p.m.) ZERMATT, July 18. A helicopter yesterday recovered the bodies of two British students who fell to their death, roped together, while attempting to scale the Matterhorn. The victims, Rupert Champion, aged 19, of London, and John Cooper, aged 22. of Northern Ireland, were members of a party of four students climbing the mountain. One slipped on the Z’mutt Ridge, dragging the other with him.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28951, 20 July 1959, Page 11
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