“TOP OF MATTERHORN” SOLD
The thousands of alpinists who for the last 70 years have ascended the Matterhorn (14,780 ft) were undter the impression that they had really set their foot on the very top of the mountain conquered by Edward Whymn er. They were wrong. Since 1868 the top of Matterhorn has been in Geneva, where recently a local alpinist T)ought it for 5f 50c (about ss) at a sale. _ In 1868 M. F. Thioly, a Geneva dentist and first president of the Geneva section of the Swiss Alpine Club, made the ascent of the Matterhorn, and. as was his custom when reaching the summit iof a peak, took off the highest atone slab, about 12in long and lOin wide, in the presence of his guides, and obtained from the Commune of Zermatt a certificate that this was the real top of Matterhorn. He took it home, where it was kept in a collection of alpine souvenirs. One of his deBCendants recently sold these relics, and the “ top of Matterhorn.” with the certificate, was acquire'] by a resident Simegji
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Evening Star, Issue 23065, 17 September 1938, Page 7
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180“TOP OF MATTERHORN” SOLD Evening Star, Issue 23065, 17 September 1938, Page 7
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