El Matterhorn ingenye yezintaba ezidume kakhulu emhlabeni. Ngokuma kwayo okungunxantathu, kubukeka sengathi idwetshwe yingane. Nokho, akuyona intaba ephakeme kunazo zonke e-Alps, ngisho naseSwitzerland. Kodwa-ke, ihlale iveza ukuheha okungenakuvinjelwa kwabagibeli nabavakashi.
El UMonte Cervino (IMatterhorn ngesiJalimane) itholakala emngceleni ophakathi kweSwitzerland ne-Italy nangaphezulu kwedolobha lase I-Zermatt enkantini yaseValais. Ingqungquthela yayo engamamitha angu-4.478 XNUMX ingenye yeziqongo eziphakeme e-Alps futhi iheha abagibeli njengezibuthe.
Indaba ithi iMatterhorn yaqalwa ukukhuphuka ngu-Edward Whymper ngo-1865, kodwa lo mzamo waphela ngenhlekelele lapho intambo esekela abagibeli abaningi yagqashuka futhi bangena kulolo sikhala.
Abesifazane babuye bazama ukuyikhuphuka: ULucy Walker waba ngowokuqala ukukhuphuka ngo-1871 kodwa akazange afinyelele engqungqutheleni. Futhi phakathi kwamanothi afisa ukwazi, iMeta Brevoort yaseMelika yeza phezulu nenja yayo uTschingel.
Kumele wazi ukuthi intaba isibulale abantu abaningi emashumini amaningi eminyaka ukuze ukwazi ukubona amathuna abaningana babagibeli emathuneni aseZermatt. Abanye babo babebancane kakhulu.
Iqiniso ukuthi kusukela ngekhulu le-1865 i-Alps inezizukulwane ezihehayo zabahloli bamazwe, kodwa iMatterhorn yahlala ingaziwa kwaze kwaba ngo-XNUMX, kodwa njengoba sesibonile, yaphela ngenhlekelele.
Kakade ngokwakhiwa kwesitimela esixhumanisa idolobha laseVisp neZermatt ngo-1888, lesi sifunda saziwa kangcono siheha abavakashi kuphela.