Matterhorn: Europe's Most DANGEROUS Mountain

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @AmorLucisPhotography
    @AmorLucisPhotography 2 месяца назад +86

    Proud to say I climbed the Matterhorn. The starting early to get down early is true, but that's not about clouds or reduced visibility - after all, by starting early you spend the first few hours climbing in the dark! The reason has much more to do with warming daytime temperatures loosening rocks and softening ice or snow. The thing that makes it so dangerous is mostly the ease of access making it a too tempting target for people who really are not prepared or experienced enough.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +5

      Oh fair enough thank you for adding that, how did you find the climb? How long do you spend at the top before attempting the trip back down?

    • @AmorLucisPhotography
      @AmorLucisPhotography 2 месяца назад +24

      @@EverythingExplainedd The climb was a more or less constant and sometimes technical scramble, mostly, almost all rock with a bit of mixed rock/ice at the top, but with fixed rope available. Several sections we repelled down. I had a guide who decided that although we had maybe 30 people in front of us at the start, we were going to summit first (which we did). So no rest at the Solvay Hut on the way up. The pace he set was the hardest part. Most do it in 4 to 5 hours each way, but we were up and down in 3 1/2 each way. We had maybe 10 minutes at the top, then it started to get very crowded.

    • @craigpridemore7566
      @craigpridemore7566 20 дней назад +1

      Exactly the comment I was going to make! 'How hard could it be?'

    • @pollypockets508
      @pollypockets508 16 дней назад

      Congratulations

  • @RuthFisher-j7d
    @RuthFisher-j7d 2 месяца назад +50

    A few days ago Vietnamese tourists had to be rescued after trying to climb Matterhorn wearing sneakers and light sportswear. They almost died freezing.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +8

      That is genuinely crazy, and it’s why it’s becoming more dangerous, because people are underestimating it

    • @24934637
      @24934637 Месяц назад +11

      I've seen what appeared to be Japanese tourists wandering about on the Mer du Glace, wearing shorts, T-shirts and lightweight sports shoes. How they managed the 400ft of ladders to get there without freaking out I don't know!

  • @SalvatoryYT
    @SalvatoryYT 2 месяца назад +61

    Limiting the amount of people who are allowed on the mountain is definitely the way to go. Too many people underestimate these mountains and they bring other people (who are qualified and have done enough training) in danger

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +1

      Yeah for sure, especially because the outside of the Matterhorn is ‘approachable’

    • @BuddyLee23
      @BuddyLee23 20 дней назад +2

      It will also leave the attempts to more wealthy climbers - those who can schedule more liberally and buy out passes from those of lesser means.

  • @Luke-p3z3y
    @Luke-p3z3y 2 месяца назад +12

    Now I have to add my two cents. If the Matterhorn is an easy mountain, then so are Mont Blonc and the Eiger, as these mountains also have climbing routes in the 2nd and 3rd degree of difficulty. All 3 mountains have both easy and very difficult routes and all 3 are among the most dangerous mountains in the Alps. As we can only estimate how many times these 3 mountains have been climbed, it is difficult to say which is the most dangerous. But the Matterhorn is definitely not a mountain for beginners!!! 😊 (Many in the comments have written that it is easy to climb)

    • @neko0my0cat
      @neko0my0cat 15 дней назад

      easy to access maby but it doesn't look easy to climb at all

  • @RyanSEW666
    @RyanSEW666 2 месяца назад +12

    I climbed this via Hornli ridge in August. 3 died over a couple of days. The amount of rock and snow/ice raining down was the most dangerous bit. The exposure is great but 30foot can kill you so just need to keep your head. I was super fit and needed to be for the long long descent. A lot of tempers flaring at bottle necks after Solvay hut. Made the gondola with 3 mins to spare. Overall a great day but I didn’t feel satisfied until I was back down to the hut

    • @ackbuilder8262
      @ackbuilder8262 Месяц назад +2

      Thank you for sharing. Helpful for planning.

  • @Domi-F-23
    @Domi-F-23 2 месяца назад +5

    As a Swiss Man this video makes me proud! Well done! Good research for the video and beautifully done with the Video ❤🇨🇭

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +2

      That’s a great comment thank you so much! Would love to visit the area one day

  • @HeySimo.
    @HeySimo. 2 месяца назад +26

    The Eiger north face is Europe's most dangerous mountain without any doubt! anyway the video is truly AMAZING. I hope to climb the Matterhorn north face one day, but I'll never try the Eiger!!

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +4

      thank you so much, same, i'd love to go to the Hornli Hut tho and just stare at the mountain from the bottom

    • @swordfishxd-
      @swordfishxd- 2 месяца назад

      what about k2 east face tho?

    • @maxw5229
      @maxw5229 2 месяца назад +5

      @@swordfishxd- I might be mistaken but I think this belongs more to Asia than Europe =)

    • @swordfishxd-
      @swordfishxd- 2 месяца назад +2

      @@maxw5229 oh i forgot to read lol

    • @Yuuphonixx
      @Yuuphonixx 2 месяца назад +3

      Thank you for actually posting that comment about the Eiger. The Mordwand is the deadliest of them all in the Alps.
      BBC has a great documentary about the North Face of the Eiger if you can find it.

  • @PaperScalez
    @PaperScalez 12 дней назад +2

    Something funny I just realized is a few years ago some weird school project had us choosing a mountain, and painting, outlining it. We just had to look up a mountain and this was the one I did lol

  • @aallen681
    @aallen681 2 месяца назад +3

    Excellent explanation of this mountain trek!

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +1

      thank you very much, I feel like I have quite a good formula for mountain videos now

  • @Trex531
    @Trex531 2 дня назад

    In Edward Whymper’s “Scrambles Amongst The Alps in The Years 1860-1869” he relates the various attempts to conquer the Matterhorn until the triumph and tragedy day, which next year will be 160 years ago. He relates with exquisite detail the story. He also conquered Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador, 6263 meters above sea level and the summit bears his name honoring him. I admire Whymper so much that I had the chance to visit his grave at Chamonix Cemetery. I also visited Zermatt’s museum and also the graves of Michael Croz and the Taugwalder father and son in the little cemetery behind Zermatt‘s Church who were Whymper’s mates in the first ascent. Croz was one of the victims and the Taugwalders along with Whymper, the survivors. If you go there, read first Whymper’s book and by doing so, you will surely appreciate much more the glory of the first ascent to the majestic Matterhorn.

  • @haraldjohansen1867
    @haraldjohansen1867 2 месяца назад +3

    If you haven't already seen it, you need to see the 2007 television film: The beckoning silence. It retraces the 1936 Eiger north face disaster. Probably the best climbing movie I have ever seen! Highly recommended.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you for that, will give it a a go. Might make a video on the Eiger soon!

  • @borlanderobertson5666
    @borlanderobertson5666 18 дней назад +1

    Air Zemat is an awesome organization ❤

  • @robwalker8326
    @robwalker8326 Месяц назад +3

    Adding to the Matterhorn’s notoriety by calling it dangerous is a good for credintials if you’ve climbed it - those who summt look cooler for having conquered that danger.
    On the other hand, it’s just not true.
    Or, rather, it’s only true if you’re in over your head. For example, part of your clip shows climbers ducking rockfall. They’re too far out on the east face - known as a common mistake and a frequent cause of fatality accidents there, according to the some of the local guides I met when I was there this summer. A 58 year old Italian climber slipped and died on the route on the same day I summited, they were recovering him from the east face when I passed Hornlihutte. I met members of his party heading down as I was heading up. Sobering, meeting them. It's a memory that'll stick, though I wish it wouldn't. "I lost my friend" in thick, broken English with a strong Italian accent. His face as he said it. The doom hanging over them -- I recall three in that group -- was palpable. Sad.
    Traversing the kind of rock & icefall shooting gallery in your clip is a mistake if there are safer options right there, and there are: just stick to the ridge. It’s the kind of mistake anyone experienced in the alpine learns NOT to make early on, when the stakes are lower. The Matterhorn isn’t the place to be learning these lessons the hard way. There's nothing brave about the climbers being in that position, ducking that rockfall, nor is that danger inevitable there. It's just another consequence on the other side of a bad judgement call. These guys, in your clip on that face, ducking, don't have a clue. For them, the Matterhorn isn't just dangerous. It's a killing machine.
    And yet, plenty of guides earn their living on that rock, I met several of them when I was there (I summited solo July 29 this year: mountainrob.ca/Matterhorn ). A Zermatt native has made the return trip from town (Zermatt to summit ruclips.net/video/AQnt2kKMsGw/видео.html ) in under 4 hours as a trail run. He’s summited nearly 80x (or over 80x, can’t recall exactly it’s in his clip). It’s good rock quality (much better than what I often climb in the Canadian Rockies), it’s crawling with Swiss Guides, there are fixed lines and rap stakes in any of the touchy areas, if you need them (I didn't). There’s absolutely no reason for an ascent of the Matterhorn to be dangerous.
    Unless you’re in over your head.

  • @andyrbush
    @andyrbush 2 месяца назад +1

    Very clear and interesting story thank you.

  • @UfschtonGong
    @UfschtonGong 2 месяца назад +7

    It's not Europe's most dangerous mountain. It is europes mountain where a big mass of unexperianced climbers want to go to.

    • @Luke-p3z3y
      @Luke-p3z3y 2 месяца назад +2

      but it always depends on what you mean by dangerous. Where most people die, how difficult the mountain is, what percentage of people die trying, etc. It's difficult to say which is the most difficult mountain in Europe. The fact is that Mont Blonc, the Matterhorn, the Eiger and the Grand Jorasses are among the most dangerous

  • @ghostlyyyyyyyyy
    @ghostlyyyyyyyyy 18 дней назад

    This might sound crazy but I would rather do Everest than this. Everest has a lot of safety lines, some really great sherpas, and it doesn’t seem as technical as this. Even though I would feel more safe in Everest, I’m not denying that both peaks are incredibly difficult. Great content btw, keep it up! I love this great to the point approach and you definitely deserve more subs and views than you already have ❤

  • @Ryan-mq2mi
    @Ryan-mq2mi 2 месяца назад +9

    It’s also known because of Disneyland

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +4

      That’s true, is the ride any good?

    • @Ryan-mq2mi
      @Ryan-mq2mi 2 месяца назад +1

      @@EverythingExplainedd it’s great. It’s a roller coaster, the cars are described as bobsleds and it goes in and out of the mountain, and has an abominable snowman creature at the top. It’s a fast roller coaster. It’s been there forever. I’m 50 years old I used to have a year round pass to Disneyland when I was a kid. It was already a classic back then 35 years ago.
      People in Southern, California are most acquainted with the Matterhorn as the ride, not the real mountain. Like me, they are surprised to learn of the actual thing and see the uncanny resemblance. It’s not explained anywhere that it’s a real mountain.
      That may have changed with the Internet. People know more now than our geniuses did 40 years ago.

    • @ericwingen6677
      @ericwingen6677 18 дней назад

      It really looks like the real mountain too!! Just obviously way smaller

    • @tedhansen3846
      @tedhansen3846 11 дней назад

      😅👏

  • @napraznicul
    @napraznicul Месяц назад +1

    I'm pro for LIMITING number of climbers which goes daily to the peak. Because of so many on the way on that main route, the experience become a stressfull one instead of enjoyable one.

  • @dt3802
    @dt3802 25 дней назад +1

    I enjoyed that, thank you.

  • @TwiggyKeely
    @TwiggyKeely 15 дней назад +1

    But do they have Saint Bernard rescue teams?! With Lil rescue barrels around their necks??? They were originally rescue dogs in the Alps if I'm not mistaken! I've had 3 Saints and I could never get them to come inside when it snowed, definitely an Alpine breed!😂❤

  • @mav_eleven
    @mav_eleven 18 дней назад

    The legend of Lorenzo Von Matterhorn.
    Barney you sweet SOB

  • @Spider-le6bp
    @Spider-le6bp 22 дня назад +1

    The Matterhorn Is Switzerland's tall pointed mountain14,692 ft.
    4,478 meters

  • @SteffenVadla
    @SteffenVadla 2 месяца назад

    Great video!

  • @miroslawkowalski3613
    @miroslawkowalski3613 2 месяца назад +1

    Informative video, however I wouldn't recommend Gornergrat train as a way to get to the foot of Matterhorn.

  • @philipbarker2489
    @philipbarker2489 2 месяца назад +2

    Wow…..excellent explanation of what at first appears as a not impossible goal on a bucket list until you understand the greater difficulty in the decent, especially when tied and fatigued and the ever present danger of rock falls taking you out……Sobering reality check.
    Great informative and interesting video ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @geob0324
    @geob0324 16 дней назад

    If it looks dangerous, it probably is. And the Matterhorn just has a look about it . . .

  • @walah8912
    @walah8912 2 месяца назад +2

    Things I would never do in my life:

  • @Gus-v4b
    @Gus-v4b 2 месяца назад +5

    I'm actually going to climb it next summer, in 2025.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +3

      good luck my friend!

    • @oceanschwartz3396
      @oceanschwartz3396 2 месяца назад +1

      If you use a guide I’d recommend a Swiss one - they have priority leaving the hut on summit day (I’ve climbed it twice, you skip the queens by leaving earlier)

    • @oceanschwartz3396
      @oceanschwartz3396 2 месяца назад

      *queues

    • @Gus-v4b
      @Gus-v4b 2 месяца назад

      @@oceanschwartz3396 Hey ! Yeah of course I'll use a Swiss guide, im actually from Switzerland (no way im heading up there without knowing where to go !!). It has been my dream since already a few years now ! Anyways, thank you so much for your reply, (and well done for climbing it twice champ !) I'll try to tell you about it afterwards.
      Also, how did you train/what are your advices for a successful acent ?

  • @theallseeingkats6321
    @theallseeingkats6321 2 месяца назад +3

    Dont understand why people in the right mind will climb such a scary looking mountain.will rather just get a selfy with the mountiain from the base with a toberlone bar😊

  • @alikartal8426
    @alikartal8426 Месяц назад +1

    Mountains are not dangerous, climbers are dangerous for themselves.

  • @mantasjakaitis475
    @mantasjakaitis475 2 дня назад

    i did it through lion route( italy side)

  • @SalvatoryYT
    @SalvatoryYT 2 месяца назад +1

    i see myself trying to summit this mountain

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад

      Good luck brother

    • @maxw5229
      @maxw5229 2 месяца назад

      When?

    • @Shinoku911
      @Shinoku911 2 месяца назад

      Do it it is one of the easist 4000m+ peaks in the europe

    • @Luke-p3z3y
      @Luke-p3z3y 2 месяца назад

      @@Shinoku911 This is one of the most difficult 4000 meter peaks in the Alps. Name me 10 other mountains in the Alps whose easiest route is more difficult than the 3rd degree of difficulty. If the Matterhorn is one of the easiest, then what is Mont Blonc, whose easiest route is in the 2nd degree of difficulty?

    • @Shinoku911
      @Shinoku911 2 месяца назад

      @@Luke-p3z3y Lol, Mont Blanc is a joke, most boring mountain with exactly 0 meters of climbing.. you just walk up and down.. i've done this in 1 day.. anything up to UIAA 3+ is easily climbed with no protection..(unless you are beginner who never even did some bouldering) same as mentioned bellow Hornli/Lion grat are again too easy so you don't need to climb with protection.. at least we did not need that.. my friend who is not even climber but uphill runner did Liongrat free solo without any gear in running shoes and his experience was the same..

  • @michaellakey3565
    @michaellakey3565 2 месяца назад +1

    Nice footage of a Grand Couloir rock fall on Mt Blanc to give extra drama to the Matterhorn climb.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад

      I do put in the top left that the footage isn’t from the Matterhorn, it was the best way to get the point across

  • @martinackermann2821
    @martinackermann2821 13 дней назад

    ZER-MATTer Horn!

  • @enricopiazza2719
    @enricopiazza2719 2 месяца назад +1

    le cadute di massi mostrate nel video sono girate sulla via del Goutier, normale francese del Monte Bianco!!

  • @torreyintahoe
    @torreyintahoe 8 дней назад

    The matterhorn is far from being Europe's most dangerous mountain.

  • @firepalmmy5933
    @firepalmmy5933 2 месяца назад +2

    a video has arrived!

  • @liatmarmur4368
    @liatmarmur4368 4 дня назад

    One can really see the difference in how a people, in this case (the swiss ) treat their environment compared to the rest of the world and it's really sad that the actions of the rest of the world have ended up directly impacting the environment of Switzerland. People forget that we exist because of the environment around us. Take that away and we disappear. I have always loved nature and I was instilled with a respect for it mainly by my father. It's not a stretch of the imagination to know that if we respect nature nature will respect us and some people on this planet would do well to head it's warning that playing God against it is a very dangerous thing.

  • @ShalomDove
    @ShalomDove 19 дней назад

    Thank you for teaching me that Matterhorn isn’t just a Disney roller coaster 👀 Learn something new every day.

  • @fibonacci3844
    @fibonacci3844 6 дней назад

    Sleeping a day in height makes no difference for the body when it comes to acclimatization.

  • @alisatkachova1597
    @alisatkachova1597 2 месяца назад +3

    yep.. would never even try

  • @EndTheSimpademic
    @EndTheSimpademic 16 дней назад

    Or as Homer Simpson called it, the Murderhorn.

  • @simonwillsmer164
    @simonwillsmer164 2 месяца назад +2

    Piffle, all mountains are dangerous in you fall off them. Even falling never hurt anyone, it's the sudden stop at the bottom when the trouble starts. Ever heard of the Eiger?, Good video, but NOT Europe's most dangerous.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +1

      Of course they are, but sometimes danger doesn’t always mean obvious ones, the Matterhorn is becoming underestimated which is making it more deadly

    • @Luke-p3z3y
      @Luke-p3z3y 2 месяца назад

      The Eiger is not much more dangerous than the Matterhorn. The Matterhorn has claimed 6 times as many lives, but of course more people go up it. It's hard to say which mountain is more deadly

  • @Searchingtheworld7183
    @Searchingtheworld7183 Месяц назад

    Toblerone mountain.

  • @vicomazzon2476
    @vicomazzon2476 2 месяца назад

    the monte rosa is italian

  • @brianwright1901
    @brianwright1901 20 дней назад

    Jackie Chan?

  • @paulsirugo5077
    @paulsirugo5077 12 дней назад

    It's not the most dangerous mountain in Europe...

  • @YnseSchaap
    @YnseSchaap 2 месяца назад

    It's no longer on the Toblerone 😁

  • @thplumanns
    @thplumanns 2 месяца назад +1

    Bullshit, it's not the most dangerous mountain in Europe. Ever heard about Eiger North face? That's another liga and not a fot for mass tourism such as Matterhorn.

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +3

      To be fair it's subjective, by death rate its Mont Blonc, after doing research people have climbed can have differing opinions on personally which one they found most dangerous. Certainly all 3 are in the top 5 for Europe. Also, the increased tourism is making the matterhorn more dangerous IMO, people starting to underestimate it

    • @thplumanns
      @thplumanns 2 месяца назад

      @@EverythingExplainedd correct, there are people on it who just shouldn't be on the mountainsat all.

  • @Shinoku911
    @Shinoku911 2 месяца назад +1

    Lol Matterhorn is very easy to climb via Hornligrat.. does not even require climbing skills.. it is almost like walking uphill..

    • @EverythingExplainedd
      @EverythingExplainedd  2 месяца назад +2

      I would say that’s quite an understatement, maybe easy got somebody who is a seasoned climber

    • @Shinoku911
      @Shinoku911 2 месяца назад

      @@EverythingExplainedd I consider Hornli/Liongrat easy climb for beginners with minimum experience. All you need is good weather on the climb day and know the route. Seasoned climbers should be able to climb Furggengrat or Zmuttgrat without any major problems.. Schmid route in winter can be slightly challenging but again with good snow/weather conditions it is not hard to free solo..

    • @RuthFisher-j7d
      @RuthFisher-j7d 2 месяца назад

      @@Shinoku911 When you say beginner what you mean exactly? Someone who need to be attached to a guide?

    • @Luke-p3z3y
      @Luke-p3z3y 2 месяца назад +4

      @@Shinoku911 The Hörnligrad is not for beginners. It's precisely because of people like you who say it's easy that there are so many accidents. If the Matterhorn is for beginners, then the Eiger and Mont Blonc would be too, as both mountains also have easy routes in the 2nd and 3rd degree of difficulty. Only very good climbers can manage the north face

    • @Luke-p3z3y
      @Luke-p3z3y 2 месяца назад +2

      @@Shinoku911 Have you already climbed the north face on your own, or where do you know that it is not difficult? If it wasn't difficult, it wouldn't be one of the 3 big (most dangerous) north faces in the Alps