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ElCapitanKoolAid - Oct 15, 2006 4:09 am - Voted 10/10
This should be the photo of the monthStunning!
hansw - Oct 15, 2006 10:03 am - Hasn't voted
Re: This should be the photo of the monthThanks,
I was lucky to be there a day like that.
/Hans
Charles - Oct 15, 2006 6:55 am - Voted 10/10
whateverit´s still one of the best pile of stones in the world!
Cheers
Charles
hansw - Oct 15, 2006 10:04 am - Hasn't voted
Re: whateverYes, it attracts us like magnet somehow.
/Hans
jck - Oct 15, 2006 7:54 am - Voted 10/10
Oh yes!I love the view of Matterhorn from that road!
Excellent!
Regards
jck
hansw - Oct 15, 2006 10:05 am - Hasn't voted
Re: Oh yes!Thanks,
The first part from here to the summit is like a walk in the park:)
/Hans
oxygen11 - Oct 15, 2006 8:19 am - Hasn't voted
nice.some very old posters and pictures even say 4505m....
hansw - Oct 15, 2006 10:05 am - Hasn't voted
Re: nice.Thanks,
You are right. I looked up in Guido Rey’s ”The Matterhorn” where you can read about principal measurements from 1877:
Col du Lion 3610m
Tyndall’s stone man 4260m
Shoulder 4273m
Summit 4505m
Earlier De Saussure had made the height 4522m. Later the Dufour map gave 4482m.
/Hans
tuntun - Oct 15, 2006 3:05 pm - Voted 8/10
great jobit is great job..
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