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I'm jealous as fuck. The fitness requirement for the Matterhorn has always placed it in the pipe dream category for me. That and cowardice. The final 30m are severe. Casual jaunts up the Breithorn are more our scene.
I hiked up to about 100m above the hornli hut a few years ago. Really got the juices flowing. I'd like to think I'd get to the top one day. Lots of climbing to get under the belt first though.
Do you know the area at all? They say that you need to be able to run from Zermatt to Sunegga in 30 mins to be fit enough to climb the Matterhorn. That's obviously an arbitrary and meaningless benchmark but it's enough to make you think twice about your preparations.
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Good article > http://roy.lachica.no/matterhorn/
My mountaineering experience is good, so now started on running with a rucksack on around the rolling countryside of banburyshire... hell
rive_gauche
heh, sleeping in cars and getting up at 3am to reach the foot of the climb, all good stuff. would I do it again? fuck no... but what am I saying as eyeing up the matterhorn next year..