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Climbing the Matterhorn - Women Ascending

Edward Whymper paved the way for mountaineers to start climbing the Matterhorn and while you would be right in assuming that mountaineering was a boys club, that wasn't the full picture. After all, a big name in climbing circles was Lucy Walker. She ascended mountains in all the finery of the time, wearing blouses and petticoats despite the cold. She had her sights set on the Matterhorn but she had a rival. Marguerite Brevoort, aunt to the ailing W. A. B. Coolidge, also had a reputation. But which of these women would scale the mountain first?

English
  • Originally Aired May 15, 2021
  • Runtime 11 minutes
  • Network United States YouTube
  • Notes Is a season finale
  • Created May 23, 2021 by
    ricobirch
  • Modified April 23, 2024 by
    Rodelero