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Rescuers on the Matterhorn: Stretched to the Limit

August 7, 2015

Report by Alexander Feist

Schweiz Matterhorn Alpinismus
Image: picture alliance/KEYSTONE/M,. Ruetschi

Rescuers on the Matterhorn: Stretched to the Limit

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The Matterhorn has been attracting mountaineers for 150 years. But reaching the summit can be fatal. More climbers have died on the Matterhorn than on Mount Everest. Air Zermatt is on call every day, rescuing climbers in trouble.

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