APPENDIX.
TABLE OF ASCENTS.
423
G. ASCENTS OF THE MATTERHORN.
| No. of Ascent |
Date. | Names. | Route taken. | Remarks. |
| 1 | 1865. July 13-15 |
Lord Francis Douglas. D. Hadow. Charles Hudson. Edward Whymper. |
Zermatt (Or Northern route.) | Guides—Michel Croz, Peter Taugwalder père, Peter Taugwalder fils. See pp. 384-94. |
| 2 | July 16-18 | Jean-Antoine Carrel. J. Baptiste Bich. Amé Gorret. J.-Augustin Meynet |
Breil (Or Southern route.) | The first two named only ascended to the summit. See pp. 393, 416-7. |
| 3 | 1867. Aug. 13-15 |
F. Craufurd Grove. | Breil | Guides—J.-A. Carrel, Salamon Meynet, and J. B. Bich. |
| 4 | Sept. 12-14 | Jos. Maquignaz. J.-Pierre Maquignaz. Victor Maquignaz. Cæsar Carrel. J.-B. Carrel. |
Breil | An easier route was discovered by this party than that taken upon July 17, 1865. The first two named only ascended to the summit. |
| 5 | Oct. 1-3 | W. Leighton Jordan | Breil | Guides—the three Maquignaz's just named, Cæsar Carrel, and F. Ansermin. The Maquignaz's and Mr. Jordan alone reached the summit. |
| 6 | 1868. July 24-25 |
J. M. Elliott | Zermatt | Guides—Jos. Marie Lochmatter and Peter Knubel. |
| 7 | July 26-28 | J. Tyndall | Up Breil side and down Zermatt side. | Guides—Jos. and Pierre Maquignaz, and three others. |
| 8 | Aug. 2-4 | O. Hoiler. F. Thioly. |
Seem to have ascended from Zermatt and descended to Breil. | Account given in hotel-book at Breil is not very clear. Guides seem to have been Jos. and Victor Maquignaz and Elie Pession. |
| 9 | Aug. 3-4 | G. E. Foster | Zermatt | Guides—Hans Baumann, Peter Bernett, and Peter Knubel. |
| 10 | Aug. 8[1] | Paul Guessfeldt | Zermatt | Guides—Jos. Marie Lochmatter, Nich. Knubel, and Peter Knubel. |
| 11 | Sept. 1-2 | A. G. Girdlestone. F. Craufurd Grove. W. E. U. Kelso. |
Zermatt | Guides—Jos. Marie Lochmatter and the two Knubels. |
| 12 | Sept. 2-3 | G. B. Marke | Zermatt | Guides—Nich. Knubel and Pierre Zurbriggen (Saas). |
| 13 | Sept. 3-5 | F. Giordano | Ascended Breil side and descended to Zermatt. | Guides—J.-A. Carrel and Jos. Maquignaz. |
| 14 | Sept. 8-9. | Paul Sauzet | Breil | Guides—J.-A. Carrel and Jos. Maquignaz. |
| 15 | 1869. July 20. |
James Eccles | Breil | Guides—J.-A. Carrel, Bich, and two Payots (Chamounix). |
| 16 | Aug. 26-27. | R. B. Heathcote | Breil | Guides—the four Maquignaz's (Val Tournanche). |
| 17 | July 20(?) | ? | Zermatt | One ascent only was made in 1870. No details have come to hand. |
- ↑ Although one day only is named for this and for a subsequent ascent, I have reason to believe that two or more days have been occupied upon all ascents which have, as yet, been made.
