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SCRAMBLES AMONGST THE ALPS.
appendix.

F. TABLE OF ATTEMPTS MADE TO ASCEND THE MATTERHORN

PREVIOUS TO THE FIRST ASCENT.

No. of
Attempt.
Date. Names. Side upon which
the attempt was
made, and place
arrived at.
Greatest
height
attained.
Remarks.
 1 1855-9. J.-Antoine Carrel.
J.-Jacques Carrel.
Victor Carrel.
Gab. Maquignaz.
Abbé Gorret.
Breil side
"Chimney."
12,650 Several attempts were made
before this height was attained;
the men concerned cannot
remember how many. See p. 84.
 2 1860.
July
Alfred Parker.
Charles Parker.
Sandbach Parker.
Zermatt side.
East face.
11,500? Without guides. p. 85.
 3 August V. Hawkins.
J. Tyndall.
Breil side
Hawkins got to
foot of "Great
Tower," Tyndall
a few feet
higher.
12,992
13,050 ?
Guides—J. J. Bennen and J.-Jacques
Carrel. Pp. 85-7.
 4 1861.
July
Messrs. Parker Zermatt side.
East face.
11,700 ? No guides. P. 87.
 5 Aug. 29 J.-Antoine Carrel.
J.-Jacques Carrel.
Breil side
"Créte du Coq."
13,230 ? See p. 95.
 6 Aug. 29-30 Edward Whymper Breil side
"Chimney."
12,650 Camped upon the mountain, with
an Oberland guide. Pp. 90-5.
 7 January T. S. Kennedy Zermatt side.
East face.
11,000 ? Winter attempt. Pp. 96-7.
 8 July 7-8 R. J. S. Macdonald.
Edward Whymper.
Breil side
Arête below
"Chimney."
12,000 Guides—Johann zum Taugwald
and Johann Kronig. Pp. 102-3.
 9 July 9-10 R. J. S. Macdonald.
Edward Whymper.
Breil side
"Great Tower."
12,992 Guides—J.-A. Carrel and Pession. P. 104.
9 July 18-19 {{{1}}}{{{1}}} Breil side
Somewhat higher
than the lowest
part of the
"Cravate."
13,400 Alone. Pp. 105-119.
10 July 23-24 {{{1}}}{{{1}}} Breil side
"Crête du Coq."
13,150 Guides—J.-A. Carrel, Cæsar Carrel,
and Luc Meynet. P. 123.
11 July 25-26 {{{1}}}{{{1}}} Breil side
Nearly as high
as the highest
part of the
"Cravate."
13,460 With Luc Meynet. Pp. 125-6.
12 July 27-28 J. Tyndall Breil side
"The Shoulder,"
to foot of final
peak.
13,970 Guides—J. J. Bennen and Anton
Walter; porters—J.-Antoine Carrel,
Cæsar Carrel, and another.
Pp. 126-9, 133-4.
13 1863.
Aug. 10-11
Edward Whymper Breil side
"Crâte du Coq."
13,280 Guides—J.-A. Carrel, Cæsar Carrel,
Luc Meynet, and two porters.
Pp. 169-176.
14 1865.
June 21
{{{1}}}{{{1}}} South-east face 11,200 ? Guides—Michel Croz, Christian
Almer, Franz Biener; porter-Luc
Meynet. Pp. 290-3.