Climbing the Matterhorn

[Driving] [2] up the picturesque valley to Zermatt was an awesome experience. On both sides of the road extremely steep mountain. As you look up you see houses built into, what looks like, the most unconvenient places. There's obviously no road and unless you have a private cable car system, funicular, or helicopter it looks as if you hike it.

The town of Zermatt doesn't have enough physical space for all the tourists and their cars. So you must park at the town before Zermatt and take the train up.

We walked through the gift shop laden town and came to the base of the cable lifts. Neither Rob or I wanted to pay $24 do take the ride. So Rob talked me into hiking it. It was a tough, steep hike. but completely worth it. As we climbed higher we had great views of the whole valley. [Looking back at Zermatt] [glaciers] [2]

In my mind the Matterhorn was a place that I never thought about because I assumed I'd never visit it. So the realization of climbing to see it was a bit unbelieveable. [The Matterhorn] [Happy Hikers] A little beyond the cable lifts were great views of the [Matterhorn] .

We climbed to the top of the cable lifts in 3 hours and wanted to continue as soon as we could see the peak better. But, with less than an hour till dark, we had to turn around.

An hour later, back in Zermatt, we had a dinner at a Gästehaus. Rob had a Wurst (sausage) with potatoes and I had a Gesundplate ('health plate') which was a kangaroo steak with a large salad. I wish that I had snapped a shot of it, but I was way too hungry to think of anything else but consumption.

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