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Do nothing in haste, look well to each step, and from the beginning think what may be the end.

Edward Whymper

The thing to be wished for, is not that the mountains should become easier, but that men should become wiser and stronger.

Edward Whymper

Edward Whymper

Edward Whymper

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Born: April 27, 1840

Died: September 16, 1911 (aged 71)

Bio: Edward Whymper was an English mountaineer, explorer, illustrator, and author best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. Four members of his climbing party were killed during the descent.

Known for:

Scrambles Amongst the Alps (1871)
The Ascent of the Matterhorn (1880)
Matterhorn: The Quintessential Mountain

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