‘Hidden Talents’ – 25th April

Our next ‘Hidden Talents’ presentation will be on Thursday 25th April at 2:15pm at the Knutsford Methodist Church. Please aim to be seated by 2pm.

Adrian Long will describe how he climbed the Matterhorn with his son in September 1999 to celebrate his 50th birthday.

The Matterhorn 4,300m high (14,107 feet), ever since it was first climbed by Edward Wimpier in 1864, has been an objective for all mountaineers and a classic mountain peak known to everyone.

For the ascent Adrian and his son traversed the mountain climbing the Italian ridge to the summit, and the Hörnli ridge in descent. A wonderful outing in perfect conditions with the Pennine Alps spread out below them. You will see some amazing photographs which cover the climb both in the ascent and descent including great images of the summit.